Recap: CEMB 2022 Annual Retreat
October 24th 2022 - It was 70°F outside, the weather was nice with the view of fall foliage along Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA. Just perfect for the CEMB Annual Retreat! After a few years ...
Natasha Bilkey, PhD student, discusses impact of bringing science beyond the bench with BALSA
CEMB PhD student, Natasha Bilkey (WashU), was recently featured by her university for her work with the Biotechnology and Life Science Advising Group (BALSA). She talks about the important role BALSA plays to support the ...
2022 Pilot Grant Awardees Announced
The CEMB has announced the 2022 cohort of Pilot Grant Awardees. Awarded to trainees, this grant provides up to $15,000 for graduate students to conduct innovative, collaborative research that spans disciplines, institutions, and kingdoms. ...
Marcus Foston Named Director of Diversity Initiatives, WUSTL
CEMB faculty and IRT leader, Marcus Foston, has been named director of diversity initiatives for the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis. As the director of diversity initiatives, Foston chairs ...
$1.25 Million ADVANCE grant awarded to Treena Arinzeh to to Ensure Women Scholars Flourish as Inventors
CEMB's Treena Arinzeh has led an NJIT-team to win a $1.25 Million NSF ADVANCE grant to promote equity in commercialization activities. The team has set out to identify and eliminate barriers on university campuses to ...
First artificial scaffolds for studying plant cell growth
CEMB researchers have developed the first artificial scaffold to study plant cell growth. The scaffolds, made of polyvinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene copolymers, mimic the properties and structure of the plant’s cell wall and make it possible ...
