Congratulations to lab members Alexander Hodge, Petra Kerscher, and Wesley Grove! Alex won first place for his oral presentation in the Graduate Scholars Symposium. Petra won first place for her poster presentation in the Graduate Scholars Symposium. Wes won first place in the Undergraduate Research Forum STEM Oral Presentation competition. 
http://www.eng.auburn.edu/chen/about/spotlight/spotlight-on-research-week-2012.html
Alex Hodge will be presenting his research on “Directing Stem Cell-derived Cardiomyocyte Maturation via Nitric Oxide Supplementation” at the NHLBI Symposium on Cardiovascular Regenerative Medicine from October 4-5th. Our collaborator Dr. Juming Zhong in the AU College of Veterinary Medicine has also contributed to this project.
Wen (Aaron) Seeto is presenting a poster on his research “The Effect of Peptide-coupled Hydrogels on the Dynamic Adhesion of Endothelial Progenitor Cells” at Vasculata 2011 in Atlanta this week.