Joachim Kohn

Dr. Joachim Kohn, Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Rutgers, President of IUSBSE, and a globally known pioneer in biomaterials science

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An exciting, coincidental meeting
Let me introduce you to Ms Yahly Golan, a Business Administration and Finance Student at Rutgers University–New Brunswick. I met Yahly at a Passover celebration. As we chatted I realized that Yahly is one of over a mill…https://t.co/kPafGhE3kW

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I am delighted to see the impact of my invention. The polymer used by Medtronic was first prepared in my lab and patented by Rutgers University. The polymer was designed to facilitate the controlled release of two antibiotics that prevented hospital-acq…https://t.co/no4B5fsXus

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I am delighted to serve as the Chair of the Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation in Los Angeles. The institute is currently running its first #innovation Summit. It is an amazingly stimulating and exciting event in large part because of the outsta…https://t.co/WoUsPSHAdl

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@AcquisitionsBro @elonmusk Yes. Please resign

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Under Musk, Twitter is becoming less reliable and less useful. Important to read this article From Scientific American.

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Twitter is a crucial communication tool during disasters, but impersonators and other problems under Elon Musk’s leadership have emergency managers on edge https://t.co/gsiBG2y7pv

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I am getting very worried about Elon Musk who seems to be a ruthless bully. Power and money without morals and ethics is always a very dangerous combination. It’s time to leave twitter behind.

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Hundreds of bags stranded and abandoned at Zurich Airport on July 23. Arriving at Baggage Claim, I was greeted by a view out of this world. The entire baggage claim area was covered with a hundred carts each loaded to the top with lost bags. Some of t…https://t.co/UdB4HeF84H

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In this second post about my trip to Bucharest, Romania, I highlight the "Round Table" discussion on July 20 with the Minister of Health and Minister of Research of Romania. As part of the "Round Table", I highlighted the contributions biomaterials makes…https://t.co/dueZAPFdP4

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A large number of leading biomaterials scientists present talks at BioMMeDD'2020 - The meeting of the Romanian Society for Biomaterials in Bucharest July 20-22, 2022. An important and inspiring meeting, in part because of the participation of so many int…https://t.co/WkjvGqj2ne

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Top Cited Paper Award: Opportunities for biomaterials to address the challenges of COVID-19. This is the title of a publication we wrote in 2020 - in the middle of one of the darkest periods of the COVID pandemic. Much has changed since then, but the b…https://t.co/v17s4wbgwL

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ORBIS is an amazing program funded by the European Union. It pays for a large number of flexible exchange visits between company or University employees from Europe to visit each other including laboratories at #rutgersuniversity . The US part of the pr…https://t.co/167lAYfBq9

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Fraudulent emails are being sent out pretending to come from me. The messages come from [email protected]
This is not my email address. I can assure you that I am doing well, I am not asking anyone for money and I am not requesting any urgent help. I…https://t.co/NEkRTIkw4w

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I am glad to announce that I have joined the Scientific Advisory Board of Allay Therapeutics (https://t.co/2ET3rJc9mH). Allay Therapeutics develops game-changing, implantable systems that deliver weeks (not days) of effective, localized pain management.…https://t.co/N7EClQuTek

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In December 2019, Dr. Joachim Kohn was elected to the position of President of the International Union of Societies for Biomaterials Science and Engineering (IUSBSE) for the term 2020-2024. Due to the COVID pandemic, the inauguration originally scheduled…https://t.co/PUvxqpDMyc

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Is there currently a service outage at @SpiderOak ? Sync and backup seem to be stuck.

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Please help us welcome our new Project Manager for the T32 Postdoctoral Training Program-Translating Research in Regenerative Medicine: Kim-Phuong Le, PhD!

She says "...It’s my great honor to be able to contribute to this unique post-doctoral training pr…https://t.co/cNjTf8tv0Q

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I'm attending T32 Showcase -Translational regenerative medicine. Stimulating talks from trainees and their mentors. https://t.co/ry1vGbRrOP #constantcontact

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We are hosting the T32 Showcase to highlight this NIH-funded program and hear from trainees and mentors about their experience. I highly encourage grad students and post docs to attend! Registration is free: https://t.co/Bxj4SSSUCW. For more info visit: https://t.co/VriqCn11a1

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The 15th US-Japan Symposium on Drug Delivery Systems, organized by Bob Langer is currently in session in Maui, Hawaii.

Hawaii is famous for its beautiful and frequent rainbows. According to a superstition, there is pot of gold to be found at the end of a rainbow. #Hawaii

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My talk "Delivery of epigenetic modifiers as a promising alternative to the use of cytokines and growth factors in regenerative medicine" highlighted our recent work on epigenetic modifications of hMSCs to improve their regenerative potential. #USJapanSymposium