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12 members of the Anseth group traveled to Jackson, WY for the Polymer Networks 2012 conference. Daniel Alge, Kyle Kyburz, Mark Tibbitt, Chelsea Magin, Daniel McKinnon, and Malar Azagarsamy gave oral presentations and Kelly Pollock, Kelly Trowbridge, Emi Tokuda, Jennifer Leight, Katie Lewis, and Emily Matherly presented posters.

Sharon (Huan) Wang shows that valvular interstitial cells will return to a quiescent phenotype after reducing the modulus of the substrate on which they are plated using the nitrobenzyl photochemistry the Anseth group brought into hydrogels. The figure shows the reduction in alpha smooth muscule actin (green) in gels that...

Mark Tibbitt's work on photodegradable microspheres earns him the Student Award for Outstanding Research in the PhD Category at the 9th World Biomaterials Congress in Chengdu, China.

Kelly Pollock, Quinn Flemming, and Daniel McKinnon all earned NIH Training Grants in Pharmaceutical Biotechnology.

Mark Tibbitt demonstrated controlled release of protein from photodegradable PEG microspheres. His work earned him the Outstanding Research Winner in the PhD category for the 9th World Biomaterials Congress in China. M.W. Tibbitt, B.W. Han, A.M. Kloxin, and K.S. Anseth , "Synthesis and Application of Photodegradable Microspheres for Spatiotemporal Control...

Pat Hume showed that immunosuppressive factors maintain their activity when tethered to a hydrogel and reduce markers of dendritic cell activation. The figure shows reduced levels of IL-12 expression in dendritic cells seeded upon hydrogels functionalized with immunosuppressive proteins TGF-B1 and IL-10. P.S. Hume, J. He, K. Haskins, and K.S...

Cole DeForest shows the addition and removal of biologically active peptides using two orthogonal photochemistries. His work is highlighted on the cover of Angewandte Chemie-International Edition. C.A. DeForest and K.S. Anseth , "Photoreversible Patterning of Biomolecules within Click-Based Hydrogels," Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, 51 (8), 1816-1819 (2012).