Mechano-metabolic regulation of ion channel function in engineered heart muscle

We are excited to start an NSF funded CAREER award that will allow us to study how mechanical forces integrate with metabolic signaling to regulate channel function in stem cell derived heart tissue. This award will also support outreach with local K-12 institutions through Washington University’s Institute for School Partnership.

Congratulations to Daniel Simmons

Congratulations to Daniel Simmons for the publication of his paper, Hydrogel-Assisted Double Molding Enables Rapid Replication of Stereolithographic 3D Prints for Engineered Tissue Design in ACS Applied Material Interfaces! https://doi.org/10.1089/ten.tec.2022.0053

Congratulations to Soore Oguntuyo and David Schuftan

Congratulations to Soore Oguntuyo and David Schuftan for the publication of their paper, IRobust, Automated Analysis of Action Potential and Calcium Transient Morphology in iPSC-Derived Micro-Heart Muscle for In Vitro Assessment of Drug-Induced Toxicity in Tissue Engineering Part C Methods! https://doi.org/10.1089/ten.tec.2022.0053

Huebsch Lab, in collaboration with Greenberg and Lavine Labs, awarded $300,000 grant from the AHA

We are excited to announce new support from the American Heart Association to support our collaborative work with Drs. Michael Greenberg (Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics) and Kory Lavine (Department of Cardiology) at the Washington University School of Medicine. This grant will allow us to combine our expertise to study how the immune system […]

Harper Jiang Passes PhD Qualifying Exam

Congratulations to Harper Jiang for passing her qualifying exam and officially becoming a PhD candidate in the Department of Biomedical Engineering!

Ghiska Ramahdita Wins Audience Choice Award at Reach Out SciComm Slam Final

Ghiska Ramahdita, a doctoral student in The Center for Engineering MechanoBiology (CEMB) in the McKelvey School of Engineering, was voted the Audience Choice Award winner of the National Science Foundation’s Science and Technology Centers Reach Out Challenge semifinal round, hosted by the Museum of Science in Boston. Ramahdita is a second-year doctoral student in mechanical engineering […]

Mimi Guo receives American Heart Association Fellowship

Jingxuan (Mimi) Guo, a doctoral student in mechanical engineering & materials science in the McKelvey School of Engineering, has received a two-year, $63,040 predoctoral fellowship from the American Heart Association to investigate how mechanical factors influence the development of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), the most frequent cause of sudden death in young patients and the most […]

Ghiska Ramahdita named finalist in Reach Out SciComm Slam

Ghiska Ramahdita, a doctoral student in The Center for Engineering MechanoBiology (CEMB) in the McKelvey School of Engineering, was named the judges’ choice winner of the National Science Foundation’s Science and Technology Centers Reach Out Challenge semifinal round, hosted by the Museum of Science in Boston.  Using captivating imagery, videos and props, Ramahdita succinctly described her […]

Ghiska Ramahdita named a semifinalist in the 2021 Reach Out Science Slam Communication Challenge jointly sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the Museum of Science, Boston

Congratulations to Ghiska Ramahdita on being named a semifinalist in the 2021 Reach Out Science Slam Communication Challenge jointly sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the Museum of Science, Boston. The Reach Out Science Slam is a nationwide effort to boost the communication skills of students and early-career researchers affiliated with the National Science […]

Congratulations to Era Jain and Sydney Neal

Congratulations to Era Jain and Sydney Neal for publication of their paper, Copper-Free Azide–Alkyne Cycloaddition for Peptide Modification of Alginate Hydrogels in ACS Applied Biomaterials! https://doi.org/10.1021/acsabm.0c00976

Congratulations to Mimi Guo!

Congratulations to Jingxuan (Mimi) Guo for publication of her paper, Elastomer-Grafted iPSC-Derived Micro Heart Muscles to Investigate Effects of Mechanical Loading on Physiology in ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering! https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsbiomaterials.0c00318

Ghiska Ramahdita Passes PhD Qualifying Exam

Congratulations to Ghiska Ramahdita for passing her qualifying exam and officially becoming a PhD student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Sciences!

Mimi Guo Passes PhD Qualifying Exam

Congratulations to Jingxuan (Mimi) Guo for passing her qualifying exam and officially becoming a PhD student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Sciences!

Awarded Career Development Grant

We are grateful to receive support from the American Heart Association to investigate mechanisms of preload-induced pathology in genetically inherited Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy, a leading cause of sudden cardiac death in young athletes. Read more here.

Daniel Simmons Passes PhD Qualifying Exam

Congratulations to Daniel Simmons for passing his qualifying exam and officially becoming a PhD student in the Department of Biomedical Engineering!