<![CDATA[The Puetzer Lab - News & Events]]>Tue, 20 Aug 2024 19:50:12 -0700Weebly<![CDATA[Congrats to our Graduates!!]]>Fri, 10 May 2024 07:00:00 GMThttp://www.puetzerlab.com/news--events/congrats-to-our-graduatesCongratulations to our Graduates!! Reem graduated with a B.S. in Chemistry, and  Alex and Afrah graduated with a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering. And while we would be very sad they are leaving us, luckily they are all sticking around to get Masters!! ]]><![CDATA[Rudav Presents his work at the VCU Research Symposium]]>Thu, 25 Apr 2024 07:00:00 GMThttp://www.puetzerlab.com/news--events/rudav-presents-his-work-at-the-vcu-research-symposiumRudav did a fantastic job today presenting his work investigating the contribution of Ligament fibroblasts and Enthesis fibrochondrocytes to Engineered Ligament-to-bone construct maturation at the VCU Undergraduate Research Symposium!!! Way to go Rudav!
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]]><![CDATA[Congrats to Austin Gouldin, Ph.D. for Successfully Defending his Disseration!!!]]>Tue, 16 Apr 2024 07:00:00 GMThttp://www.puetzerlab.com/news--events/congrats-to-austin-gouldin-phd-for-successfully-defending-his-disseration
Congratulations to Dr. Austin Gouldin who gave a great defense presentation on his work unraveling the multiscale role of AGEs in aging Menisci!!! Thanks to all who came out to support him both in person and online. Particularly thank you to his committee members, Drs. Rebecca Heise, Michael McClure, Gregory Golladay, and Matthew Halquist. Austin was one of the first PhD student of the Puetzer Lab and has been paramount in getting the lab up and running. We will greatly miss him as he transitions to a job in industry! 
]]><![CDATA[Women's Health Research Day]]>Tue, 16 Apr 2024 07:00:00 GMThttp://www.puetzerlab.com/news--events/womens-health-research-dayWe had a great time networking and sharing our work at the VCU Women's Health Research Day today! Kelly shared her work which has found disuse reduces Achilles Tendon mechanics, but via different mechanism in Males and Females, which could point to the need for differential rehab.
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]]><![CDATA[Congrats to Sunaina for Receiving a VCU CCTR Summer Fellowship!]]>Mon, 15 Apr 2024 07:00:00 GMThttp://www.puetzerlab.com/news--events/congrats-to-sunaina-for-receiving-a-vcu-cctr-summer-fellowshipCongratulations to Sunaina for being awarded a VCU Undergraduate Fellowship from the VCU Center for Clinical and Translational Research (CCTR), one of the most competitive institutional awards for undergraduate research and scholarship at VCU. She will be investigating how cellular focal adhesions change during hierarchical collagen fiber formation to better drive regeneration of collagen fibers. ]]><![CDATA[Kelly Ott Receives a NSF Graduate Research Fellowship!!!]]>Fri, 05 Apr 2024 07:00:00 GMThttp://www.puetzerlab.com/news--events/kelly-ott-receives-a-nsf-graduate-research-fellowshipCongratulations to Puetzer Lab PhD Student Kelly Ott for being awarded an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship!! The NSF GRFP awards exceptional graduate students with 3 years stipend and tuition coverage to advance their studies in STEM-based disciplines. Kelly will be continuing her research evaluating how slow stretch elongation drives hierarchical fiber maturation in engineered ligaments.  You can read more about her journey at VCU and her work in this great write up!  Congrats Kelly!!! 
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]]><![CDATA[Congrats to Elise for being awarded 2nd place at her regional Science and Engineering Fair!!]]>Fri, 22 Mar 2024 07:00:00 GMThttp://www.puetzerlab.com/news--events/congrats-to-elise-for-being-awarded-2nd-place-at-her-regional-science-and-engineering-fairCongratulations to Elise for being award 2nd place at the Regeneron Westchester Science and Engineering Fair. This was our of 700 projects in the Medicine and Health category!! Elise is a high school student who worked with us throughout the year to design her experiment and then joined us over the summer to carry out the study. She explored whether Enzymatic Depletion of GAGs could help accelerate repair of Meniscal Tears! Great Job Elise!!
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Another great ORS meeting for the books!! Even though it rained almost the whole time, we had a fantastic time sharing our work and catching up with friends at ORS 2024 in Long Beach, CA. Also, Congrats to Puetzer Lab PhD Student Leia Troop for winning an ORS Tendon Section Poster Award!!!
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We had a fantastic time at BMES in Seattle, WA! Reem, Kelly, Leia, and Tristan did great presenting their work, the scenery was beautiful, and as usual we caught up with so many friends and lab alumni!!! Looking forward to the next one!
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]]><![CDATA[Congrats to Dr. Puetzer for being Awarded an NIRA!!]]>Wed, 11 Oct 2023 07:00:00 GMThttp://www.puetzerlab.com/news--events/congrats-to-dr-puetzer-for-being-awarded-an-niraCongrats to Dr. Puetzer for being awarded a VCU National/International Recognition Award!!! This is the first class of Faculty Scholars honored for exceptional accomplishments and for representing the uncommon excellence that can be found at VCU! You can read more about it here.
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Photo credit to Dr. Puetzer's Senior Design Group!
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