“Control of hierarchical polymer mechanics with bioinspired metal-coordination dynamics”, by Scott C. Grindy, Robert Learsch, Davoud Mozhdehi, Jing Cheng, Devin G. Barrett, Zhibin Guan, Phillip B. Messersmith & Niels Holten-Andersen, Nature Materials 14, 1210–1216 (2015). doi:10.1038/nmat4401
Monthly Archive: November 2015
Prof. Messersmith gives an invited talk at AICHE meeting in Salt Lake City, UT
Nov. 9 talk entitled “Interfacial and Bulk Mechanochemistry of Mussel Adhesive Proteins and Their Polymer Mimics”
Devang Amin presents poster at BMES, “In Vitro Antioxidant Activity of Tannic Acid Nanoparticles Prepared by Flash NanoPrecipitation”
October 2015 – Graduate student Devang Amin presented his poster “In Vitro Antioxidant Activity of Tannic Acid Nanoparticles Prepared by Flash NanoPrecipitation” at the BMES annual meeting in Tampa.
Dr. Caroline Sugnaux wins postdoctoral fellowship from the Swiss National Science Foundation
November 2015 – Congratulations to postdoctoral researcher Dr. Caroline Sugnaux, winner of a postdoctoral fellowship from the Swiss National Science Foundation. Way to go, Caroline!!!
Science Translational Medicine publishes our research with collaborators in the Herber-Katz Lab – “Drug Induced Regeneration in Adult Mice”
June 2015 – A paper from our collaboration with the Herber-Katz Lab, “Drug Induced Regeneration in Adult Mice” is published in Science Translational Medicine. DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3010228 The paper describes soft tissue regeneration induced by subcutaneous injection of a drug filled polymer hydrogel.
Patrick Burch, Devang Amin, and Sally Winkler present research at UCB Materials Science Advisory Board meeting
November 2015 – Postdoc Dr. Patrick Burch and graduate students Devang Amin and Sally Winkler present posters about their research at the UC Berkeley Materials Science and Engineering Advisory Board Meeting.
Prof. Messersmith gives the Xerox Lectureship in Industrial/Applied Chemistry at the University of British Columbia
October 2015 – Prof. Messersmith is invited to give the Xerox Lectureship in Industrial/Applied Chemistry at the University of British Columbia.