NH BioMade Transfer Scholar and UNH-M graduate Anh Nguyen was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to study in Finland
A thermal vacuum chamber, supported by a 2007 NSF EPSCoR award to UNH, is part of UNH's newly launched Space Technology Hub. Here, graduate students test equipment in the anechoic chamber, one of the Space Technology Hub's facilities. Read more: bit.ly/unh-space-tech-hub (Photo: Jeremy Gasowski, UNH)
Two NH BioMade faculty members receive NIH MIRA awards to advance wound healing & tissue engineering. Read more: bit.ly/NHBIOMADE-NIH-MIRA
Announcements
FULBRIGHT SCHOLARSHIP AWARDEE
NH BioMade Transfer Scholar and UNH-M graduate Anh Nguyen has been awarded a Fulbright student scholarship and will soon be studying in Finland. Anh began her collegiate career at Manchester Community College where she received her associate’s degree in advanced manufacturing technology. She was awarded a NH BioMade transfer scholarship, enabling her to transfer to UNH Manchester and complete her bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering technology in 2022. As a NH BioMade transfer scholar, Anh pursued her research interests in shape fidelity and physical properties of hybrid polymers for 3D bioprinting processes. She has been working as a Manufacturing Automation Engineer at Welch Fluorocarbon Inc. prior to receiving the Fulbright Scholarship. Congratulations, Anh! We are so happy for you!
Major NSF Funding Will Advance N.H.’s Science and Technology Leadership
$8M grant boosts research capacity of community colleges, undergraduate-serving institutions, industry
New Hampshire will advance its leadership as an innovator in science and technology and increase its STEM workforce with investments across the state’s institutions of higher education, funded by a major National Science Foundation grant. The $8 million cooperative agreement award to UNH, one of just three of its type in the nation, aims to increase research opportunities, mentoring, training, and partnerships between New Hampshire’s community colleges, four-year colleges and universities and industry.
NIH Maximizing Investigators' Research Award
Our heartiest congratulations to UNH Chemical Engineering Assistant Professor and NH BioMade researcher Linqing Li for receiving an NIH MIRA (R35) award! His lab will be investigating, "Combining soluble and bound factors in microstructured hydrogels to promote chronic wound angiogenesis and healing".
NH CREATES Success Story
Last year, Karen McAlpine, a middle school teacher at Moultonborough Academy, was the subject of a great piece in the Laconia Daily Sun focused on the new curriculum she has developed around regenerative medicine. A graduate of the Tech for Teachers Institute, Karen is introducing her students to the extraordinary powers of planaria and sea slugs—both of which can regenerate lost body parts.
NIH Maximizing Investigators' Research Award
UNH Assistant Professor of Chemistry Nate Oldenhuis was also selected for an R35 MIRA award. His research lab will explore, "Using DNA hydrogels to mimic, exploit, and fundamentally investigate extracellular matrices". Their research aims to demonstrate the broad utility of DNA-based hydrogels and their potential to revolutionize regenerative medicine, tissue engineering, drug delivery, and biosensing.
NH BioMade Highlights
NH CLIMBS UP
Kristen Johnson & Mary Stewart, UNH Manchester
The NH Collaborative Learning through Industry Internships and Academic Mentorship in Biotech for Students Upscaling the Workforce (NH CLIMBS UP), funded by a NH BioMade seed grant, supported workforce development in biomanufacturing. The week-long course provided cell culture skills training through integrated interactions with industry representatives, career and education counselors, and mentors. NH CLIMBS UP cross-trained engineers to understand cell culture and needs of living cells and tissues, a skills gap identified by local industry. Read More