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Michael Detamore has been promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure at the University of Kansas. Michael received his BS in Chemical Engineering from the Univ of Colorado-Boulder in 2000. In 2004, he received his PhD with us at Rice. In 2008, he went up for early promotion. And now, in 2009 he deservedly became a tenured faculty member. Congratulations.
A rebirth in stem cell research featured in Houston Chronicle
Dr. Athanasiou and high school researchers are featured in St. John's newsletter
Dr. Athanasiou's paper with Dr. Detamore and Dr. Mao was one of the top ten cited articles in the Annals of Biomedical Engineering in 2008. The article reference is below
"Detamore, M.S.; Athanasiou, K.A., Mao, J.J. A call to action for bioengineers and dental professionals: directives for the future of TMJ Bioengineering. Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 35 (8): 1301-1311, 2007"
Vidacare's product, the EZ-IO, was the sole winner of Wall Street Journal's 2008 Innovation Award Competition. The company was co-founded by Dr. Athanasiou and he invented the technology. For the news article, please click here.
Ben Elder successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis entitled "Optimizing a Scaffoldless Approach for Cartilage Tissue Engineering." Well done Dr. Elder!
Our lab's research was reviewed in the July 2008 edition of the peer reviewed journal, LabAnimal. A pdf of the article can be found here.
Dr. Athanasiou received the The Thomas A. Edison Patent Award from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers “for addressing the significant health problem of articular cartilage repair through the invention of a patented technology, the only implant used worldwide to treat focal cartilage lesions in the knee.”
Chris Revell successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis entitled "Characterization of Chondrocytic Differentiation and Optimization of a Self-Assembling Process for Tissue Engineering of Articular Cartilage." Great job Dr. Revell!
Dr. Athanasiou was awarded the prestigious Marshall R. Urist Award for Excellence in Tissue Regeneration Research by the Orthopaedic Research Society. For the news article, please click here.
Gidon Ofek successfully defended his Ph.D thesis proposal. Huzzah!
Eugene Koay successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis entitled "Chondrocyte Biomechanics and Chondrogenesis." Congratulations Dr. Koay!
Gwendolyn Hoben successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis entitled "Self assembly of fibrochondrocytes and human embryonic stem cells for tissue engineering of fibrocartilage." Excellent work Dr. Hoben!
The lab's research on using stem cells to grow cartilage was written up in ISTOE, Brazils equivalent of Newsweek. Click here for the article.
An article about the lab featuring the use of embryonic stem cells to tissue engineer cartilage was published on MyFox Houston. Click here for the link. For the video interview with Dr. Athanasiou, click here.
A Rice news release of the labs achievements to grow cartilage using embyronic stem cells can be accessed here.
Benjamin Elder successfully defended his thesis proposal entitled "Optimizing a 'scaffold-less' approach to articular cartilage tissue engineering". Confrats!
An article about skeletal tissue engineering featuring some of our lab's research appeared in the August 2006 issue of the American Airlines magazine, AmericanWay. To read this article, click here
Benjamin Elder tied the knot with Bernadetta Maira. Congratulations to the married couple!
Congrats to Roman Natoli and Leah MacDougal on their engagement!
Najmuddin Gunja successfully passed his thesis proposal examination. Good job!
Adam Aufderheide successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis entitled "Mechanical stimulation toward tissue engineering the knee meniscus." Well done Dr. Aufderheide!
Roman Natoli successfully passed his thesis proposal examination. Excellent work!
Dr. Athanasiou was one of two receipients of Rice's Presidential Award for Mentoring this year! An article pertaining to this award can be found here
Kyle Allen successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis entitled "Mechanical characterization, gene expression, and biosynthesis of the porcine TMJ disc for the purposes of tissue engineering." Excellent work Dr. Allen!
Kyle Allen, senior TMJ member, tied the knot with Stephanie Farrell. Congrats to Kyle and Stephanie!
Deirdre Johns successfully passed her thesis proposal. Good job!
Gwendolyn Hoben successfully passed her thesis proposal. Good work Gwen!
Dr. Athanasiou and Dr. Jerry Hu won the Hershel M. Rich Invention Award for their invention entitled "Self-assembling process." This award was established by Mr. Hershel M. Rich and is presented annually to a Rice faculty or student who have developed or invented an original invention.
Nic Leipzig successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis entitled "Growth factor effects on single chondrocyte biomechanics and gene expression." Well done Dr. Leipzig!
Dr. Adrian Shieh received the Whitaker International Scholar Grant! He will use this grant as a post-doctoral fellow at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland under the supervision of Dr. Melody Swartz, who runs the Laboratory of Morphogenesis and Mechanobiology. Please join us in congratulating Dr. Shieh!
Adrian Shieh successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis entitled "Mechanobiology of Single Chondrocytes." Excellent work Dr. Shieh!
Rice News published a beautiful article on the self assembling technique developed in our lab. It can be viewed here
Please visit the following website to watch a video that appeared on the 5 pm ABC news on Februay 16, 2006. The story is about recent work in our lab related to self assembly of the knee meniscus and articular cartilage.
Due to the size of the file, the link doesn't always work. For a transcript of the story, please visit:
http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=health&id=3939078
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