Polacheck Lab

Assistant Professor in the Joint BME Dept of UNC Chapel Hill and NC State working on biofluid mechanics, mechanobiology, and regenerative medicine.

[Polacheck Lab @PolacheckLab]

Congratulations to everyone! It's an honor to be included in this group.

[CMBE journal @CMBEjournal]

The 2024 Young Innovators issue is coming... see anyone you recognize?
@profmikeking @auditory_rob @profjoycewong @BMESociety @CMBE_BMES

[Baker Lab @BakerLaboratory]

Check out our new paper in @ActaBio! We compared the angiogenic potential of natural and synthetic hydrogels and found porosity to be a critical regulator. We then designed an approach to imbue microporosity in synthetic hydrogels to enhance angiogenesis.

https://t.co/h9oh5Meags

[Emulate, Inc. @emulateinc]

Emulate proudly endorses the FDA Modernization Act, which would end pharmaceutical development’s longstanding reliance on animal models by allowing researchers to utilize modern, human-relevant models. https://t.co/v393mNlZgm #clinicaltesting #fda #organchips

[Polacheck Lab @PolacheckLab]

We're hiring engineers looking to apply modeling and fabrication skills to biology. We have positions for grad students and postdocs, but we're also looking for technicians. See job posting below:
https://t.co/qVDMrZLeEG

[Lampe Joint Biomedical Engineering @jointbme]

BME PhD candidate Elizabeth Doherty @PolacheckLab presentation pic @BMESociety Thanks for sharing @Zandyrz #bmes2021

[Polacheck Lab @PolacheckLab]

Congrats, Quinton!

[Quinton Smith @telomerase2]

Hi! I'm Quinton Smith. I completed my B.S. in Chemical Engineering from @UNM, a Ph.D. from @JHU_ChemBE, and working as a postdoc at MIT's @kochinstitute as a Hanna Gray Fellow @HHMI. Will be joining @UCIrvine as an assistant professor in spring! #BiERollCall #BlackInEngineering

[Quinton Smith @telomerase2]

Hi! I'm Quinton Smith. I completed my B.S. in Chemical Engineering from @UNM, a Ph.D. from @JHU_ChemBE, and working as a postdoc at MIT's @kochinstitute as a Hanna Gray Fellow @HHMI. Will be joining @UCIrvine as an assistant professor in spring! #BiERollCall #BlackInEngineering

[Nature Communications @NatureComms]

.@kutyslab and @PolacheckLab present a 3D microfluidic platform of a vascularised human mammary duct. @wyssinstitute

https://t.co/btDCahNlSk

[Polacheck Lab @PolacheckLab]

Congrats to Alex and her team at @GSK and @TESAROBIO on approval for Niraparib in the frontline ovarian cancer setting! Amazing work from the >700 patients and thousands of doctors involved and great news for ovarian cancer patients.

[FDA Oncology @FDAOncology]

FDA has approved niraparib (ZEJULA, GlaxoSmithKline) for maintenance treatment of adult patients with advanced epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal cancer in complete or partial response to 1st-line platinum-based chemotherapy. #gyncsm
https://t.co/eRr8Fdpi59

[Polacheck Lab @PolacheckLab]

Congratulations @JoannaMcDonald_ for an excellent Abrams Scholar presentation. We're all looking forward to seeing the cool things you'll do in the next stage of your scientific career at MGH!

[Ashley Brown @BrownLab_NCSU]

Congrats to the newest PhD candidate from the Brown lab Eunice Chee! A successful virtual proposal! @UNCNCSUBME @KeChengLab @PolacheckLab

[Polacheck Lab @PolacheckLab]

Awesome to see members of the lab making a difference. Thanks @ChristianG_BME !

[Christian Griffith @ChristianG_BME]

Proud to be representing @UNCNCSUBME in helping make pediatric masks for the Children’s Hospital https://t.co/VMRNkQMnt3

[Polacheck Lab @PolacheckLab]

Congratulations @tanmay_khare for an awesome masters thesis defense! Great to see Tanmay and his @ncstatemae colleagues developing new mechanical models for biological applications.

[Polacheck Lab @PolacheckLab]

We're looking for scientists with a background in molecular and cell biology who are interested in engineering to help us make new experimental tools. We have open positions at the PhD candidate and postdoc level.

For details, check out: https://t.co/CBhVTOGU41