Category: News

Stephanie Wong Heads to France for Chateaubriand Fellowship

Stephanie Wong is officially in Toulouse working in the lab of Prof. Christophe Drouet. Thanks to her Chateaubriand Fellowship she will be spending th. . .

Categories: News, students

Published: December 6, 2021

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Anna Peterson Graduates with Ph.D.

Anna Peterson, the first graduate student in the Deymier lab, successfully defended her thesis on July 22nd. Her work entitled “Multiscale Evalu. . .

Categories: graduate student, News, students

Published: August 2, 2021

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Mikayla Moody passes Qualifying Exam

Congratulations to Mikayla Moody who passed her BME Qualifying Exam! She worked very hard on developing an experimental plan looking at calcifications. . .

Categories: graduate student, News, Uncategorized

Published: July 17, 2021

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Stephanie Wong Awarded Chateaubriand Fellowship

Stephanie Wong, one of our 3rd year Ph.D. students, has been awarded a Chateaubriand Fellowship to study the effect of HPO4 on the bone mineral struct. . .

Categories: News, Uncategorized

Published: May 17, 2021

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New Publication: Effects of Xerostomia Rinses on Dental Mineral

The paper entitled “Beyond dissolution: Xerostomia rinses affect composition and structure of biomimetic dental mineral in vitro” was publ. . .

Categories: News, Uncategorized

Published: April 26, 2021

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New Publication: Effect of Carbonate on Mineral Mechanics

The paper entitled “Carbonate substitution significantly affects the structure and mechanics of carbonated apatites” shows that an increas. . .

Categories: News, publications

Published: March 1, 2021

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New Publication: New Acidosis induction technique and its effects on bone

A new publication entitled: “Effects of acidosis on the structure, composition, and function of adult murine femurs” was published in Acta. . .

Categories: News, publications

Published: February 18, 2021

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Dr. Deymier awarded a NSF CAREER grant

We are excited to announced that Dr. Deymier is the recipient of an NSF CAREER grant. The grant entitled “CAREER: A New Science of Skeletal and . . .

Categories: Funding, News

Published: January 5, 2021

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Stephanie Wong passed General Exam

Congratulations to Stephanie Wong who passed her qualifying exam today! Her project focused on the role of HPO4 in bone mineral on buffering and disso. . .

Categories: graduate student, News, Uncategorized

Published: May 15, 2020

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Lab shutdown

As the corona virus pandemic continues to worsen, we are following UCHC protocols and shutting down the lab until further notice. We are grateful to t. . .

Categories: laboratory, News

Published: March 23, 2020

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New Student: Mikayla Moody

We are excited to welcome Mikayla Moody to the Lab. Mikayla is joining us as a PhD Student in Biomedical Engineering. To learn more about Mikayla, go . . .

Categories: News, students

Published: August 11, 2019

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New Student: Stephanie Wong

After rotating in the lab in Fall 2018, Stephanie Wong has decided to join the Deymier lab as Biomedical Sciences Ph.D. Student. We are pumped to have. . .

Categories: graduate student, News, Uncategorized

Published: June 4, 2019

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Anna Peterson Passed General Exam

Congratulations to Anna Peterson who passed her general exam today. Her topic focused on the use of superhydrophobic coatings to minimize biofilm form. . .

Categories: graduate student, News

Published: May 29, 2019

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Gordon Conference 2018

The Biomineralization Gordon Conference was held in New Hampshire this year. Dr. Deymier attended and presented her work on the mechanics of carbonate. . .

Categories: News, Uncategorized

Published: August 19, 2018

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World Congress of Biomechanics

Dr. Deymier attended the 2018 World Congress of Biomechanics in Dublin where she presented her work on the effects of paralysis. The work was well rec. . .

Categories: Columbia University, Conference, News

Published: August 19, 2018

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New Student: Anna Peterson

After rotating in the Deymier this past summer Anna Peterson has decided to join the lab as a PhD student! We are excited to have her on board. Learn . . .

Categories: graduate student, News

Published: August 1, 2018

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New Student: Katya Morozov

We’re excited to welcome our summer HRP student Katya Morozov to the Deymier lab! Katya is a Junior in BME at UConn and will be working on the a. . .

Categories: News, students

Published: May 5, 2018

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We Have X-Rays

In order to determine the effects of composition and environment on the mechanics of bone-like mineral crystals Dr. Deymier and Masashi prepared sampl. . .

Categories: equipment, News, x-ray

Published: December 15, 2017

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We Have a New Post-Doc

We are pleased to Welcome Brian Wingender to the Deymier Lab! Brian recently obtained his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering with Prof Laurie . . .

Categories: florida, News, post doctoral fellow

Published: November 21, 2017

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We Have Friends

I was happy to welcome Mike Golman and John Boyle from the Thomopoulos Lab at Columbia University into the Deymier Lab this weekend. Mike and John are. . .

Categories: Columbia University, friend, graduate student, News, post doctoral fellow

Published: November 4, 2017

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We Have Students

I am pleased to welcome Marvi and Masashi to the Deymier Lab! Marvi is a master’s student at Quinnipiac University who is joining our lab as an inte. . .

Categories: acidity, mineralization, News

Published: November 1, 2017

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We Have Stuff

Our first massive order has arrived! Now we can actually get to performing the science. We have glassware, balances, pH meters, pipettes, and all the . . .

Categories: balances, glassware, News, pH meter

Published: October 8, 2017

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We Have a Disco Ball

In holding with tradition, a lab is not a lab unless it has a disco ball. The Thomopoulos lab would agree. So one of my first purchases was this beaut. . .

Categories: disco ball, laboratory, News, Thomopoulos lab

Published: August 31, 2017

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We Have a Lab

I’ve always wanted to be a professor. Well at least since I was 10 years old. Here I am. Look at this beauty of a lab! For now, it is 4 walls and a . . .

Categories: laboratory, News

Published: August 15, 2017

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