After successfully defending her dissertation in November of 2022, Dr. Nicole Habbit was hooded by Dr. Lipke at her PhD graduation in December of 2022.
Nicole Graduates with her PhD
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Justin Defends his Preliminary Proposal
Justin defended his preliminary proposal entitled “Directing HiPSC Tissue Differentiation Towards Left and Right Ventricular Cardiomyocytes for Use in Large Cardiac Tissue Assembly.” The group celebrated afterwards by eating at Bombay Indian Grill.
Nicole Passes her Dissertation Defense
Dr. Nicole Habbit passed her final dissertation defense titled “Bioinspired Microphysiological Systems for in vitro Elucidation of Prostate Tumorigenic Progression and Application in Pre-Clinical Therapeutic Evaluation.“
Dr. Yuan Tian passes his dissertation defense
Congratulations to the newly minted Dr. Yuan Tian for passing his final dissertation defense! We are so proud of your hard work and can’t wait to cheer you on in the next steps of your career.
Morgan travels abroad to Spain to TA with AU Abroad!
Our very own PhD candidate, Morgan Ellis, was chosen to spend part of her summer in beautiful Pamplona and San Sebastian, Spain, to serve as a TA for the Regional Sustainable Technologies and Practices in Northern Spain: Energy, Water, and Infrastructure course through AU Abroad! What an incredible opportunity to enrich her graduate studies and gain teaching experience, all while exploring a new country! Check out these pictures of Morgan, her students, and of the gorgeous Spanish architecture and landscape. For more pictures, look at our Instagram!
Review Article Published in Advanced Functional Materials!
Nicole and Dr. Lipke’s new collaborative review article, “Microphysiological Systems as Enabling Tools for Modeling Complexity in the Tumor Microenvironment and Accelerating Cancer Drug Development”, was recently published in Advanced Functional Materials! This article discusses tumor heterogeneity and complexity, and reviews recent advancements in engineered tumor microenvironments for application in cancer progression research and novel drug discovery.
