2016

December 2016

Congratulations, Jenna! Lab member, Jenna Alsaleh, graduated this semester, completing her B.S. in Biological Engineering. She will be continuing on as a graduate student in the lab. Best of luck for the future!

November 11, 2016

Congratulations to former Gomillion Lab REU student, Awa Bakayoko! Awa was awarded a Student Travel Award to attend the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS) in Tampa, FL this year to present her work from the summer 2016 NanoBio REU program. For her poster presentation at the ABRCMS meeting, Awa also received an Undergraduate Poster Presentation Award for the Engineering, Math & Physics category. Congratulations!!

November 2-4, 2016

Dr. Gomillion and Gomillion Lab member, Jenna Alsaleh attended the IEEE Women in Engineering Leadership Summit that was held in Atlanta, GA and facilitated by Summit Chair, Dr. Takoi Hamrita of UGA CENGR.

Jenna was recipient of an IEEE Women in Engineering STEM Leadership Summit UGA Dean’s Travel Scholarship that provided funding for her participation and attendance.

Dr. Gomillion served as a co-organizer and moderator for the STEM Education and Outreach panel entitled “FIRESIDE CHAT: HOW UNIVERSITIES ARE ADVOCATING FOR STEM”, which featured co-organizer Cathy Freeman and invited panelists Serita Acker (Director, PEER/WISE, Clemson University, College of Eng., Computing and Applied Sciences) and Jennifer Stanford Johnson (STEAM Program Development Manager, Spelman College).

Learn more here!

September 19, 2016
Covergirl! Lab member and UGA Honors College student, Kerri Andre, was featured on the cover of Honors, the magazine of the UGA Honors Program. Check out the article from inside the magazine to learn more about Kerri’s summer adventures in South Africa!

September 12, 2016
Dr. Gomillion was featured in the latest installment of the Focus on Faculty column appearing on the UGA website. Check out the story here!

September 11, 2016

Postdoctoral Associate, Dr. Rupali Hire is leaving to return to India. Lab members gathered to wish her well with a send-off dinner at Cali & Tito’s. All the best, Rupa!

August 2016

It’s the start of a new semester! We are happy to welcome our new lab members: graduate student, S’Dravious (Dre) DeVeaux; undergraduate, Bryanna Moppins; and with the Young Dawgs program, high school student, Pam Poteh!

Congratulations are also in order for lab members Jenna Alsaleh, Kerri Andre, Ridge Maxson, and Bryanna Moppins for receiving UGA CURO Undergraduate Research Assistantship awards this semester!

July 22, 2016

The 2016 NanoBIO REU poster session was held today, and students from the summer research programs on campus had an opportunity to present their work performed this summer. Our lab had the pleasure of hosting Awa Bakayoko (University of Maryland-Baltimore County, co-mentor Dr. Melissa Davis in Genetics) this summer. Great job, Awa!

June 2016

Welcome back, Dr. Gomillion! Dr. Gomillion traveled to Uganda at the beginning of the summer with students from the Peach State Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) program as part of an undergraduate research program sponsored by the NSF. During the 8-week program, three LSAMP students conducted research evaluating various fuel sources for use in conjunction with an EvaKuula Unit, which provides a means for cooling milk on dairy farms in Sub-Saharan Africa. The cooling unit was developed by Dr. William Kisaalita of our College of Engineering, who has established various research endeavors in Uganda over the past several years.

May 13, 2016

Congratulations, Dawn! Lab member, Dawn Dagen, graduated today, completing her B.S. in Biological Engineering. Best of luck in your future endeavors!

April 12, 2016

Work hard, play hard! Lab members enjoyed some time outside of the lab with an afternoon of bowling. We definitely have some competitive members of our team!

February 26, 2016

Students from Ms. Simpson’s Human Anatomy & Physiology courses at Hart County High School came to visit the Tissue Regeneration Lab during the College of Engineering’s 2016 Engineers Week events.

January 2016

Happy New Year! It’s great to be back after the holiday break, and we are happy to welcome new undergraduate student, Ridge Maxson to the lab!