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R21 grant awarded to develop a tool to predict a patient’s risk of developing a metastatic brain tumor

An NIH grant has been awarded to the lab and Dr. Merajver’s lab to predict a patient risk of developing metastatic brain tumor. The Merajver lab and Oliver lab at the University of Michigan have been awarded an R21 grant by the National Institute of Health with the title “Artificial Intelligence driven prediction of brain metastasis from primary tumor sites at diagnosis”. The interdisciplinary team consists of Dr. Sofia Merajver, Dr. Ryan Oliver, Dr. Trisha Westerhof, Dr. Maria Castro, Dr. Aki Morikawa and Dr. Carlos Aguilar. The goal is to develop a technology that identifies patients at risk of developing […]

AACR 2018 discussion on brain metastasis phenotyping using a blood brain barrier on a chip

The University of Michigan released a discussion between the press staff and Dr. Oliver discussing the blood brain barrier on a chip device developed with Professors Merajver and Takayama. The potential of this platform may aid in precision phenotyping of cancer cells both prior and after diagnosis of brain metastasis enabling tailoring of the therapeutics and treatment given to a patient.

Dr. Oliver at AACR 2018.

Dr. Oliver interviewed by BCRF at AACR 2018

We attended AACR 2018 this year in Chicago and had the opportunity to present our work during the poster session. I presented the most recent results in the development of our blood brain barrier on a chip system that we are using to parenthetically characterize different cancer cells and measure their impact on the blood brain barrier.

During the session I was fortunate to get to share our work with one of our sponsers the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF).

https://www.bcrf.org/blog/aacr-2018-highlights-novel-approaches-treating-brain-metastasis-metastatic-breast-cancer

Dr. Oliver speaking at AACR 2018.

Shining a light on tiny polymer shapes – MIT News feature

MIT News has graciously recognized our work on maskless lithography for microparticle synthesis.  The article was written by Denis Paiste of the Materials Processing Center and the original can be found here.

If you would like to download a pdf you can find it here Shining a light on tiny polymer shapes – MIT News Office.

 

System for improving carbon nanotube consistency in the lab featured on MIT News

MIT News has featured a piece written by Denis Paiste from the Materials Processing Center discussing our work on improving Carbon Nanotube consistency.  I really appreciate the attention that has been given to how we can translate the fantastic body of work on synthesis of carbon nanotubes into repeatable experiments that can be used towards thermal interconnects and batteries.  Find the original article here.

PDF version  -> Improving carbon nanotube consistency in the lab – MIT News Office

Automated CVD system highlighted in Physics Today

I’d like to extend my appreciation and point you to a highlight of Robofurnace in Physics Today released this week.

Check it out here

 

Robofurnace is featured as an editors pick

We’d like to thank the editor at Review of Scientific Instruments for highlighting our work on a Robotic CVD system for nanomaterial growth.

Feature write up in UTA Research Magazine

The following is a reproduction of a feature article in the UTA Research Magazine.

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Student Profile: Ryan Oliver
Student’s work could recharge the world’s fuel supply
Ryan Oliver relaxes in his chair, answering questions and providinginformation in a casual manner. He doesn’t come across as a dynamic
achiever. But that’s exactly what he is.

Oliver recently received his master’s degree in industrial engineering from
UT Arlington a year after graduating summa cum laude with his bachelor’s degree. As a graduate student, he worked with professors John Priest in industrial engineering and Brian Dennis in mechanical engineering to develop a microreactor that converts cottonseed and similar agricultural products into […]