Deva Chan (she/her)

PI @Chan_MRI_Lab • Assistant Professor @PurdueBME @PurdueME (by courtesy) • msk biology⇄mechanics • (RT || Like) ≠ Endorse • @chan_mri_lab on IG & threads

[Deva Chan (she/her) @DevaDChan]

Purdue Biomedical Engineering is hiring for its new Center for Musculoskeletal Health at the Asst/Assoc level! Apply to join us!

https://t.co/g1ZyWXFkT8

[Deva Chan (she/her) @DevaDChan]

Great first Ortho and Rehab Engineering session on Articular Cartilage, Meniscus, and Joints @BMESociety #BMES2025

[Purdue Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering @PurdueBME]

We’re proud to share that Cameron Villarreal, a PhD student in biomedical engineering, has been selected as a 2025 Trailblazer in Engineering Fellow! 🎉

Trailblazers in Engineering is a competitive program for future faculty and emerging research leaders in engineering. Villarreal’s research explores the connections between the gut microbiome, inflammation, and joint health—and this honor recognizes his dedication to advancing human health through research, mentorship, and outreach.

Congratulations, Cameron! 👏
#PurdueBME #TrailblazersInEngineering #BoilerUp

[Deva Chan (she/her) @DevaDChan]

Thanks for highlighting our work!!

[ABME @ABMEjournal]

Understanding how cartilage cells respond to physical forces is essential for developing better treatments for joint diseases and tissue regeneration.

Researchers blended two well-known biomaterials, agarose and collagen type I, to create a new hydrogel for investigating how cartilage cells respond to mechanical forces. They discovered that adding collagen preserved the hydrogel’s strength while supporting cell growth, maintaining structure, and sustaining glycosaminoglycan production over 21 days in culture.

The findings point to a promising platform for probing how cartilage cells sense and respond to mechanical signals – a critical step toward engineering functional cartilage.

𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲: https://t.co/iqapryNzbF

𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘆: Characterization of Composite Agarose–Collagen Hydrogels for Chondrocyte Culture

𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘀: Clarisse Zigan, Claudia Benito Alston, @bme_aritra, Luis Solorio, and @DevaDChan

@LifeAtPurdue
@PurdueEngineers
@PurdueBME
@PurdueME
@bitspilaniindia

𝗦𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘂𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁: https://t.co/Gyz8DNnMJO

[Deva Chan (she/her) @DevaDChan]

Congrats, @pingkunyan!!

[Rensselaer BME @RPI_BME]

Dr. Pingkun Yan has been named as an IEEE EMBS Distinguished Lecturer for 2025/26

@pingkunyan @IEEEembs

[AIMBE @aimbe]

AIMBE is looking for biomedical researchers to share how recent policies have disrupted their grants/work: https://t.co/irVyvElvva

Your personal anecdotes help us convey to Members of Congress the devastating impact of these changes.

Your responses can remain anonymous.

[Jason C. Marvin, PhD (he/they) 🏳️‍🌈🇹🇼 @JasonCMarvin]

Biomedical researchers, @aimbe is seeking anecdotes on how recent policies have disrupted your grants/research: https://t.co/LpdYlwQDLH

Your messages (can be anonymous) are critical for us to advocate to our Members of Congress to take action against these federal disruptions 👇

[Aritra Chatterjee @bme_aritra]

Happy to share our work (one of my main postdoc projects ) with Dr.@DevaDChan & @zachary_davis20 on multiscale correlations between joint and tissue level biomechanics and anatomy in ovine stifles is now published in Scientific reports (@SciReports). (1)
https://t.co/3mlRGDzQOT

[Debanjan Mukherjee @debanjanmukh]

📣 URGENT! Attention Bioengineering Doctoral Students and Advisors! 📣
Due to an unexpected system outage for 8 hours, the PhD competition deadline for the 2025 @asme_bed @SB3Corg Summer Bioengineering Conference #SBC2025 is now extended until: 📌 January 23rd at 11:59pm PST.

[ASME-BED_Students @asmebedstudents]

Exciting news! The deadline for abstract submissions for the PhD student paper competition has been extended!
New Deadline:
Thursday, January 23, 3:00 a.m. ET
(That’s Wednesday, January 22, 11:59 p.m. PT)

Don’t miss this opportunity to showcase your research!

[Deva Chan (she/her) @DevaDChan]

Congrats, @BlaberLab!!! So proud of you! So well deserved!!

[Rensselaer BME @RPI_BME]

We are happy to announce that Dr. Elizabeth Blaber has been awarded the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) https://t.co/Q2nC7KU39I

[International Society for Hyaluronan Sciences @ISHAS_org]

15th Conference of International Society for Hyaluronan Sciences will be held June 8-12th 2025, at the Q Center in St. Charles, Illinois, USA. REGISTRATION is now open at https://t.co/oWRd2mPdk5.
Keynote speakers include Dr. Vera Gorbanuva and Dr. Jason Burdick.

[Deva Chan (she/her) @DevaDChan]

Congrats, @fionakolbinger!!

[Purdue Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering @PurdueBME]

🎉 Congrats to @fionakolbinger of Purdue BME on being named to @Forbes 30 Under 30 Science 2025! Her groundbreaking AI tools are shaping the future of surgery with real-time decision support & visualization. 👏

Kolbinger is also a researcher at the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center

#ForbesUnder30 #PurdueBME

[Purdue Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering @PurdueBME]

🎉 Congrats to @fionakolbinger of Purdue BME on being named to @Forbes 30 Under 30 Science 2025! Her groundbreaking AI tools are shaping the future of surgery with real-time decision support & visualization. 👏

Kolbinger is also a researcher at the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center

#ForbesUnder30 #PurdueBME

[Dr. Robin Queen @rmqueen_VT]

Looking for information on who might be hosting a summer #REU program in #Biomechanics in 2025. If you have an open program, please share. @AcsmBig @AmSocBiomech @ORSsociety

[Deva Chan (she/her) @DevaDChan]

Congrats @PITaimoorQazi!! First of many Acorn Awards!! (grants of more than $1M)

@PurdueBME @PurdueEngineers

[Kwok Lab @KwokLab]

Interested in doing a #PhD on the functions of extracellular matrix (e.g. #glycosaminoglycans) in ageing? Funded by @DiMeN_DTP, with @KwokLab and @DaveFernig. Application link here: https://t.co/qJ9po007RN

[Deva Chan (she/her) @DevaDChan]

@guohaodai @NUBioE1 Congrats, Guohao!! Very well deserved!

[Deva Chan (she/her) @DevaDChan]

We can't wait for #HA2025!! St. Charles is a quick drive from ORD/Chicago, centrally located in the US and the world!

We have great keynotes lined up – Vera Gorbunova & Jason Burdick – to highlight hyaluronan across the lifespan and in our future technologies!

See you there!

[International Society for Hyaluronan Sciences @ISHAS_org]

https://t.co/YXKymQGDVp

Time to get excited for HA 2025 in St Charles, Illinois, June 8th to 12th. Look at our website for more details

[Kevin Otto @OttoKev]

Are you a Neural Engineer interested in doing a post-doc? Are you at SfN??? DM me... let's talk!

Multiple post-doc positions available in https://t.co/I5VTVVcyOk.

Please repost (and thank you!).