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Congratulations to group alumni Drs. Andrea Gonzalez Rodriguez and Joe Grim, along with current postdoc Megan Schroeder and graduate student Cierra Walker, who published recently in The FASEB Journal on their work describing TFNa-mediated myofibroblast calcification. Read more.

Congratulations to Varsha, Ali, and group alumna Dr. Marissa Wechsler for their new publication in Advanced Healthcare Materials , "Engineering the MSC Secretome: A Hydrogel Focused Approach." Read more: https://doi.org/10.1002/adhm.202001948 .

Postdoc Dr. Laura Macdougall and alumna Dr. Marissa Wechsler are co-first authors on the latest publication from our group: "Charged Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Nanogels for the Stabilization of High Isoelectric Point Proteins" was published today in ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering. Read more here .

To close 2020, we're thrilled to congratulate postdoctoral researcher Brian Aguado for being awarded 3rd place in the annual Biofrontiers Up-Close Image Competition. Additionally, postdoc Megan Schroeder and graduate student Varsha Rao both received honorable mentions for their submissions.

Congratulations to Megan, Andrea, Cierra, and Joe for their recent publication! Read now: "Collagen networks within 3D PEG hydrogels support valvular interstitial cell matrix mineralization." Acta Biomaterialia. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2020.11.012

This year’s Outstanding Postdoc Award, reserved for postdocs excelling in research productivity and innovation, communication and leadership, is awarded to Dr. Brian Aguado (BioFrontiers, Chemical & Biological Engineering). Aguado was nominated by Dr. Kristi Anseth, distinguished professor, Tisone professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, and head of academic leadership of...

"Defining the Cardiac Fibroblast Secretome in a Fibrotic Microenvironment," Journal of the American Heart Association ( https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.120.017025 )

"Secreted Factors From Proinflammatory Macrophages Promote an Osteoblast-Like Phenotype in Valvular Interstitial Cells," ( https://doi.org/10.1161/ATVBAHA.120.315261 )

"Dynamic covalent hydrogels as biomaterials to mimic the viscoelasticity of soft tissues," Progress in Materials Science ( https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmatsci.2020.100738 )

Brian is a NIH K99 and Burroughs Wellcome Fund PDEP postdoctoral Fellow in the Anseth Research Group here at the University of Colorado, Boulder. His research uses precision biomaterial platforms to study aortic valve stenosis (AVS) and will be starting a faculty position at the Univeristy of Califroina, San Diego...