11.02.2009   Our lab is leading a project in the newly established NIH PS-OC center at Hopkins. This Engineering in Oncology Center will apply physical science approaches to advance research on cancer. For more information: [http://engineering.oncology.jhu.edu]/     05.26.2009   Guoming Sun receives Postdoctoral Fellowship from Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund. Guoming Sun receives Postdoctoral Fellowship from Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund. This grant is awarded to exceptional postdoctoral fellows who conduct basic and/or translational research on human stem cells in the State of Maryland.     04.21.2009   Laura Beasman receives NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. Laura Beasman, 2nd year graduate student in the Chemical and Biomolecular Department, receives a 3 years NSF Graduate Research Fellowship.     03.21.2009   Several of our junior students have been recognized for their excellent performances: * Rachel Truitt receives the AiChe Award for Scholastic Achievement which recognize juniors with highest scholastic standing. * Matt Moura receives the ChemBE Undergraduate Research Award for his contribution to research in the field of ChemBE. * Michelle Ho receives the Fisher award, a new award for excelling academically and involvement in research related to cancer.     02.12.2009   Dr. Gerecht receives March of Dimes Foundation Basil O'Connor Starter Scholar Research Award. The March of Dimes Foundation's mission is to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth, and infant mortality. The Basil O'Connor Starter Scholar Research Award is designed to support young scientists just embarking on their independent research careers and whose research interests are consonant with those of the Foundation.     07.12.2008   Dr. Gerecht receives American Heart Association Scientist Development Award. The American Heart Association National Scientist Development Grant supports highly promising beginning scientists in their progress toward independence by encouraging and adequately funding research projects that can bridge the gap between completion of research training and readines for successful competition as an independent investigator.   05.14.2008   Rachel Truitt receives Paul A. C. Cook Award from the ChemBE Department. This award is given to outstanding sophomores or juniors in the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department who are best all-around students.   05.06.2008   Dr. Gerecht was awarded the 2008 Maryland Outstanding Young Engineer Award. The award is sponsored by the Maryland Academy of Sciences and conferred by the Maryland Science Center in the hopes of encouraging the important work of young scientists and engineers in the state of Maryland, and to increase public awareness of their accomplishments. Dr. Gerecht receives this award for her work in the science and engineering of stem cells. Prior recipients include Sol Snyder and Bill Phillips (Nobel Prize in Physics, 1997).