News
May 2025: Neal has been awarded the Donald Hatcher Award for research excellence in medicine. Congrats Neal!
April 2025: Zach has successfully transferred to a PhD!
April 2025: Check out Kaitlyn featured in the 2025 Dal Engineering Magazine: https://bit.ly/4cUPwMr
April 2025: Chris, Lauren, and Locke attended CSI 2025 in Ottawa/Gatneau. Big congrats to Chris on his top ranking M.S.c. poster award!
April 2025: Lauren has received a CGS-M award. Congratulations Lauren!
April 2025: Kaitlyn's paper "Development of Itaconate Polymers Microparticles for Intracellular Regulation of Pro‐Inflammatory Macrophage Activation" has just been published in Advanced Healthcare Materials. Congrats Kaitlyn and team! Read more here
April 2025: Sara has been accepted to Dal Med. Congratulations Sara!
March 2025: Zach received a Killam Fellowship award for his PhD studies. Congratulations Zach!
March 2025: Particles! Kaitlyn, Neal and Locke have received ECSF funding for ITASpheres.
March 2025: Sara and Kyle have received oral presentations at CBS2025. Check them out May 21-23 in Kingston, Ontario!
March 2025: Check out this article on Kaitlyn in honour of International Women's Day: https://www.dal.ca/faculty/engineering/news-events/news/2025/03/06/engineering_a_new_future__kaitlyn_woodworth_s_journey_beyond_soccer.html
February 2025: Zach's paper "Antifibrotic Function of Itaconate-Based Degradable Polyester Materials" has just been published in ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering. Congrats Zach and team! Read more here
December 2024: Huge congratulations to Locke on receiving The President’s Research Excellence Awards for Emerging Investigators. This award honours those who, early in their careers, have made noteworthy contributions to Dalhousie’s research culture. Read more here
October 2024: Kaitlyn, Zach, Chris, and Brenden presented at BMES 2025 in Baltimore, Maryland!
September 2024: Kaitlyn and Lauren started their MASc and MSc degrees.
July 2024: A review paper "Cell dynamics and metabolism of the foreign body response: characterizing host-biomaterial interactions for next-generation medical implant biocompatibility" written by Neal, Chris, Zach and Kyle has just been published in Material Advances. Read more here
July 2024: Congratulations Kaitlyn, Zach, Chris and Brenden on abstract acceptances to BMES 2025!
June 2024: Congrats Sara on receiving a Scotia Scholars Award!
June 2024: Our particle work was funded by NSERC to formalize our collaboration with the Acharya Lab at Case Western.
June 2024: Welcome Lauren Fong-Hollohan to the lab! She will be starting her MSc in Microbiology & Immunology in September.
May 2024: Congratulations Kaitlyn on winning the University Medal in Chemical Engineering for top graduating GPA!
April 2024: We welcomed our newest member to the team, Lenna. Congrats Locke and family!
April 2024: Congratulations Brenden on receiving a NSERC Doctoral Scholarship!
April 2024: Congratulations Chris and Kaitlyn on receiving CGS-M awards and Kaitlyn for an NSGS!
March 2024: Kaitlyn received her iron ring and was awarded the Wardens of Camp 7 award. Congrats Kaitlyn!
March 2024: We received a NSERC Research Tools & Instruments Grant to purchase a low temperature differential scanning calorimeter for characterization of novel materials.
January 2024: We did it, CIHR funded! Metabolite based Immunoregulatory Polymer Surgical Meshes for Pelvic Floor Reconstructive Surgery.
January 2024: We received funding from the Nova Scotia Health Research Fund to initiate our work on breast implant capsule tissue baking.
January 2024: Kyle started his MASc in Biomedical Engineering.
December 2023: We are excited to receive some pilot funding for pilot work studying capsular contracture progression
September 2023: Zach and Sara started their MASc in Biomedical Engineering.
May 2023: Zach received the highest grade of all MedSci honour theses. Congrats Zach!
April 2023: Welcome Sara! She will be joining us in the fall for a MASc.
March 2023: We were awarded a NFRF Exploration grant for development of polymeric coatings to prevent fibrosis associated with silicone based breast reconstruction.
March 2023: HUGE congrats to Zach on winning a Killam Scholarship for his MASc!
March 2023: Check out this story on Brenden: https://www.dal.ca/faculty/agriculture/news-events/news/2023/02/28/killam_scholar_on_journey_to_help_the_health_care_system_in_nova_scotia.html
February 2023: We are excited to receive a Faculty of Dentistry Research Fund to support exploration of itaconate based polymer microparticles for intracellular regulation of inflammation.
January 2023: Congratulations Kaitlyn on another Academic All-Canadian award. More her story here: https://www.dal.ca/faculty/engineering/news-events/news/2023/01/19/dal_engineering_student_receives_academic_all_canadian.html
September 2022: Welcome to the lab Chris!
September 2022: Kaitlyn, Zach, Brenden and Mohammad presented their summer research.
May 2022: Welcome Kaitlyn, Zach, and Brenden!
April 2022: We received a Dalhousie Medical Research Foundation Equipment Grant to purchase an Incucyte S3 Live Cell Imaging System.
March 2022: Congratulations Brenden on on winning a Killam Scholarship for his MASc!
March 2022: Recipient of a NSERC Discovery Grant and Launch Supplement for the design of next generation degradable polymer materials with immunoregulatory properties.
February 2022: We received funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation: John R Evans Leaders Fund & Research NS Matching Funds for the development of next generation degradable polymers for regulation of implant associated inflammation.
January 2022: Awarded the Dalhousie Medical Research Foundation /Faculty of Dentistry Early Career Researcher Award to support characterization of macrophage metabolism as a causative driver
of implant associated fibrosis.