Announcements
The Biomechanics of G&R Lab has recently moved into the JBJ Building in the Tulane School of Medicine.
News
January 2017: Katy Robison and Akinjide "AK" Akintunde's abstract, titled "Towards a Microstructurally-Motivated Model of the Murine Vaginal Wall," was accepted to the Computational and Mathematical Biomedical Engineering Conference.
December 2016: Cassandra Conway was accepted to the Society of Reproductive Investigation Conference in Orlando, FL. She will present a poster, titled "Biaxial Mechanical Properties of the Murine Uterus and Cervix," on Thursday, March 16th.
August 2016: Akinjide "AK" Akintunde will give a poster presentation at the 2016 Musculoskeletal Biology and Bioengineering Gordeon Research Seminar on August 6th and 7th.
July 2016: Congratulations to Taylor McCrady! She was featured in a Tulane New Wave article for the work she is doing for her internship at LaCell, LLC.
June 2016: Katy Robison will give a podium presentation at the 2016 Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering, and Biotransport Conference on Thursday, June 30 from 4:00-4:15 PM. Her presentation is entitled "Effect of Elastin Digestion on the Biaxial Mechanical Response of the Murine Vagina."
June 2016: Cassandra Conway will give a poster presentation at the 2016 Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering, and Biotransport Conference on Friday, July 1 from 1:00-3:15 PM. Her poster is entitled "Determining the Effect of Elastin Digestion on the Regional Biaxial Mechanical Properties of the Murine Cervix."
May 2016: Congratulations to Katy Robison! She received the Newcomb College Institute Conference Presentation/Attendence Grant.
May 2016: Congratulations to Sarah Holt! She received the CELT Fund for Faculty/Student Scholarly and Artistic Engagement.
May 2016: Congratulations to Cassandra Conway! She received the GSSA travel award.
May 2016: Congratulations to Madison VanOsdoll! She received funding through the Honors Summer Research Program.
April 2016: Congratulations to Katy Robison! She won the Joyous and William C. Van Buskirk Scholarship for Excellence in Biomedical Engineering.
April 2016: Congratulations to Jonathan Nguyen and Victoria Morris! Their senior design team, Health.e, won the Kenneth H. Kuhn, Sr. Memorial Award from the Tulane Department of Biomedical Engineering.
April 2016: Congratulations to Dr. Miller! Her recent submission, entitled "G Protein-Coupled Estrogen Receptor Activation Ameliorates Aortic Remodeling Induced By Salt-Sensitive Hypertension," was published to the Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics.
April 2016: Congratulations to Katy Robison! Her poster, entitled "Effect of Elastin Digestion on the Biaxial Mechanical Response of the Murine Vagina," won 1st place at the Tulane Science and Engineering Poster Competition.
March 2016: Congratulations to Katy Robison! Her abstract, entitled "Effect of Elastin Digestion on the Biaxial Mechanical Response of the Murine Vagina," was accepted for a podium presentation at the 2016 Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering, and Biotransport Conference.
March 2016: Congratulations to Cassandra Conway! Her abstract, entitled "Determining the Effect of Elastin Digestion on the Regional Biaxial Mechanical Properties of the Murine Cervix," was accepted for a poster session at the 2016 Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering, and Biotransport Conference.
August 2015: Congratulations to Cassandra Conway! She received the Louisiana Board of Reagents Graduate Fellowship.
August 2015: Congratulations to Derek Bivona! His abstract, entitled "Regional Variations of Residual Strain Within the Murine Female Reproductive System," was accepted for a podium presentation at the 2015 BMES Annual Meeting. He will present on Saturday, October 10th from 8:45-8:54 AM.