Lab News and Updates
Kirstie passes her qualifying exam!
Kirstie passed her qualifying exam. Congrats Kirstie!
Jessica speaks in Skype a Scientist program
Jessica volunteered through the program Skype a Scientist to share her enthusiasm and experience to an all-girls high school class. From Omaha Nebraska, Marian High School students tuned in and learned about Jessica’s path to becoming a scientist and her current and...
Dr. Koppes receives the 2020 CMBE Young Innovator Award
2020 CMBE Young Innovators were recognized at the 2020 BMES conference where they gave invited talks. Dr. Koppes was awarded a 2020 CMBE Young Innovator award for the recent paper: Cholinergic Activation of Primary Human Derived Intestinal Epithelium Does Not...
Beth Wins Donald F. & Mildred Topp Othmer Scholarship
Beth DiBiase has been awarded the Donald F. & Mildred Topp Othmer Scholarship Award. It is awarded by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) for academic achievement and involvement in student chapter activities. Congrats Beth!!
David Successfully defends his Thesis!!
David Diaz successfully defended his these titled: A study of primary sensory neurons and Schwann cells sensitivity to visible light irradiation in vitro, and feasibility of a light inducible system in Schwann cells for neurite outgrowth enhancement in vitro. Congrats...
Jessica Woolston Joins the Fray!
Scientist in the making and dog mother of two, Jessica Woolston joined ABNEL in the Fall semester of 2023. While living in Europe, Jess reached out to Dr. Abigail Koppes after reading her work. Showing both an interest in the gut-microbiome and the initiative to...
Katelyn Neuman Defends her Thesis
Today on December 1st at approximately 4PM, LNNR lab member, Katelyn Neuman, successfully defended her thesis "Engineering New Strategies for Peripheral Nerve Repair: Investigating Materials, Biophysical Cues, and Cellular Compositions for Next Generation Clinical...