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Cole Dwiggins awarded ASPIRE Fellowship!

2/16/2021

 
Congratulations to undergraduate researcher Cole Dwiggins (BIOE '22) who has been awarded an ASPIRE Fellowship from MTech to support his research in Spring 2021! Cole joined the lab last fall and is working on developing methods to quantitatively analyze local permeability maps for iPSC-derived brain microvascular endothelial cells. Congratulations, Cole!

Dr. Stroka wins E. Robert Kent TEaching Award for Junior Faculty!

12/17/2020

 
Thank you to the Clark School of Engineering, who selected Dr. Stroka to receive this year's E. Robert Kent Teaching Award for Junior Faculty! The award will be presented at the 2020 virtual winter commencement.

Dr. Stroka presents at Regenerative Engineering Symposium

12/2/2020

 
Dr. Stroka presented the lab's work in a talk at this year's virtual AICHe-organized Regenerative Engineering Symposium. Thanks to the organizers for the invitation to share our work, and to the other speakers for a great panel discussion after the session!

Dr. Stroka wins BIOE Halloween costume contest!

11/6/2020

 
Dr. Stroka, her TI-83 calculator costume (made in 2005!), and her little sidekicks are this year's winner of the 2020 BIOE virtual Halloween costume contest! 
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New collaborative paper accepted for publication!

9/10/2020

 
A new paper in collaboration with Dr. Joe Huang's lab has been accepted for publication as an invited manuscript in a special issue of Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics! This paper is titled "Photodynamic Priming Modulates Endothelial Cell–Cell Junction Phenotype for Light-activated Remote Control of Drug Delivery." Congratulations to first author Collin Inglut, second author Dr. Kelsey Gray (Stroka Lab PhD '19), and the rest of the team!

PhD student Ian Smith joins the lab!

9/2/2020

 
The Stroka Lab welcomes Ian Smith, a first-year PhD student, into the lab! Ian joins us after completing his B.S. in Biomedical Engineering with a minor in Chemistry from Georgia Tech in December 2019. You can read more about Ian on the "Team" page. Welcome to the lab and UMD BIOE, Ian!

Dr. Stroka publishes "New and Notable" commentary article in Biophysical Journal

9/1/2020

 
Dr. Stroka recently published a commentary "New and Notable" article in Biophysical Journal. She noted in the title, "Swimming cells can stay in shape" because the swimming motion across non-adhesive surfaces is not powered by dynamic shape changes of cells, but rather by a molecular paddling motion. The paper described in the commentary was recently published in the same issue of Biophysical Journal by Olivier Theodoly's lab. 

Dr. Mary Doolin begins postdoc at Astrazeneca!

8/14/2020

 
Congratulations to Dr. Mary Doolin, who will be moving on to a postdoc position at Astrazeneca! Dr. Doolin was an NIH F31 fellow in the lab and defended her PhD in June.  We are extremely sad to see her leave the lab, but we know even greater things are ahead for her!

Dr. Stroka receives Teaching Innovation Grant

6/20/2020

 
Dr. Stroka has received a teaching innovation grant from the Office of the Provost to redesign her Biomechanics (BIOE404) course!

Dr. Stroka receives Phillip Merrill Faculty Mentor Award!

6/20/2020

 
BIOE Honors student Samantha Kraus ('21) was chosen as a 2020-2021 Phillip Merrill Presidential Scholar and named Dr. Stroka as the "faculty mentor who has had the greatest impact on her academic achievement." Congratulations to Samantha!

This highly selective program is made possible by the generosity of the Philip Merrill family. It recognizes students’ academic excellence and the important role that teachers and faculty have as mentors. In addition to recognizing the seniors, the Philip Merrill Presidential Scholars program honors the K-12 teachers and University of Maryland faculty selected by the students themselves. For more information about the Merrill Scholars Program, visit their website. 
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