Ashley Brown, a B.S. student in Biochemistry and Health Humanities, has recently received the PEAK Experiences Summit Award for her project entitled, “Exploring Oxygen-Generating Cryogels’ Potential as Delivery System in Prostate Cancer Vaccine”. The Office of Undergraduate Research… Read More

Congrats to Prof. Bencherif for being selected as a 2022 Academic Young Investigator by the American Chemical Society’s Division of Organic Chemistry. This distinction is meant to honor young researchers who have made significant contributions to their respective… Read More

In collaboration with international researchers, including the Reza Saeb lab at Gdańsk University of Technology in Poland, the Bencherif Lab has recently published a review article titled “Clickable polysaccharides for biomedical applications: A comprehensive review” in Progress in… Read More

Ramya has been selected as one of Northeastern’s Huntington 100. This is a significant milestone! The Huntington 100 honors every year the best and brightest students who exemplify the principles, missions, and values of Northeastern University. 

Congrats to Prof. Bencherif for receiving a Young Investigator Award by the American Chemical Society’s Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering (ACS PMSE). Prof. Bencherif presented the lab’s recent research advancements in the PMSE Young Investigator Symposium… Read More

Our research published in Macromolecular Materials and Engineering is among top cited papers and generated immediate impact in the field. Congrats everyone!! Check out our article here for more information.

Jonathan Keeley, a B.S./M.S. student in chemical engineering, has recently been awarded the PEAK Experiences Summit Award for his project “Mechanically Induced Osteogenesis of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Silk Fibroin Cryogel Scaffolds”. This competitive award, offered by… Read More

Ke (Chloe) Wen, a B.S. student in Chemical Engineering and Biochemistry, has recently received the PEAK Experiences Summit Award for her project entitled, “Evaluating the Effect of Matrix Stiffness on Glycocalyx Expression using a Fluidic Device”. The Office… Read More

Joyce Shen, a third-year Biochemistry student, has recently received a PEAK Experiences Ascent Award for her project “Engineering Polyester-Coated Microparticles for Extended Oxygen Release” for Spring 2022. This award is granted by the Office of Undergraduate Research and… Read More

Congratulations to Mahboobeh Rezaeeyazdi and team (Thibault Colombani, Loek Eggermont, and Prof. Sidi A. Bencherif) on their recent publication in Materials Today Bio. This work reports the design of biomimetic cryogel scaffolds fabricated from hyaluronic acid (HA) as… Read More