SMART CAMP is featured on MIT News

MIT News published an article about SMART CAMP’s work on early-stage detection of microbial contamination in human cell therapy products. You can read the full article here.

Brandon passes his Qualifying Exam

Brandon passed his Oral Qualifying Exam, administered through Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology. Congratulations Brandon!

Ming presents a poster at GRC Myelin

Ming presented a poster at the 2022 Gordon Research Conference on Myelin in Tuscany, Italy. His poster was entitled ‘Artificial Axons: An in vitro platform to discovering the drivers of myelination and demyelination’.

Eric passes his Qualifying Exam

Eric passed his written and oral Qualifying Exam, administered through the MIT Program in Polymers and Soft Matter. Congratulations Eric!

Ming receives the Hugh Hampton Young Fellowship

Ming is one of the recipients of the 2022-2023 Hugh Hampton Young Fellowship. We are grateful for the support of the Hugh Hampton Young Memorial Fund and MIT’s Office of Graduate Education.

Yen-Ting defends his thesis

Congratulations to Dr. Yen-Ting Chi on his successful thesis defence! Yen-Ting’s thesis is entitled External field effects on defects in functional oxides: Experiments and simulations.

VV group has our Spring Outing

VV Group went on our annual Patriot’s Day Outing this weekend! We headed to Falmouth on Cape Cod and enjoyed delicious seafood and sea views.

Anna and Ming’s image is unveiled in the Koch Gallery

Anna and Ming’s image: “Astrocyte Highways: The Secret Garden of the Central Nervous System” is now unveiled at the Koch Institute Image Gallery. You can watch lightning talks about all the images on display here.

VV Group are finalists at the 2022 Koch Institute Image Awards

Anna and Ming will present at the 2022 Koch Institute Image Awards on Thursday March 10 at 5:30pm. They will unveil the group’s winning image ‘Astrocyte Highways: The Secret Garden of the Central Nervous System’, which will be displayed at the Koch Institute Public Galleries over the next year. Tune in to the talk here.

Welcome Eric to VV Group

We’re delighted to officially welcome our newest PhD Student, Eric Lee. Check out the ‘People‘ page to learn more about Eric.