We’ve begun testing the artificial cornea prototypes in cadaver eyes. Check out the group pictures to see the team in action.

Our work on Nanopatterned Polymer Surfaces with Bactericidal Properties is published in Biointerphases! Congrats to Mary, Elena, Luis and former student Nicolas!

http://scitation.aip.org/content/avs/journal/bip/10/2/10.1116/1.4922157

Welcome the new undergraduate Naomi Thomson to the lab! She’s currently doing her B.S. in Material Science Engineering at UC Irvine.

Congrats to Mary Nora Dickson for passing her advancement exam! We have another PhD Candidate in the lab!

Elena Liang received the Best Poster Award at the Southern California Society for Microscopy and Microanalysis Symposium on Feb. 7th. Elena presented her work on “Selective Cell Adhesion on Nanotopography.”

Emma also did a great job on her oral presentation as well! Congrats to both!

We welcome to the group Anisha Hegde, a Junior in Biomedical Engineering, and Luis Rodriguez, a Senior in Biomedical Engineering, to the group.

Kuangyi Zhao joins the lab as the new Master’s student in Materials Science and Engineering. She obtained her undergraduate degree at Nanjing University and plans to research nanofabrication of nanopillars on curved surfaces. Welcome!

Susan Wu graduated with her M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering! She will begin a new appointment in the lab as a Junior Specialist.

Our team consisting of Dr. Marjan Farid and Dr. M. Cristina Kenney at the UCI Medical School, working on Selective Cell Adhesion on Nanotopography for an Artificial Cornea has been awarded the Triumvirate grant from the UCI Institute for Clinical and Translational Medicine. We are thrilled to have this opportunity to make a difference!

A list of the other awardees can be found at this page:

http://www.icts.uci.edu/news1/Tri_Awardees_2014.asp

UC Irvine’s Dean’s report for The Henry Samueli School of Engineering publishes a spread about our research!

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