Category: Lab News

Hydrodissection Paper Published

Congratulations to Jisoo Shin, Subhajit Pal, Miles Conrad and the rest of the team for their recent paper published in Journal of Vascular Intervention and Radiology (JVIR)! Hydrodissection is a procedure performed during cryoablation of tumor tissue, in which liquids such as saline or 5% dextrose in water is injected at the periphery of the …

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Profile of Group Member Emma Berman

Photograph of Emma Berman

Our very own Emma Berman is profiled on the BioE Department website! Check out Emma’s profile to learn more about this amazing student!

Prof. Messersmith interviewed for “Science of Stickers” Podcast

Brains On is one of the top kids podcasts in the world with over a million downloads a month. Professor Messersmith was interviewed for the Science of Stickers podcast. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or your favorite podcast platform!

Congratulations to Subhajit for being selected as Rising Stars in Soft and Biological Matter, 2024.

More details: MRSEC of UChicago and the University of California San Diego recognize exceptional early-career soft matter, energy materials, and biological matter scientists as Rising Start in Soft and Biological Matter and provide a platform for them to present their work. Symposium participants are selected based on a track record of research accomplishments and demonstrated contributions to enhancing …

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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

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

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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