December 6, 2021
Stephanie Wong is officially in Toulouse working in the lab of Prof. Christophe Drouet. Thanks to her Chateaubriand Fellowship she will be spending the next 9 months in France learning new processing and analysis techniques for investigating the composition and structure of bone mineral. We couldn’t be prouder! A bientot!
August 2, 2021
Anna Peterson, the first graduate student in the Deymier lab, successfully defended her thesis on July 22nd. Her work entitled “Multiscale Evaluation of the Skeletal Response to Perturbed pH Homeostasis” was well received and serves as a foundation for much of the work performed in the lab today. We wish her the best of luck as she starts he Post-Doc in the lab of Archana Sanjay at UConn Health. Congratulations!
July 17, 2021
Congratulations to Mikayla Moody who passed her BME Qualifying Exam! She worked very hard on developing an experimental plan looking at calcifications during wound healing of genetically modified mice and this was recognized by the committee.
May 17, 2021
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 structure and composition in France. She will be spending 9 months working with Prof. Christophe Drouet at CIRIMAT in Toulouse, France. We are so excited for her and looking forward to visiting!
April 26, 2021
The paper entitled “Beyond dissolution: Xerostomia rinses affect composition and structure of biomimetic dental mineral in vitro” was published in PlosOne. This paper was authored by Mikayla Moynahan, a 3rd year dental student, and Stephanie Wong, a 3rd year PhD student. The paper focuses on changes in biomimetic dental mineral dissolution, structure, and composition during exposure to dry mouth rinses. You can find the paper here: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0250822
March 1, 2021
The paper entitled “Carbonate substitution significantly affects the structure and mechanics of carbonated apatites” shows that an increase in carbonate content in bone-like apatite results in a decrease in the mineral modulus. This was the brain child of Dr. Deymier and a collaboration with Dr. Krywka at DESY in Hamburg and Dr. Zaslansky at Charite in Berlin.
February 18, 2021
A new publication entitled: “Effects of acidosis on the structure, composition, and function of adult murine femurs” was published in Acta Biomaterialia. This was a collaborative project including many of our students but was spearheaded by first author Anna Peterson.
January 5, 2021
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 Physiological Systems: using integrated approaches to elucidate mineralized tissue properties and behavior” focuses on examining the role of HPO4 in bone mineral structure, composition, mechanics and in turn, bone function.
May 15, 2020
Congratulations to Stephanie Wong who passed her qualifying exam today! Her project focused on the role of HPO4 in bone mineral on buffering and dissolution behavior.
March 23, 2020
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 the students and faculty who worked so hard to get experiments completed, equipment powered down, and materials stored and protected.
August 11, 2019
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 to the “People” tab.
June 4, 2019
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 her join the lab. You can learn more about Stephanie in the “People” tab.
May 29, 2019
Congratulations to Anna Peterson who passed her general exam today. Her topic focused on the use of superhydrophobic coatings to minimize biofilm formation and subsequent infection on dental implants.
August 19, 2018
The Biomineralization Gordon Conference was held in New Hampshire this year. Dr. Deymier attended and presented her work on the mechanics of carbonated apatites. This was a great opportunity to share ideas and hear about new work being developed in biomineralization.
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 received and much whiskey and beer was shared with the community.
August 1, 2018
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 more about Anna under our “People” tab.
May 5, 2018
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 acidosis project.
January 5, 2018
We are proud to announce the launch of our new website. Built on the the university Aurora service, this new version of our site sports a modern look, faster loading times, and works on all mobile and tablet devices.
December 15, 2017
In order to determine the effects of composition and environment on the mechanics of bone-like mineral crystals Dr. Deymier and Masashi prepared samples to examine at the Petra III synchrotron at DESY in Hamburg, Germany. Dr. Deymier ran the experiments in Germany and we hope to have exciting new results!
November 21, 2017
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 Gower at the University of Florida. He will be starting with us in early January. We look forward to adding him to the team. Welcome!
November 4, 2017
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 both graduate students who were essential in my postdoctoral work. I am lucky to have had them as coworkers and to maintain them as friends. I’m hoping that their incredible knowledge with continue to help the Deymier lab here at UConn.
November 1, 2017
October 8, 2017
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 other good stuff. I’m sure I’m forgetting a million things that my students will require but at least we’re growing.
August 31, 2017
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 beautiful disco ball to liven up the space. And my does it look lovely when we have those gorgeous CT sunsets.
August 15, 2017
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 lab bench but soon it will be a place where scientific advances will be made, learning and exploration will occur, and friendships will grow.