Ryan O’Boyle, a senior Biomedical Engineering undergraduate, shared the 1st place prize for best poster by an undergrad at the Northeast Regional IDeA Conference in August. He received a certificate and a gift card for $500 for his poster titled “Effect of cell culture substratum anisotropy on vascular smooth muscle cell phenotype”. Ryan performed his research in Robert Akins’ lab at the Nemours – Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children.
- Get ready for GivingTuesday!Join the UD community in supporting your favorite causes and projects during the global giving day.
- Innovation Ambassador: Catherine FromenAdvancing novel technologies along the commercialization pathway.
- Why Achilles tendon injuries resist treatmentUD researchers seek to uncover how anatomical differences may influence recovery.
- Halting a heart attack’s hidden harmUD’s Elise Corbin develops novel tools to advance cardiac research.
- Making a differenceUD undergraduate builds organ-on-a-chip models to help study female reproductive tract.
