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Researcher Highlight: Marsalas Whitaker

Jan. 5, 2023—Marsalas Whitaker, 2nd year Biomedical Engineering graduate student in the Giorgio Lab The level of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) activation is reflected in subpopulations of extracellular vesicles (EVs) originating from cancerous tissue that contain EGFR. Such EVs can be assessed using methods like immunoblots and flow cytometry. One pitfall of current EV purification techniques is reliance...

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2022 Nanoday! Poster Award Winners

Nov. 7, 2022—Congratulations to the 2022 NanoDay! competition winners! More than 220 faculty, post-docs, graduate and undergraduate students attended the 22nd annual Nanoscience/Nanotechnology Forum on November 4th. A record-breaking 72 posters were presenting during the event; the winners are listed below. 1st Place: Mariah Bezold, Biomedical Engineering (Duvall): Shear-thinning, Nanoparticle-based Hydrogels as an Injectable Delivery Platform for...

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