Category Archive: Lab News

Congratulations to Clarissa on Receiving an Outstanding Presentation Award at the ABRCMS Conference!

Clarissa Jacobo Hernandez attended the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minoritized Scientists (ABRCMS) Conference in Pittsburgh, where she presented a poster on her research and won an Outstanding Presentation Award! Congratulations Clarissa!!!!

Alpha-Lipoic Acid Polymer Adhesives Paper Published in Science

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S. Pal, J. Shin, K. DeFrates, M. Arslan, K. Dale, H. Chen, D. Ramirez, P.B. Messersmith, “Recyclable Surgical, Consumer and Industrial Adhesives of Poly(a-lipoic acid)”, (Science, 385, 829-830 (2024)). Congratulations to Subhajit, Jisoo, Kelsey, Mustafa, Katelyn, Hannah, and Dominic on their paper in Science! The paper describes surgical, consumer and industrial adhesives of poly(alpha-lipoic acid). …

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Drug-Induced Regeneration in Experimental Colitis

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K. G. DeFrates, E. Tong, J. Cheng, E. Heber-Katz, P. B. Messersmith, “A Pro-Regenerative Supramolecular Prodrug Protects Against and Repairs Colon Damage in Experimental Colitis”. Adv. Sci. 2024, 11(13), 2304716. Congratulations to Kelsey, Elaine and Jing on the publication of their paper on drug-induced regeneration in a mouse model of experimental colitis. A supramolecular polymer …

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Paper on Structure-Property Relationships of a Supramolecular Polymer Prodrug Published in PNAS!

DeFrates, J. Engstrom, N.A. Sarma, A. Umar, J. Shin, W. Xie, D. Pochan, A. Omar, P.B. Messersmith, “The influence of molecular design on structure-property relationships of a supramolecular polymer prodrug”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, e2208593119 (2022). LINK Congratulations to Kelsey, Joakim, Nivedina, Athiyya, Jisoo, Weiran, Darrin and Ahmad on their paper …

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