Congratulations to our FY24 Student Seed Grant Winners!

Congratulations to our FY24 CMTM Student Seed Grant Award winners!

Each of the following novel research projects has been granted up to $5,000 to support innovative research in the field of mechanobiology:

Mechanical properties of human lung collagen fibers: implications for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Student PI: Yuqing (Celeste) Deng
Faculty Labs: Bela Suki and Michael Smith

Curating and disseminating image-based datasets of engineered cardiac microbundles  
Student PIs: Hiba Kobeissi and Xining Gao
Faculty Labs: Emma Lejeune and Chris Chen

Defining the mechanical properties of the oral tumor microenvironment in aged tissues
Student PI: Anthony Spinella
Faculty Lab: Bob Varelas