4/17/08

Becky Klank wins 1st Prize at Undergraduate Research Expo, Jared Cregg wins 3rd

Winners from the Undergraduate Research Expo were announced, and Becky Klank and Jared Cregg from the Regeneration and Repair Lab took home honors.

Becky Klank won 1st prize for her poster titled 'Characterizing the Release of Interleukin-10 from Agarose/Methylcellulose Hydrogels for Suppression of the Secondary Injury Response Following Spinal Cord Injury.' This poster presented her summer research into a hydrogel ststem that releases therapeutic agents. In this study, Interleukin-10 was investigated for improved regenerative outcome following traumatic spinal cord injury.

Jared Cregg won 3rd prize for his poster titled 'Anisotropic Scaffolds for Nerve Regeneration Applications.' Here he presented his work into tissue-engineered scaffolds that present multiple guidance cues for directed regeneration of axons following spinal-cord or peripheral nerve injury.