The Bio-X Travel Awards Program gives graduate students and postdocs the opportunity to develop their public speaking skills, to travel and network with like-minded peers, and to learn new ideas that could potentially and positively affect their research.
Home Department: Bioengineering
Faculty Advisor: David Camarillo
Talk Title: Simulation evaluation of a liquid football helmet under concussive and subconcussive impact loading
Event: 2023 Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting
Home Department: Chemical Engineering
Faculty Advisors: Andrew Spakowitz and Sarah Heilshorn
Talk Title: Linking molecular structure to macroscopic rheology of dynamically associating polymer networks
Event: American Physical Society's March 2023 Meeting - Pamela was invited as a Padden Award finalist and spoke in the Padden Award session, which honors graduate excellence in polymer research. Pamela won the Padden Award out of 11 finalists.
Home Department: Materials Science & Engineering
Faculty Advisor: Sarah Heilshorn
Talk Title: One-step bioprinting of endothelialized, self-supporting arterial and venous networks
Event: International Conference on Biofabrication
Awarded in 2023
Talk Title: 3D bioprinting of perfusable networks using an interfacial diffusant strategy
Event: International Conference on Biofabrication 2023 - Betty receive a second-place Oral Presentation Award for her talk.
Home Department: Chemical Engineering
Faculty Advisor: Danielle Mai
Talk Title: Dynamic rheology during photochemical recycling of polymer networks
Event: ACS Spring 2025
Awarded in 2023
Talk Title: Gelation dynamics and reversibility of photocrosslinkable polymer nanocomposite hydrogels
Event: American Chemical Society Fall Meeting 2023 - Michael was selected as one of the 2023 ACS Polymeric Materials Science & Engineering Future Faculty Honorees, and Michael’s talk was part of a special symposium for fellow Future Faculty Honorees.
Home Department: Materials Science & Engineering
Faculty Advisor: Sarah Heilshorn
Talk Title: Engineering lipid mobility to enhance stress relaxation in hyaluronic acid hydrogels
Event: 2023 Biomedical Engineering Society
Home Department: Chemical Engineering
Faculty Advisor: Sarah Heilshorn
Talk Title: Embedded 3D bioprinting of collagen inks into microgel baths to control hydrogel microstructure and cell phenotype
Event: International Conference on Biofabrication 2024 - Lucia was honored at the conference’s Closing Ceremony with the 2024 Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine Young Investigator Award for PhD work at Stanford.
Awarded in 2023
Talk Title: 3D bioprinting of corneal cell-laden Iinks as bioengineered corneal substitutes
Event: European Society for Biomaterials (ESB) 2023
Home Department: Genetics
Faculty Advisor: Anne Brunet
Talk Title: Vertebrate organ aging impacted by sexual interaction
Event: Aging: New Frontiers in Rejuvenation and Gerotherapeutics 2025
Awarded in 2023
Talk Title: A short-lived killifish model for studying the interaction between aging and reproduction
Event: Biology of Aging - Gordon Research Seminar and Conference 2023
Home Department: Genetics
Faculty Advisor: Anne Brunet
Talk Title: Identifying the aging intestine secretome and its role in lifespan regulation
Event: International C. elegans Conference 2023
Home Department: Biology
Faculty Advisor: Deborah Gordon
Talk Title: Colony variation in the relation between tempo of foraging and waste removal in harvester ant colonies
Event: Animal Behavior Society Meeting 2023
Home Department: Genetics
Faculty Advisor: Anne Brunet
Talk Title: Manipulating neuro-immune interactions in the aging brain
Event: Gordon Research Conference Evolving Concepts of Organismal Aging
