Elizabeth Fink is a Chemical Engineering student who was recently awarded the Advanced undergraduate research/creative endeavor award (UGRCE) for her research project, “Designing an Advanced and Functional HA Cryogel for Investigating the Role of CD44-HA Interactions in Breast Cancer Metastasis”. Congratulations Elizabeth!

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Anya Taylor is a Biochemistry student who was recently awarded the Early UGRCE for her research project, “Fine Tuning Cryogel Scaffolds for Cancer Immunotherapy”. Congratulations Anya!

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Liyutha is a second-year Chemical Engineering undergraduate student who was recently awarded the Undergraduate Early Research and Creative Endeavors Award (UGRCE) for her research project entitled, “Developing a Strategy to Cryopreserve Cellularized Cryogel-based Scaffolds for Biomedical Applications”. Congratulations Liyutha!

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Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Northeastern University Joint Program in Cancer Drug Development enables collaborative efforts to advance the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseases. The two institutions believe that projects that combine these approaches are likely to have rapid and high impact effects on cancer therapy.

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Prof. Sidi A. Bencherif was awarded a Collaborative Research Travel Grant. The Burroughs Wellcome Fund is an independent private foundation dedicated to advancing the biomedical sciences by supporting research and other scientific and educational activities.

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Congrats James!!

James was awarded the Undergraduate Advanced Research/Creative Endeavor Award for his research project entitled, “Developing Hypoxia-Inducing Cryogels to Produce more Realistic 3D Tumor Models”. Although the advanced award is typically reserved for upperclassmen students in at least their third year of undergraduate study, James was able to win the award as a sophomore.

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Congrats Liz!!

Liz is a first-year Chemical Engineering undergraduate student who was recently awarded the Undergraduate Early Research and Creative Endeavors Award for her research project entitled, “Developing a New Technique for the Formation of Uniform Multicellular Tumor Spheroids”.

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The Bencherif Lab members organized and hosted a Building Bridges Program on April 6. This is a bi-annual event to provide high school students with the opportunity to explore Northeastern University’s College of Engineering.

Prof. Bencherif giving a short and interactive lecture to high school students to introduce them to the fascinating world of hydrogels and how they could be useful to improve or even save lives.

Graduate student Mahboobeh Rezaeeyazdi showing a gel sample and explaining different hydrogel-forming mechanisms before letting the students make their own colorful and sparkly hydrogels.

Prof. Bencherif on the ground answering high school students’ questions and trying to engage and excite them in STEM fields.

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Graduate student Mahboobeh Rezaeeyazdi (left) and Prof. Sidi A. Bencherif (right) standing next to a brilliant high school student (center) participating at the 71st Annual Boston Citywide Science and Engineering hosted at Northeastern University on Saturday, March 3. Both Mahboobeh and Prof. Bencherif served as science fair judges to evaluate the incredible work of middle school and high school students.

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Prof. Sidi A. Bencherif (left) and Dr. Thibault Colombani (right) volunteer to help the community by preparing nutritious meals for those in need. Community Servings is a not-for-profit food & nutrition program providing services throughout Massachusetts to individuals and families living with critical and chronic illnesses.

Thibault’s image (left) is entitled, “Planetary nebula-like organoid.” It is a confocal image of an organoid nested on a three-dimensional macroporous scaffold. Kasturi’s image (right) is entitled, “SEM image of bacteria adhering to a thin polymer wall surrounding macropores”.

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