One of Rachel’s images from our recently accepted article on uterine fibroid response to cyclic strain made the cover!

Such an exciting month for my fantastic undergraduate students. Samantha Mutiti is an undergraduate student from Georgia Tech who volunteered with us this summer, and continuing this fall from afar. So proud that she was accepted to this fantastic pre-doctoral program to present the work that she assisted Carolyn Nietupski with. Looking forward to watching her career and seeing where she ends up for graduate school.

Proud of my two senior undergrad capstone students who presented posters at BMES last week! If anyone is looking for a great grad student, they are both wonderful.

Carolyn had a great time at the Elastin, Elastic Fibers and Microfibrils Gordon Research Conference. She was one of a small number of graduate students asked to give an oral presentation. She’s making great progress!

Super excited that our first uterine fibroid manuscript is now published online with Reproductive Sciences! Great group to work with. This is the first of what I expect to be many papers looking into the effects of mechanical forces on fibroid cell behavior and fibroid growth.

Full text version can be accessed here: https://rdcu.be/ddnFC

A bit late, but it was a great meeting. Especially nice to see Justin’s oral presentation on neuron functional testing in 3D culture.

Enjoyed my first in person WHS/SAWC Annual meeting in MD. Great experience. Glad to see Justin presenting.

Finally! We had a lab photo with everyone in it. That lasted for a few weeks at least. Thanks to my fantastic lab!