David Alfonso Castilla-Casadiego 🇨🇴

Assistant Professor | The University of Miami | Department of Biomedical Engineering | Stem Cell Manufacturing |

[David Alfonso Castilla-Casadiego 🇨🇴 @DavidCastillaC4]

Excited to share that today was the first group meeting of the Castilla - Casadiego Lab! Pictured here are the three PhD students who are currently part of the lab and will be part of starting this new journey with me!

[Jorge Almodóvar @jorge_almodovar]

The highlight of the day at #BMES2024 was getting current and former group members all in one place! Very proud of everyone! #proudpi @LillyHutch66097 @lpinzonh @DavidCastillaC4 @Kathy_Miranda18 @MelNel92

[David Alfonso Castilla-Casadiego 🇨🇴 @DavidCastillaC4]

Happy to share our latest review paper published in @Biomacromolecules! This review highlights how stimuli-responsive materials have been used to promote the immunomodulatory potential of stromal cells by controlling their secretory activity. @RosalesGroup https://t.co/vmA4Nqbfjf

[David Alfonso Castilla-Casadiego 🇨🇴 @DavidCastillaC4]

@jorge_almodovar @Kathy_Miranda18 Phenomenal, congratulations! 🍾🎊🎉

[David Alfonso Castilla-Casadiego 🇨🇴 @DavidCastillaC4]

@rsnavarro425 @UFMSE Congratulations Dr. Navarro!! 🎉

[David Alfonso Castilla-Casadiego 🇨🇴 @DavidCastillaC4]

@ashu83 @umiamiengineer @umiamimedicine @UMiamiHealth @AAQRL_Biswas Thank you for the warm welcome! I am excited as well!

[David Alfonso Castilla-Casadiego 🇨🇴 @DavidCastillaC4]

I am happy to share that I will be starting my career as an assistant professor in the Biomedical Engineering Department at the University of Miami in Spring 2025! Special thanks to my fantastic mentors Dr. @RosalesGroup and Dr. @jorge_almodovar

[David Alfonso Castilla-Casadiego 🇨🇴 @DavidCastillaC4]

Happy to share our most recent work in Macromolecular Bioscience! This study highlights the importance of hydrogel stiffness in dictating the immunoregulatory potential of hMSCs in the presence of interferon-gamma (IFN-𝛾). @RosalesGroup @logandmorton

https://t.co/7hbyhBiMom

[LatinX in ChE @LatinXinChE]

Part of our leadership team (@fabiolachapav, @DavidCastillaC4, and @iramirezvelez) at the University of Texas at Austin (@TexasChE) celebrating the 2023 IDEAL Award we were awarded during the AIChE Annual Meeting @ChEnected !

[LatinX in ChE @LatinXinChE]

Finally, we have the exciting news that the LT @LatinXinChE has been awarded the 2023 IDEAL Star Award from @ChEnected. We to invite everyone to the reception of the award @5:30pm, and join us in thanking all the #LatinX members, allies and sponsors that make this possible.

[SCARE @MBL_SCARE]

Trainees 2023! We can't wait to see your what you do next!

[David Alfonso Castilla-Casadiego 🇨🇴 @DavidCastillaC4]

Incredibly thankful for the opportunity to take this advanced training course and improve my skills in Stem Cells and Regeneration at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA @MBLScience

[David Alfonso Castilla-Casadiego 🇨🇴 @DavidCastillaC4]

@JohnAWhitePhD @CornellBME @ColumbiaBME @JHUBME It was great to meet you too! Thank you for all your help and guidance!

[David Alfonso Castilla-Casadiego 🇨🇴 @DavidCastillaC4]

Incredibly thankful for the opportunity to share my work and meet an amazing group of future colleagues. Thank you #RisingStar2023 @CornellBME @ColumbiaBME @JHUBME.

[Santiago Correa 🏳️‍🌈 @santicorreaphd.bsky.social @SantiCorreaPhD]

Good morning #RisingStars2023 what a gorge-ous bus ride up to @Cornell @KatieRHixon @EvanBuettmann @DrWoappi @Dr_O_GradyBrian @Kayla_J_Wolf @DavidCastillaC4 @JiYiLight @aerin_yang @MarissaGionet @MykelDGreen

[UT Austin - Provost’s Office @UTAustinProvost]

Dr. Lydia Contreras and Provost Wood welcomed the Provost's Early Career Fellows yesterday with the message to "think boldly and creatively." This year's cohort is made up of representatives from 9 different colleges and schools, showcasing the wide array of talent at @UTAustin

[David Alfonso Castilla-Casadiego 🇨🇴 @DavidCastillaC4]

Happy to be a part of the third cohort of the Provost’s Early Career Fellows at UT Austin! https://t.co/knt5GtBSS3

[David Alfonso Castilla-Casadiego 🇨🇴 @DavidCastillaC4]

Excited to be a part of this great group of researchers in health sciences and engineering. Thank you to @CornellBME, @ColumbiaBME, and @JHUBME for this incredible opportunity. Looking forward to meeting everyone in Ithaca in September!

[Cornell Biomedical Engineering @CornellBME]

Announcing the 2023 Rising Stars in Engineering in Health awardees, selected from >200 talented postdocs, researchers & senior grad students. Hosted in Ithaca by @CornellBME Sept 22-23, in partnership w/ @ColumbiaBME @CUSEAS @ColumbiaMed, @JHUBME More: https://t.co/psys1VCtHo

[David Alfonso Castilla-Casadiego 🇨🇴 @DavidCastillaC4]

I am honored to share that I have received the K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award from @NIGMS. I would like to thank my mentor @RosalesGroup for her incredible support and guidance as well as my mentoring team @cosgriffhernan, @ZoldanLab, @GarciaLabGT, @BmegUarkRajRao.

[Adrianne Rosales @RosalesGroup]

Check out our recent work in @ActaBio! We used peptoid structure to decouple hydrogel network connectivity from elasticity, then explored hMSC behavior on these gels. Soft conditions enhanced hMSC immunosuppressive capacity. https://t.co/LBWKODlnSD