Current News

Self-Assembled, Interlocked Threads: Spinning Yarn with No Machine Needed

Published On: August 24, 2022Categories: Computations and Modeling, Current NewsBy The McGowan Institute For Regenerative Medicine
The spiral is pervasive throughout the universe -- from the smallest DNA molecule to ferns and sunflowers, and from [...]
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Podcast: Identifying Effective Biomarkers of Disease in Transplantation with Dr. Hēth Turnquist

Published On: August 17, 2022Categories: Cellular Therapy, Current NewsBy The McGowan Institute For Regenerative Medicine
The Turnquist Lab works to decipher how immune cells interact with damaged tissue after injury caused by trauma and [...]
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Building a Better Blood Bank—in Kenya

Published On: August 17, 2022Categories: Current News, TransplantationBy The McGowan Institute For Regenerative Medicine
Trauma surgeons and obstetricians in the United States count on a blood banking system that works—the right amount and [...]
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Dr. Thomas Rando Receives Prestigious NOMIS Foundation Award to Study Stem Cell Quiescence

Published On: August 17, 2022Categories: Awards and Recognition, Current NewsBy The McGowan Institute For Regenerative Medicine
Thomas Rando, MD, PhD, director of the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research [...]
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Dr. Sanjeev Shroff Named Interim Dean of Pitt’s Swanson School of Engineering

Published On: August 10, 2022Categories: Awards and Recognition, Current NewsBy The McGowan Institute For Regenerative Medicine
McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine faculty member Sanjeev Shroff, PhD (pictured), Distinguished Professor of and the Gerald E. McGinnis [...]
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Dr. Ipsita Banerjee Receives Faculty Promotion

Published On: August 10, 2022Categories: Awards and Recognition, Current NewsBy The McGowan Institute For Regenerative Medicine
McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine affiliated faculty member Ipsita Banerjee, PhD (pictured), has been promoted to the rank of [...]
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Pitt’s RNEL and Blackrock Neurotech to Expand Reach of Brain-Computer Interface Trials with In-Home System

Published On: August 10, 2022Categories: Current News, Medical Devices, NeuroscienceBy The McGowan Institute For Regenerative Medicine
Brain-computer interface (BCI) trials may soon be more accessible to a greater population of candidates living with paralysis, per [...]
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Dr. Hēth Turnquist Received AST Basic Science Investigator Award

Published On: August 3, 2022Categories: Awards and Recognition, Current NewsBy The McGowan Institute For Regenerative Medicine
Congratulations to McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine affiliated faculty member Hēth Turnquist, PhD (pictured), associate professor in the University [...]
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