News

BMES 2013

The Chilkoti Group has just returned from a strong showing at the 2013 BMES Annual Meeting.  Many of our student/postdocs gave talks and presented posters, but perhaps our biggest accomplishment was the fact that Tosh was chosen to deliver the Pritzker Distinguished Lecture, which is the…

Jeff and Eric Awards

We want to announce that Eric was recognized by the BME department as an Outstanding TA for his efforts in starting the new Physiology course (BME 244).  Eric was so awesome that students actually went to Engineering Dean Katsouleas to express their appreication. Also, Jeff snagged a Pre-…

Dr. Jon

Congrats to Dr. McDaniel!  Jon defended his dissertation yesterday.  That's 2 PhDs in 2 weeks!

Dr. Wafa!

Congrats to Dr. Wafa for successfully defending her dissertation on Monday!

New Students Arrive, Jon wins again

Our new Class of 2019 (+/- 2 yrs) has arrived to begin their graduate work!  Welcome to Simone, Samagya, and Michael.  Also, congrats to Jon for winning the grand prize for best poster at the Triangle MRS Poster Session! 

Tosh Awards Summer 2013

Congrats to Tosh on his newly acquired fellowships!  He was chosen to be inducted into the 2013 class of BMES Fellows for his "exceptional achievement and experience in the field of biomedical engineering, and a record of membership and participation in the Society."  He was also…

BME Fellowships 2013

Congratulations to Mandana and Caslin for receiving Duke BME Fellowships!  Mandana is the recipient of the Theo Pilkington Fellowship in Biomedical Engineering and Caslin received the Howard Clark Fellowship in Biomedical Engineering.  Great job!

Hooding Ceremony 2013

Well, it's official now; Vina and Felipe are finally allowed to don the hoods of their (Jedi) cloaks!  Click to see a few photos from their Ph.D. Hooding Ceremony.

Chilkoti Group BME Retreat Awards 2013

Chilkoti Group racked up major awards at the Duke BME PhD student retreat:  (1) Congratulations to Sarah for winning consolation prize for Best 1-Minute Pitch with her poem entitled "Extrinsically controlled intracellular drug delivery".  Please click here for the full text of this…

Seniors Graduating 2013

Let them have cake: Chilkoti group thanks its graduating seniors for their contributions to the lab and congratulates them on graduating.

CBTE Awards 2013

Congratulations to Jon and Stacey for being recognized with CBTE awards at the recent Kewaunee Event!  Jon won the Graduate Student Achievement Award and Stacy won the Junior Graduate Student Poster Award. 

New Students, Fall 2013

Welcome to our new crop of graduate students who will start this Fall: Samagya Banskota (Penn State), Michael Dzuricky (Case Western) and Simone Costa (CMU).   Congrats also to Simone for winning a NSF Graduate Fellowship!

Felipe Defends!

Congrats to Felipe for successfully defending his dissertation today!

2013 NSF Fellowships

Congrats to Isaac and Stefan on being awarded NSF Graduate Fellowships!  Also, congrats to Caslin and Mandana who received honarable mentions for their NSF applications!

Vina Defends!

Congrats to Vina for successfully defending her dissertation!