The Center for Multiscale & Translational Mechanobiology at Boston University will hold its fifth annual symposium on Friday, November 15, 2024. The conference will feature keynote addresses, faculty speakers, a poster session, and 5-minute “lightening round” trainee presentations. We invite current undergraduate, M.S., and Ph.D. students and postdoctoral associates to submit abstracts for prospective contributed […]
We are pleased to announce another round of the Center for Multiscale and Translational Mechanobiology faculty seed grant program. The CMTM seed grants are intended to stimulate innovative research in mechanobiology. Proposals must be for collaborative projects involving two or more faculty within the Center. Collaborative proposals between multiple departments, colleges, and/or campuses are highly […]
Congratulations to CMTM Trainee Anastasia Gkousioudi on receiving the College of Engineering Societal Impact Award for her work in the field of vascular mechanics and mechanobiology! Advised by CMTM Director Yanhang Katherine Zhang, Anastasia’s Ph.D. thesis research made important contributions to the field of vascular mechanics and mechanobiology, earning her the award. Her work focuses […]
Six Boston University researchers have received Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) awards from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to advance their work. One of them is CMTM faculty Michael Albro for his project on “Generating New Tissue for Arthritis Sufferers.” The prestigious, highly competitive NSF CAREER awards mark a significant achievement for early-career scientists […]
Congratulations to Professor Jeroen Eyckmans for receiving a $2 million grant from the Hevolution Foundation, as part of its Geroscience Research Opportunities Program, for his project “Targeting extracellular matrix-senescence crosstalk as a novel approach to improve tissue repair in aging.” The work will address an urgent clinical need to repair non-healing skin wounds in the […]
Please join us in extending a warm welcome to Dr. Katherine Yanhang Zhang, who has recently taken on the role of our CMTM Executive Director. Katherine is highly regarded for her research accomplishments in vascular biomechanics, and multiscale mechanics and mechanobiology of extracellular matrix. Her prior leadership experience includes serving as associate chair for graduate research programs in […]
Congratulations to College of Engineering Assistant Professor in BME and CMTM faculty and Hadi Nia on earning a coveted Sloan Research Fellowship! In announcing the awards, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation declared that recipients show the “potential to revolutionize their fields of study.” Selected by committees of distinguished scientists, winners each receive $75,000 to be […]
Congratulations to CMTM Trainees Rohin Banerji, Gabby Grifno, Linzheng Shi, Dylan Smolen, Rob LeBourdais, Johnathan Muhvich, Cate Eberman, Kathryn Regan, Siyi Zhang, and Riley Pihl for winning Student Paper of the Year at Boston University’s Department of Biomedical Engineering student awards ceremony. Their paper, “Crystal Ribcage: a platform probing real-time lung function at cellular resolution,” […]
Please join us in congratulating CMTM trainee Gabby Grifno in receiving the prestigious Best Presentation award at the 2023 QBP/TRB/SB2 Graduate Research Symposium for her talk entitled “Probing Real-Time Aerosol Deposition at the Single Droplet Level in Functional Alveoli.” Gabby is a PhD student the Nia Lab, which conducts research at the interface of physical […]
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 […]