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.”
Lipke Lab participated in the yearly 2023 College of Engineering E-Day event by putting on demonstrations for middle and high schoolers from across the state of Alabama. Pig hearts, hydrogels, and more were demonstrated to students. Read more about the event here.
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.
Lipke Lab celebrated the accomplishments of the year by visiting the Callaway Gardens Christmas light tour.
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.
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.
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.“
Mohammad, Shireen, and Justin participated in the 2022 10th Annual Graduate Engineering Research Showcase. Mohammad presented his poster entitled “Scalable Production of Engineered Cardiac Tissue Microspheroids with Varying Geometries“, Justin’s titled “Production of Large Heart Tissues Using Stem-Cell Laden Microspheres as Building Blocks,” and Shireen’s titled “3D Differentiation of a Left Ventricular Reporter Stem Cell Line to Produce Engineered Heart Tissues.” In addition to this, Justin coorganized the event as an executive member on the Council of Engineering Graduate Students.
Lipke Lab traveled to San Antonio, TX to present at the 2022 BMES Annual Meeting. Mohammad presented an oral presentation entitled “Stem Cell Encapsulation in Engineered Tissue Microspheres During Suspension-Based Differentiation Provides Enhanced Cardiomyocyte Yield and Cardiac Tissue Functionality.” Yuan presented an oral presentation entitled “Peptide Combinations Support Endothelial Colony Forming Cells Dynamic Adhesion,” as well as the poster “Production of Breast Cancer Hydrogel Microspheres for Drug Screening.” Dr. Lipke presented an oral presentation titled “3D Engineered Prostate Cancer Tissues for in vitro Investigation of Fibroblast Impact on CRPC and ADPC.” Justin presented a poster entitled “Stem Cell-Laden Microspheres as Building Blocks for Large Cardiac Tissue Production.” Ravi presented a poster entitled “Adaptation of Microfluidic System for Use in Scalable Cell Encapsulation.”
Justin, Mohammad, Shireen, and Farnaz (a graduate student in Dr. Mistriotis’ research group) performed pig heart and hydrogel (fake snow) demonstrations to kids aged 3-12 years at the 2022 GRAND Engineering Challenges as an effort to spark interest in the STEM field.
