Kwaghtaver Presents at Boshell Research Day

Kwaghtaver did a fantastic job presenting his poster on his colorectal cancer work at the 2024 annual Boshell Research Day on March 15th, 2024. The event was held at the Marriott Hotel in Opelika and many researchers gathered to discuss diabetes and metabolic diseases.

Kwaghtavers poster title: Exploring Colorectal Cancer within 3D In Vitro Models: Investigating the Roles of Insulin-Sensitive and Insulin-Resistant Microenvironments

Alt Text: Kwaghtaver stands in front of his poster in a ballroom.

Lipke Lab Has Fun at E-Day 2024

  • Publication date April 29, 2024
  • Categories: Outreach

Hearts! Lipke Lab showed off pig hearts to 6th-12th graders at the 2024 E-day (February 23) as well as brought fake snow to show how hydrogels work. Special thanks to Kwaghtaver for organizing the biomedical outreach table at this event!

Alt text: Lipke Lab members stand in front of an exhibit table holding half and whole pig hearts. From left to right: Shireen Singh, Justin Harvell, Kwaghtaver Desongu.

Lipke Lab Celebrates Christmas Door Win With Pizza Party

  • Publication date April 29, 2024
  • Categories: Lab Socials

The Lipke Lab group members celebrated their hard work on decorating the office door and winning by having a pizza party. Thanks to Emma Goodlett for her contributions to the pizza party! Party celebrated January 12, 2024.

The Lipke Lab group stands in front of a table filled with boxes of pizza and cookie/brownie desserts. From left to right: Yuan Tian, Justin Harvell, Kwaghtaver Desongu, Shireen Singh, Mohammad Hashemi, Farnaz Hemmati, Dr. Elizabeth Lipke, Jannatul Ferdous Nipa, and Benjamin Gunesekaran.

Lipke Lab Wins the Department Holiday Door Competition

  • Publication date February 22, 2024
  • Categories: Awards
Lipke Lab won the best door Christmas design in the department 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!

  • Publication date February 22, 2024
  • Categories: Lab Socials

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.

Lipke Lab Dresses Up for Halloween

  • Publication date February 22, 2024
  • Categories: Lab Socials

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.