Lipke Lab Wins the Department Holiday Door Competition
Alt Text: From left to right, Shireen, Justin, Nipa, Yuan, Kwaghtaver, Dr. Lipke, and Mohammad stand in front of the holiday decorated door.
Alt Text: The Lipke Lab office door has two large candy canes, lights around the door, a hanging gingerbread house roof, with a factory-like design, a sign that reads Lipke Workshop, as well as moving gears with hearts, and all lab personnel dressed as elves.
Alt Text: From left to right, Shireen, Mohammad, Justin, Nipa, Yuan, Kwaghtaver, and Farnaz (a graduate student in Dr. Mistriotis’ group) stand in front of the decorated door.
Lipke Lab Celebrates the Christmas Holidays!
Lipke lab had a great time in the last gathering party of 2023!
Alt Text: From left to right, Yuan, Sean’s guest, Nipa, Sean, Farnaz, Mohammad, Kwaghtaver, Michaela, Justin, Shireen, Shenba (from Dr. Cremaschi’s group), Benjamin, and Dr. Lipke stand in front of Dr. Lipke’s Christmas tree.
Shireen Competes as a Finalist at the 2023 Graduate School 3 Minute Thesis Competition
Shireen competed in the 2023 3 Minute Thesis competition at the university level and made it to the top 10!
Alt Text: Shireen stands on stage in front of a crowd. Behind her displays her 3MT slide with various graphs and cartoon images.
Lipke Lab Dresses Up for Halloween
To celebrate Halloween, the Lipke Lab dressed up in a group costume, going to the VWR Vendor Fair as characters from the cartoon show PowerPuff Girls.
Shireen and Nipa Present at the 2023 Graduate School 3 Minute Thesis Competition
Shireen and Nippa presented their research at 3-minute thesis competition to general audience! The Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) competition celebrates the exciting research conducted by Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) students. Developed by The University of Queensland (UQ), 3MT cultivates students’ academic, presentation, and research communication skills.
Lipke Lab Presents at the 2023 Biomedical Engineering Society Conference
Lipke Lab traveled to Seattel, WA to present at the 2023 BMES Annual Meeting. Mohammad presented an oral presentation entitled “Improving metabolic and structural maturation of engineered cardiac tissues to study diabetic cardiomyopathy”.
Dr. Lipke and Yuan win at the Alabama LaunchPad Competition
Dr. Lipke and Dr. Tian won first place and $25,000 in Alabama Launchpad’s Cycle 2 concept stage finals on Thursday, Aug. 17, at Auburn University’s New Venture Accelerator.
Alt Text: Dr. Lipke and Yuan stand together holding a check that reads $25,000. The image also says “Congratulations, Vivosphere.”
Lipke Lab Presents at the 2023 Graduate Engineering Research Showcase
Shireen, Nippa, and Kwaghtaver presented at the 2023 Graduate Engineering Research Showcase. Mohammad presented a poster entitled “Exploring the impact of modulating cardiac differentiation of hydrogel encapsulated hiPSCs to derive second heart filed”. Nipa presented a poster titled “3D Engineered Tissue Model for Investigating the Role of CXCL7 in Colon Cancer Progression” and Kwaghtaver presented a poster titled “Optimizing Control Media for Co-culturing Engineered 3D Colorectal Cancer Tissues in Insulin-Resistant and Insulin-Sensitive Microenvironments”
Lipke Lab Shares Their Hearts at the 2023 Engineering GRAND Challenges
Justin and Shireen performed pig heart and hydrogel (fake snow) demonstrations to kids aged 3-12 years at the 2023 GRAND Engineering Challenges as an effort to spark interest in the STEM field.
Alt Text: Shireen and Justin stand in front of a table covered in fake snow, a video of a contracting engineered heart tissue, and a real pigs heart.
Mohammad Presents at the Gordon Research Symposium
Mohammad presented his research at 2023 Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Conference GRC in Holderness, New Hampshire.
Alt Text: Mohammad stands in front of his poster, which is attached to a poster board.