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Vijayans Laboratory For Polymeric Biomaterials

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Introduction

Vijayans  Laboratory for Polymeric Biomaterials is located in the Biomedical Engineering Department of Alabama State University. The major activities of the lab focuses on the design and engineering of different polymeric biomaterials which includes but not limited to hydrogels, 3D printed polymer scaffolds, nanogels and polymer-nanoparticle composites. Some of the major research areas the lab is currently undertaken are development of surface patterned hydrogels for contact guidance, plasma surface modified lattice structure scaffolds for bone tissue engineering and development of hydrogel scaffolds with chondrogenic diffrentiation potential.

News/Updates

  • Hearty Congratulations to Amrita Natarajan and Elijah Barned for the oral and poster presentations at the BMES annual conference at Baltimore. Dr. Amrita showcased the work on cartilage tissue engineering and Elijah presented a poster on her work on lattice structure biomaterials.

  • Hearty Congratulations to Amrita Natarajan and all the co-authors for the latest publication in the journal Colloids and Surface B:Biointerfaces. This work was a joint colloboration of Dr.Viijayan with Prof: Chen from Wyss Institiute of Harvard University.

  • Welcome Ellaijah Barnes and Jasmine Carpenter in the group.

  • Congratulations Dr. Vijayan for completing a advanced certified course in Predictive Multiscale Materials Design from the Prestigious Massachusetts Institiute of Technology (MIT) Professional Education.

  • Dr. Vijayan was awarded NSF RUI Grant worth $449,473 from the CBET Division of National Science Foundation. The Grant focuses on a combonatory approach of 3D printing and plasma surface modification for highthrouput materiobiology screening of nanoparticle modified polymer scaffolds. Dr. Derrick Dean serves as the Co-PI in this prestigious grant from National Science Foundation. Hearty Congratulations to Dr.Vijayan and Dr Dean.

  • Welcome Dr. Amrita Natarajan as the Postdoctoral Scientist in Vijayans Group.

  • Dr.Vijayan was awarded the Faculty Research Award 2023 from the Academic Affairs of Alabama State University. 

  • Dr.Vijayan as a Co-Principle Investigator was awarded a Research Grant  from the National Science Foundation, CREST HBCU RISE Grant  worth 1.2 million US dollars for 3 years. The funded project was about the Artificial Intelligence (Deep Learning Network) driven 3D bioprinting of Renal Tissues. Hearty congratulations to Dr. Vijayan and all the team members Dr. Derrick Dean (PI), Dr. Green, (Co-PI), Dr.Elaijah (Co-PI) and Dr. Swami durai (Co-PI) for winning this competeive colloborative research grant from National Science Foundation.

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