Dr. Abigail Koppes-
Principal Investigator

Lab News and Updates

Dr. Koppes Wins Tier 1 Grant

Dr. Koppes was awarded a Tier 1 Grant through Northeastern University for a proposal titled, "Biomanufactured Nerve Guidance Channels for Complex Nerve Repair." This interdisciplinary work will be done with Dr. Adam Ekenseair, Dr. Erin Cram, and Dr. Don O'Malley, all...

Marissa Receives AIChE Travel Award

Marissa Puzan received a travel award from the AIChE's Women's Initiatives Committee to attend the AIChE annual meeting in November and present her work on intestinal modeling.

Dan Ventre Begins Start-Up

Dan Ventre has started his own company, Therapeutic Innovations , where he serves as the Chief Operating Officer. Therapeutic Innovations focuses on developing affordable neonatal respiratory assist systems for use in developing countries.

Marissa to Attend AIChE

Marissa Puzan will be presenting her work, "Investigating Neural Control of Epithelial Barrier Function of the Small Intestine with an in Vitro Engineered Model System," at the AIChE Annual Meeting this November.

Dr. Koppes receives the 2020 Rita Schaffer Young Investigator Award

Dr. Koppes was named the 2020 Rita Schaffer Young Investigator Award recipient. “[The award] is offered each year to stimulate research careers in biomedical engineering. The recipient will present the 20-minute Rita Schaffer Young Investigator Lecture and publish the text of the lecture in the Annals of Biomedical Engineering.” Congrats Dr. Koppes!!! Award Notification: https://www.bmes.org/blog_home.asp?Display=324 […]

Tess publishes an essay in Science

Tess published an essay in Science as part of their Working Life series which details her journey towards her Co-Op experience at Biogen. Congrats Tess!