As we near the end of the semester, it is important to look back and reflect on our lab members’ accomplishments this spring. Marylyn presented her research titled, “Machine Learning-Powered Support for Extrusion Bioprinting” at undergraduate research day on campus. (See picture below for her research poster). Another one of our other undergrads, Niva, won the ASPIRE award this semester! The ASPIRE program seeks to broaden the educational experience of undergraduate engineering students through direct involvement in real-world engineering projects. The ASPIRE award offers students the resources needed to engage in meaningful research under the guidance of an engineering faculty or staff mentor.
Graduate students Ryan, Lexi, and Pieper will also give oral presentations at the International Biomedical Engineering conference in Greece in late May, so look forward to another update later on their trip.
Kristen Bradish, Julia Fitlin, Sarang Han, and Paige Wilcox are all graduating this semester with undergraduate degrees in engineering. As Kristen has been the lab website manager for the past three years, undergraduate Henry will now take over website updates.
Shannon has published her last paper from the lab! “Osteoblast-Mesenchymal Stem Cell Coculture Drives In Vitro Osteogenesis in 3D Bioprinted Periosteum” is now online in Tissue Engineering Part A! This work was led by PhD student Shannon McLoughlin and her undergraduate student Paige Wilcox. They explored which cell types are critical to incorporate into tissue-engineered periosteum to enhance osteogenesis in the adjacent bone tissue. This was modeled in 2D and 3D bioprinted co-cultures. They observed that a mixed population of osteoblasts and mesenchymal stem cells upregulates runt-related transcription factor (RUNX2) expression and matrix mineralization, which are key markers of bone matrix development. Congratulations to all the authors, and check out the paper at: https://doi.org/10.1089/ten.tea.2025.0038!
Congrats to everyone on their accomplishments this spring!
