Rutz and Amargant i Riera awarded Women’s Health Technologies Collaboration Initiation Grant
Prof. Alexandra Rutz and Prof. Amargant i Riera were awarded a Women’s Health Technologies Collaboration Initiation Grant by the James McKelvey School of Engineering and School of Medicine Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Washington University in St. Louis) to develop hydrogel materials for in vitro folliculogenesis.
Rutz Lab Graduates
Lianna Friedman and Sandy Montgomery, Rutz Lab Undergraduate Research Assistants, graduated from Washington University in St. Louis on May 11th, 2024. Both graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering. Congrats Lianna and Sandy!
Goestenkors wins best poster at annual MRS meeting
Anna Goestenkors received the Best Poster Award at the 2023 Materials Research Society Fall Meeting & Exhibit. Her poster was titled “Conducting Polymer Granular Hydrogel Bioinks for 3D Printed In Vitro Bioelectronic Devices.”
Rutz Lab Publication
Rutz Lab PhD Students Anna Goestenkors, Tianran Liu, and Somtochukwu Okafor have published their recent work “Manipulation of cross-linking in PEDOT:PSS hydrogels for biointerfacing” in the Journal of Materials Chemistry B.
Rutz selected as Invited Speaker for 2022 Neuroelectronic Interfaces Gordon Research Conference
Prof. Alexandra Rutz spoke at the 2022 Neuroelectronic Interfaces Gordon Research Conference. Her talk was titled “Porosity in Bioelectronic Devices Towards Biocompatible Tissue Interfaces”.