Congratulations to John Porter and Ben Spearman for obtaining competitive summer undergraduate research fellowships to support their summer research in our lab! John is creating nanopatterned materials for directing cardiac tissue formation and Ben is researching the role of nitric oxide in cardiogenesis.
Summer REU Student
We are happy to have summer REU student Kate DeSimone from Brown University working with us this summer!
ISSCR Presentation
Wesley Grove presented our research in Japan at ISSCR 2012. Congratulations to co-authors Dr. David Dunn, Wesley Grove, Alex Hodge and Petra Kerscher!
ISSCR 2012
Wes Grove is presenting a poster on his research “Ablation of the HCN4 Ion Channel in Differentiating Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Cardiomyocytes via Zinc Finger Nuclease Mutation” at International Society of Stem Cell Research Annual Meeting 2012 in Yokohama, Japan.
2012 Outstanding Graduate Mentor
Dr. Lipke was honored to receive the Auburn University 2012 Outstanding Graduate Mentor award based on the nominations of her students.
AU Research Week 1st place awards x3
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
Congratulations to Sam and Aaron
Congratulations to lab members Sam Chang and Aaron Seeto on passing their oral defenses this week!
Bianca Awarded NSF Fellowship
Congratulations to Bianca on receiving a National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship!
Research profile on our work
Our research on differentiation of cardiomyocytes using encapsulation in hydrogel microspheres was recently featured in an AU research profile. Masters student Sam Chang was primarily responsible for the work.