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Welcome to the Multiscale Biothermostability Engineering Laboratory!

Our laboratory is dedicated to the research and education on developing new strategies using modern micro and nano technology for (1) drug/gene delivery to improve the safety and efficacy of cancer treatment and (2) cell and tissue engineering to advance the emerging cell-based medicine. We are so thankful for the support of our effort by The Ohio State University (OSU) Research Foundation, the University of South Carolina Research Foundation, Wendy Will Case Cancer Fund (WWCCF), National Science Foundation (NSF), National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and American Cancer Society.

News

2011.11   Dr. Wei Rao joined our lab as a postdoc. Dr. Rao obtained her Ph.D. from the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Before joining us, Dr. Rao was a postdoctoral researcher in Virginia Commonwealth University. Welcome! Wei.

2011.11   Dr. He gave an invited talk at the Third OSU Annual CoE/SoM Symposium on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine.

2011.10   Dr. He gave an invited talk for the Research-In-Progress seminar in the Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute at OSU.

2011.10   Dr. Jung K. Choi joined our lab as a postdoc after obtaining his Ph.D. from Seoul National University, Korea. Welcome! Jung.

2011.9   Pranay Agarwal joined our lab as a doctoral student. Before joining us, Pranay was a graduate researcher in Columbia University. Welcome! Pranay.

2011.7   Our laboratory is now moved and housed in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and College of Medicine at The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.

2011.7   Dr. He joined The Ohio State University as an Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering.

2011.6   Dr. He chaired the Targeted Delivery and Electroporation Session at the 2011 ASME Summer Bioengineering Conference, Farmington, PA.

2011.6   Wujie Zhang was selected as one of the 36 finalists nationally for Ph.D. level presentation competition at the 2011 ASME Summer Bioengineering Conference, Farmington, PA. Congratulations!

2011.6   Kyle Gilstrap successfully defended his master's thesis. Congratulations!!!

2011.5   Dr. Zhang (Wujie) received Student Travel Award sponsored by NSF to attend the 2011 ASME Summer Bioengineering Conference. Congratulations!

2011.4   Dr. He was awarded an American Cancer Society (ACS) Research Scholar Grant (RSG) with research focused on nanoparticle-mediated drug delivery and minimally invasive therapy for improving the safety and efficacy of cancer treatment. Dr. Xiongbin Lu at the UT MD Anderson Cancer Center is a co-investigator on this grant. In the news: Dr. Phelps from ACS talks about this project during an interview.

2011.4   Wujie Zhang successfully defended his doctoral dissertation. Congratulations!!! Dr. Zhang

2011.1   Dr. He was awarded an NIH R01 grant by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) with research focused on microscale biomaterials for assisted reproductive technology and regenerative medicine. Dr. Gabor Szalai is a co-investigator on this grant.

2010.11   Keith Moore in Dr. Jay Potts lab in the USC School of Medicine together with Wujie Zhang in our lab won the poster competition at the North Carolina Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (NC TERM) conference. The poster was chosen from more than 100 presented in the conference. Congratulations! Keith and Wujie

2010.10   Dr. He gave an invited talk for the Applied and Computational Mathematics Seminar in the Department of Mathematics, University of South Carolina.

2010.9   Dr. He was awarded an NSF grant with research focused on quantifying the biotransport phenomena in engineering living (embryonic stem) cells using microscale biomaterials for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.

2010.8   Dr. He gave an invited plenary talk at the 7th National Conference on Cryobiology and Biomedical Devices of China, Shanghai, China.

2010.8   Dr. He gave an invited talk at the 6th World Congress on Biomechanics/14th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering, Singapore.

2010.8   Dr. He co-chaired the Biotransport Track and Sessions at the 6th World Congress on Biomechanics/14th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering, Singapore.

2010.7   Dr. He gave an invited talk in the Med-X Research Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China.

2010.7   Dr. He was awarded a grant by the Wendey Will Case Cancer Fund (WWCCF) to develop a combined therapy for improved cancer treatment.

2010.6   Dr. He gave two talks at the 2010 ASME Summer Bioengineering Conference, Naples, Florida.

2010.6   Our paper entitled "Collapse temperature of solutions important for lyopreservation of living cells at ambient temperature" was selected as the cover story of the June 1st issue of Biotechnology and Bioengineering.

2010.5   Dr. He gave an invited talk for the Nanobiotechnology Summer Camp, USC NanoCenter, Columbia, SC.

2010.5   Dr. He gave an invited talk at the 2010 Workshop for Thermal Biology and Therapy, Minneapolis, MN.

2009.12   Dr. He gave an invited talk in the College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of South Carolina.