The Office of Undergraduate Biology named Beth Straight as Undergraduate Researcher of the Week: https://www.smore.com/cpejb
Beth’s work on the stem-cell-lineage basis for the material properties of bone was recently featured in a Cornell MSE student spotlight: https://www.mse.cornell.edu/spotlights/student-finds-passion-researching-disease-through-mse
Congratulations Beth!
Undergraduate researcher Kobby Adu was awarded an Engineering Learning Initiatives Research Award for his proposal, “Identifying the effects of sterilization methods on the properties of bone graft extracellular matrix”. Congratulations Kobby!
Kimberly Hemmerling was awarded an Engineering Learning Initiatives Undergraduate Research Award for her proposal, “Microstructural characterization of human of cervical tissue throughout pregnancy.” The ELI grant provides support for her senior thesis. Congratulations Kim!
PhD student Pablo Palomino was awarded an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, and PhD student Erik Taylor received Honorable Mention. Congratulations Pablo and Erik!
Xiangyun (Joyce) Xu was awarded an Engineering Learning Initiatives Undergraduate Research Award for her proposal entitled, “Characterization of tissue composition in Type II diabetic human bone.” The ELI grant provides support for living and research expenses for her research in the lab this summer. Congratulations Joyce!
David Diaz was awarded an Engineering Learning Initiatives Undergraduate Research Award for his proposal entitled, “Assessment of bone tissue composition in a mouse model of Type II diabetes.” The ELI grant provides support for research expenses for his research in the lab this fall. Congratulations David!
The American Society for Bone and Mineral Research has awarded PhD student Ashley Lloyd a 2014 Young Investigator Award for her abstract “Cortical Tissue from Postmenopausal Women with Atypical Fractures Shows Reduced Heterogeneity in Nanomechanical Properties.” She will accept the award at the ASBMR Annual Meeting in Houston, TX September 11-15 2014.
PhD student Ashley Lloyd was selected to participate in the Endocrine Fellows Foundation/American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR) Eighth Fellows Forum on Metabolic Bone Diseases. She will attend the forum prior to the 2014 ASBMR annual meeting at the at the Hilton Americas Houston, Houston, TX, September 10-11, 2014.
David Diaz was awarded an Engineering Learning Initiatives Undergraduate Research Award for his proposal entitled, “Assessment of bone tissue composition in a mouse model of Type II diabetes.” The ELI grant provides support for research expenses for his research in the lab this summer. Congratulations David!
Natasha Halarnkar was awarded an Engineering Learning Initiatives Undergraduate Research Award for her proposal entitled, “Assessment of bone tissue composition in a mouse model of Type II diabetes.” The ELI grant provides support for research expenses for her research in the lab this summer. Congratulations Natasha!
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