December 8, 2021
Great day for a lab holiday outing! Lab members successfully escaped the terminal at Escape the Space. With UGA grab bag gifts thrown in, it was a great way to kick off the holiday season for students.
October 27, 2021
Dr. Gomillion participated in a virtual career panel for students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Sponsored by the Society For Biomaterials, the panel was comprised of faculty of various backgrounds who described their career paths during the virtual session.
October 7, 2021
Dr. Gomillion served as a co-host of the virtual portion of the BMES Celebration of Minorities Luncheon Panel. As part of the BMES Diversity Committee, Dr. Gomillion worked with other members of the Underrepresented Minority Subcommittee to organize the virtual session focused on mental health and wellness.
September 30, 2021
Congratulations to lab member Daniel Shah for being awarded the 2021 CMaT Diversity and Inclusion Award during the annual retreat. Awarded to a CMaT trainee who has excelled in support of CMaT’s Diversity and Inclusion efforts, Daniel was recognized in part for his service in student mentoring, outreach efforts, and service on the Student Leadership Committee. Well-deserved!
August 10, 2021
Congratulations to undergraduate lab member Rachel Yu for being named recipient of the UGA CURO Undergraduate Research Assistantship for Fall 2021!
August 6, 2021
We are excited for a new semester! What better way to kick off the semester than with new faces and recognitions. We’re excited to welcome new undergrad members Evan Adams, Divya Bhakta, and Pravalika Irukulla to the lab. Also, one of our own was recognized on the university website. Check out undergrad lab member Eric Okanume who was featured in a UGA Amazing Students article. Congratulations, Eric!
July 9, 2021
Congratulations to lab member Daniel Shah on successfully defending his MS thesis today. Following this, he will be off to Ga Tech for doctoral studies. Great job, Daniel!
July 2021
Congratulations to Dr. Gomillion and her colleagues Drs. Burg and Birkes for their newly awarded grant from NIH to support a new ESTEEMED program at UGA. This award, University of Georgia (UGA) ESTEEMED: Mentored Experiential Research to Promote Diversity in Biomedical Engineering and Science, will support programming to encourage freshmen from diverse backgrounds to pursue further studies or careers in bioengineering research.
May 2021
Welcome to new graduate student member Kianna Young! We are also excited to welcome undergraduate students joining us for the summer for the NanoBio and CMaT REU programs. A big welcome to, Destani Jackson from Clark Atlanta University and Daniel Ude from Texas Tech University. We’re excited for you all to join us.
May 14, 2021
Congratulations to lab member Anna and all other class of 2021 graduates! We were able to celebrate our graduates with a modified in-person/hybrid convocation ceremony – the first in-person event for many of us in quite some time. Congratulations to all and best of luck for the future!
April 12, 2021
We are always willing to tell others about our lab and what we do here. Members of the Gomillion Lab hosted a virtual lab tour for the UGA Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) student chapter. We hope all participants found it informative!
April 9-10, 2021
It has been a busy week for the lab with a conference also taking place. Dr. Gomillion gave an invited talk at the Institute of Biological Engineering (IBE) annual meeting and doctoral student Damion Dixon presented his work during the graduate student poster session. Damion was awarded 3rd place award for graduate poster presentations. Congratulations, Damion!
April 9, 2021
Congratulations to lab member Yu (Anna) Gong for successfully defending her MS thesis today. Great job, Anna!
April 8, 2021
Congratulations to Dr. Gomillion for being awarded the 2021 UGA Center for Undergraduate Opportunities (CURO) Research Mentoring Award. Read more about this honor here.
January 15, 2021
Congratulations to Dr. Gomillion for a newly awarded Junior Faculty Grant from Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation – MTF Biologics. We are excited to get started on this project, Bioactive 3D-Printable Scaffolds for Enhanced Bone Grafting!
January 2021
Welcome back for a new year and new semester! Congratulations to undergraduate lab members Eric Okanume, Otuto Nwagbata, and Rachel Yu for receiving CURO Research Assistantships for the spring semester!
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