Home Department: Orthopaedic Surgery
Faculty Advisor: Fan Yang
Talk Title: Microribbon‐based hydrogels guided mesenchymal stem cells to undergo endochondral ossification in vivo
Event: Society for Biomaterials 2017 Annual Meeting - One of Bogdan's presentations was also awarded the Orthopaedic Biomaterials SIG Star Abstract Award and the SFB STAR Award, and the other presentation was a SFB STAR Honorable Mention.

Awarded in 2016
Talk Title: Microribbon-based hydrogels induced robust osteogenesis of mesenchymal stem cells and bone regeneration with enhanced mechanical strength
Event: 2016 Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS) Annual Meeting

Awarded in 2015
Talk Title: Macroporous Microribbon-Based Hydrogels Accelerate Neocartilage Formation By Mesenchymal Stem Cells In Vitro
Event: Annual Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Meeting 2015

Awarded in 2013
Home Department: Chemistry
Faculty Advisors: Hongjie Dai (Chemistry), Brian Feldman (Pediatrics), Paul Utz (Medicine), and Samuel Strober (Medicine)

Dr. Yu’s team is interested in assisted reproductive technologies (ART) and ovarian carcinogenesis. The main goals are to: 1) Develop non-invasive preimplantation and preconception genetic testing; 2) Understand the initiating events of ovarian cancer for early detection; and 3) Examine the impact of ART on the long-term health and future generations. They use animal and organoid model, and a combination of cellular & molecular biology, genomics, and molecular imaging methods in their studies.

Awarded in 2020
Home Department: Epidemiology and Population Health
Faculty Advisors: Mindie H. Nguyen (Medicine – Gastroenterology & Hepatology) and Shan Xiang Wang (Materials Science & Engineering and Electrical Engineering)