Category: Conferences

2024 marked the 20th anniversary of the Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering! We celebrated with a proper retreat at the Durham convention center.

Many of the undergrads had just returned from NCUR that morning, so they did not present at the retreat. But Claire presented a poster relating to her work with Kyla on the BPBI project.

Also there were huge standup letters that made for a great photo op!

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OML was again well-represented at the summer OUR symposium with five posters!! We had Brian, Carter, Josh, Katie, Nic and all present the projects that they’ve been working on over the summer, and all did a phenomenal job.

(click photo to enlarge)

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We had a whopping 6 undergrads present at the 2022 Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium! Or maybe only five, technically, since Christina is technically part of Kate Saul’s Lab. We’re so proud of all of them.

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We had two undergrads present posters at the Spring OUR (Office of Undergraduate Research) symposium. Kathryn presented her research with Sandra to optimize the Bone-On-Chip device, and Deeqa talked about her Finite Element Modeling work with Jason. Great job ladies!

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We had three students participate in the 2021 SNCURS (State of North Carolina Undergraduate Research Symposium) Event.

You can check out their talks/posters on the website, at least for now (we have no idea how long things will stay available, so we’ve included the link within the symposium and also a direct link to the YouTube video):

• Deeqa talked about her research using the Individual Trabecular Segmentation (ITS) software to analyze trabecular bone-like microstructures: YouTube video
• Kathryn spoke about her work developing a mechanism to study bone-vascular interactions: YouTube video
• Jennifer spoke about her research into the effects of BPBI on gait and grip strength: [no YouTube video, but poster is below]

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Sandra and Kathryn recently presented their work in bone tissue engineering at the annual NC State CMI (Comparative Medicine Institute) Research & Innovation Summit. This is part of our lab’s collaboration with the Biointerface Lab, also in UNC/NCSU BME

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Two of our undergraduates presented their work at the Summer Office of Undergraduate Research Symposium.

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Like most of 2020, BMES (Biomedical Engineering Society) looked different than normal. This year’s conference was held virtually. As with other BMES conferences, OML had a very strong showing, with five lab members presenting their research! Unfortunately virtual conferences don’t lend themselves to lots of photos, but you can check out a screen grab of Vince presenting his poster below!

• Jason: Micro-Finite Element Models of Osteoporotic Bone Resist Changes in Performance Due to Downsampling
• Sandra: Examining contributions of limb unloading to changes in bone perfusion with ischemic stroke
• Annie Kate: Impact of Ischemic Stroke on Gait Mechanics in Older Mice
• Vince: Optimizing the Modulus-Density Relationship in Finite Element Models of Vertebral Cancellous Bone
• Jennifer: Reduced Humeral Bone Growth Following Brachial Plexus Birth Injury

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Emily recently presented her ongoing research on the BPBI project. She had not one, but two posters at the annual conference.

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We had a great time in Phoenix at the annual ORS (Orthopaedic Research Society) meeting. It was great to get away from the cold weather in NC, even if we did have to deal with some extreme storms and tornado warnings on the way out.

Sandra, Emily and Jason all presented their research:

• Sandra: Examining changes in bone perfusion and bone-specific biomarkers with ischemic stroke: Poster #1675
• Emily: Detriments in humeral bone microstructure and mineralization following brachial plexus birth injury: Poster #1695
• Jason: Heterogeneous tissue modulus improved prediction of mechanical behavior in human vertebral cancellous bone. Poster #1759

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