Archive for March, 2015

IGERT News

• AMProtection wins at TechSandBox Pitch Fest March 28, 2017
  IGERT fellows Todd Alexander and Lindsay Lozeau were one of two startup companies to share first place at the recent TechSandbox Pitch Fest competition. Their share of the prize was $750 intended to help them bring their product to market. The focus of the research done by Todd and Lindsay is to prevent infections that can be caused by urinary catheters. Wha
• IGERT fellow Megan Chrobak Interns at Boston Scientific February 2, 2017
  Megan Chrobak recently completed an internship at Boston Scientific and found that the position afforded a unique perspective while working through her PhD. Megan worked with the Corporate Research team, whose focus is on “white space” research. This research requires the team to understand up and coming technologies, and provides them with an influential ro
• IGERT Fellow Gershlak Acts as Rapporteur at National Academies Meeting January 30, 2017
  IGERT Fellow Joshua Gershlak recently acted as rapporteur at the National Academies meeting on November 7, 2016. The meeting was the semi-annual roundtable meeting on Biomedical Engineering Materials and Applications (BEMA), where the roundtable was focused on biofabrication. Speakers included leaders in the field of biofabrication in academia, industry, and