Dr. Lipke and Dr. Tian won first place and $25,000 in Alabama Launchpad’s Cycle 2 concept stage finals on Thursday, Aug. 17, at Auburn University’s New Venture Accelerator.
Alt Text: Dr. Lipke and Yuan stand together holding a check that reads $25,000. The image also says “Congratulations, Vivosphere.”
Shireen, Nippa, and Kwaghtaver presented at the 2023 Graduate Engineering Research Showcase. Mohammad presented a poster entitled “Exploring the impact of modulating cardiac differentiation of hydrogel encapsulated hiPSCs to derive second heart filed”. Nipa presented a poster titled “3D Engineered Tissue Model for Investigating the Role of CXCL7 in Colon Cancer Progression” and Kwaghtaver presented a poster titled “Optimizing Control Media for Co-culturing Engineered 3D Colorectal Cancer Tissues in Insulin-Resistant and Insulin-Sensitive Microenvironments”
Mohammad presented his research at 2023 Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Conference GRC in Holderness, New Hampshire.
Alt Text: Mohammad stands in front of his poster, which is attached to a poster board.
Shireen Singh, a second year graduate student in our lab presented her preliminary dissertation research work entitled, “Creating Left Ventricular 3D Engineered Cardiac Tissues for Modeling Congenital Heart Diseases.” She gave a presentation defending her prelim document followed with audience questions, and was later questioned by her committee in a closed door session. Her prelim defense was August 11th, 2023. Great job Shireen!
Alt Text: Shireen and Dr. Lipke stand in front of a white board and presentation screen. The screen shows Shireen’s title slide.
Anaiah Jones researched in here Lipke Lab this summer of 2023 under Shireen Singh working on the cardiac team. She helped Shireen with experiments and performed image analysis to help Shireen better understand cardiac differentiation. She also participated in summer REU meetings with the college and also helped us out with outreach activities including the 2023 Biomanufacturing Workshop held at Alabama State University.
She gave her final presentation titled, “Biomimetic Materials An Innovative Approach Towards the Development of Cardiac Regeneration.” We celebrated her by visiting a local ice cream shop in downtown Auburn. We had such a great summer with you Anaiah!
Alt Text: Anaiah stands in front of a scientific poster. She poster is navy and white with various images, graphs, and other data.
Justin Harvell and Grace Hester competed in the Samuel Ginn College of Engineerings 2023 AUSome Science in 60 Seconds competition and both won respective graduate and undergraduate overall winners.
The competition challenged students to present their work in one minute to a general audience, similar to a one minute TikTok video. The Lipke Lab came in first place for both undergraduates and graduate students. The winners were announced at the Council of Engineering Graduate Students’ awards banquet on April 27, 2023.
A link to the winning videos can be found here.
Alt text: From left to right, Dr. Michael Greene, associate professor of nutritional sciences, Grace Hester, Dr. Elizabeth Lipke, Mary and John H. Sanders Professor in chemical engineering, and Justin Harvell stand in front of a Council of Engineering Graduate Students navy backdrop. Grace and Justin hold large signed golden checks for their award.
Shireen presented a poster at the College of Engineering’s Graduate Engineering Research Showcase in Huntsville, AL to industry professionals and the general public. Her poster presentation was titled “Differentiating a Left Ventricular Reporter Cell Line in Scaffold-Free and Hydrogel-Supported 3D Engineered Heart Tissues.”
Ravi presented a poster at the 2023 Auburn Research Symposium entitled “Adaptation of a Microfluidic System for use in Scalable Cell Encapsulation” and won the first place in the overall College of Engineering category. Congratulations Ravi!
Mohammad, Shireen, and Ravi presented at the 2023 Auburn Research Symposium. Mohammad presented an oral presentation entitled “Scalable Production of Engineered Cardiac Tissue Microspheroids with Varying Geometries,” Shireen presented a poster titled “Directing HiPSC Differentiation Towards Left and Right Ventricular Cardiomyocytes in a Scaffold-Supported 3D Construct,” and Ravi presented a poster titled “Adaptation of a Microfluidic System for Use in Scalable Cell Encapsulation.”
Justin competed in the 2022 3 Minute Thesis competition at the university level and made it to the top 10, from here he competed against the top 10 and won runner-up overall. Watch his 3MT video here.
