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Doctoral Researchers (Ph.D)
2019:
Dr. Tanya Singh, Biomedical Engineering, 'Regulatory impacts of glia on neuromuscular junction'
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tanyasingh989/
2018:
Dr. Shawn Mishra, Biomedical Engineering, 'Electrochemical stimulation of photoreceptor cells for retinal transplantation'
https://www.linkedin.com/in/shawn-mishra/
2017:
Dr. Sean McCutcheon, Biomedical Engineering, 'Biomechanical communication across progenitor cell populations'
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sean-mccutcheon-phd-23936593/
2015:
Dr. Uchenna J. Unachukwu, Biology, 'Characterizing migratory signaling pathways of transplantable photoreceptor progenitor cells: A systems biology approach' (co-mentored S. Redenti)
https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnuchenna/
2012:
Dr. Richard A. Able Jr., Biochemistry, 'Real-time measurement of glial progenitor chemotaxis'
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rich-able-b912436/
2009:
Dr. Qingjun Kong, Mechanical Engineering, 'Growth-factor induced cell migration using microfabricated devices'
Master of Science (M.S)
2022:
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Richard Cliver, 'Reparative Glial Targets for Radiative Damage to the Nervous System.'
https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-cliver-aa1061136/
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Miles Markey, 'Examining Collective Behaviors of Retinal Progenitor Cells to Inform Future Transplantation Therapies.' https://www.linkedin.com/in/miles-markey-12a5b213b/
2020:
Brian Ayers, 'Incorporating Schwan Cells as a Mediator of Spinal Cord Outgrowth for Regenerative Therapies.'
https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-ayers-bme/
2019:
Caroline Pena, 'Developing a 3D model of neural migration in regenerating retina'
https://www.linkedin.com/in/caroline-d-pena/
2018:
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Eric Sun, ‘A microfluidic model to study cell to cell communication between retinal progenitor populations’
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Stephanie Zhang, 'Using Drosophila to evaluate collective migration during retinogenesis' https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanie-zhang-a5896365/
2016
Nihan Dulger, 'Microenvironment for the study of the migration of retinal glial cells in concentration gradient fields' https://www.linkedin.com/in/nyyyan/
2015:
Jennifer Rico, 'Chemotaxis of CNS-derived tumor cells within controlled microenvironments'
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-rico-varela/
2013:
Celestin Ngnabeuye, 'Migration of neural cells in microsystems'
2012:
Cade Beck, 'Chemotaxis of Drosophila glia within controlled microenvironments'
https://www.linkedin.com/in/cade-beck-524450b/
2011:
Tanya Singh, 'A novel biomaterial enables chemotactic study of motile CNS-derived tumor cell'
2008:
Richard A. Able, Jr., 'Cell to cell chemotaxis across glial cancer cells'
2007:
Georgina Bermudez, 'A study of cell to cell chemotaxis between brain tumor and glial progenitor cells'
Undergraduate Researchers (B. Eng)
2021:
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E. Tuberty-Vaughan, 'Electrical Resistivity of Degenerated Retina' (Independent Study)
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N. Castro, 'Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells for Retinal Transplantation' (Research Project)
2020:
R. Cliver, 'Microfluidics to Evaluate Glial-Mediated Therapies in the Nervous System' (Research Project)
2018:
J.S. Pena, ‘EGFR-mediated Muller glia chemotaxis in Microfluidic Environments’ (Research Project)
2017:
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D. Robles, ‘Schwann cell collective migration in response to neuronal signaling’ (Research Project)
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C. Pena, ‘Collective migration of neural progenitors during retinogenesis’ (Research Project)
2016:
A. Thakur, ‘Retinal Progenitor Cluster adhesion on CNS-derived matrixes’ (Research Project)
2015:
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B. Amal, ‘Micromanufacturing correlations with BME-based electronics’ (Independent Study)
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C. Ye, ‘Microdevices for World Health Organization (WHO) projects’ (Independent Study)
2014:
S. Mensa, ‘Microfluidics to measure shear stress on smooth muscle cells’ (Independent Study)
2013:
J. Rico, ‘Chemotaxis of medulloblastoma towards primary growth factors’ (Research Project)
2011:
V. Rotari, ‘Targeted nanoparticles for detection of activated EGFR in brain cancer cells’ (Research Project)
2009:
M. Nolan, ‘Cell migration chambers fabricated via CNC versus photolithography’
2008:
E. Williams, 'Microfluidics in Biomedical Engineering' (Independeint Study)
2006:
D. Sharma, ‘Chemotaxis of brain tumor-derived cells’
2004:
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I. Elaktaa, Chemical Engineering, ‘Optimized DNA separations using microfluidic devices
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L Malcolm, Chemical Engineering, ‘Chemotaxis of glioma towards endothelial-derived cytokines’