08/01/2010 - Johnson's Paper (with Gretchen and Andrew) Published
Link: http://www.butcherlab.com/files/publications/40.pdf

Johnson's journal, written with Gretchen and Andrew, was published in Tissue Engineering with the title, "Transforming Growth Factor-Beta, Bone Morphogenetic Protein, and Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Mediate Phenotype Maturation and Tissue Remodeling by Embryonic Valve Progenitor Cells: Relevance for Heart Valve Tissue Engineering." Congratulations!

07/24/2010 - Lab Says Farewell to Catagay

The lab would like to say a special farewell to Catagay, our post-doc who will be returning to Turkey to work as an assistant professor. We would like to thank him for his work and help, and we also hope he enjoyed his first experience playing a relaxing game of mini-golf before leaving the states.

06/29/2010 - Dr. Butcher invited to U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Symposium
Link: http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/June10/FrontiersEngr2010.html

Dr. Butcher is invited to participate in the U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Symposium hosted by the National Academy of Engineering. The symposium, which will take place on Sept. 23-25 in Armonk, N.Y, will examine cloud computing, autonomous aerospace systems, engineering and music, and engineering inspired by biology. Dr. Butcher was one of the 86 young engineers who were invited to participate among 265 applicants. Congratulations!

06/29/2010 - Butcher Lab Hosts 4H

The lab hosted 4-H Science and Engineering Program for the 2nd time. 15 high school students were invited to join our lab to learn about developmental biology and tissue engineering through hands-on lessons planned by the students in the lab.

05/31/2010 - Congratulations to all graduates!

We congratulate all the graduates in the lab! We have quite a large number of students graduating from the lab this year. The graduating students are: (M.Eng.) Adam, Akshay, Chris, Dave, Ed, Johnson, Nick, Ravi, Zach (B.S.) Grant, Jouha, Jun, Michelle, Scott. The lab would like to thank for all your hard work, and we wish you further success in the future.

05/14/2010 - Prof. Butcher wins poster presentation award
Link: Biotechnology Website

Prof. Butcher won 1st place for the second year in a row at the Public Engagement and Science Communication Symposium poster competition, where he was awarded for clearly explaining his research titled "Smart Nanoparticles for Detailed Imaging in Live Embryos" to a diverse audience pool. Congratulations!

04/19/2010 - Phil Buskohl Receives NSF GK-12 Certificate of Accomplishment

Phil received a NSF GK-12 Certificate of Accomplishment at the NSF GK-12 Annual Meeting in Washington, DC! He was acknowledged for using his current research to help students learn and develop interest in science and engineering. To learn more about the NSF GK-12 Fellowship program, please see the NSF website. Congratulations Phil!

04/19/2010 - Welcome new lab members

Please welcome our latest lab members, Sarah Ajaeb and Nichita Ciapurin! Sarah is a M.S. student in Mechanical Engineering who will be studying biomechanics in the lab. She was recently awarded an honorable mention in the NSF Graduate Fellowship for her proposal on biomechanics. Nichita is a junior undergraduate in Biological Science and Chemistry, and he was involved in stem cell research before joining the lab. Welcome!

04/16/2010 - Ravi Sinha and Kevin Kang presents at Rochester Medical Conference

Ravi and Kevin will be presenting their posters at the Upstate New York Biomedical Engineering Career Conference (UNYBECC) in Rochester, NY.

04/13/2010 - Michelle Sun receives Whitaker International Fellowship

Michelle was awarded the 2010-2011 Whitaker International Fellowship, a program in which biomedical engineers undertake projects worldwide. She will be studying the behavior of valve interstitial cells (VIC) in degradable PEG hydrogels at University of Cape Town, South Africa. Congratulations!

04/06/2010 - Laura Hockaday wins NSF Fellowship

Laura was awarded a highly competitive NSF Graduate Research Fellowship for her research on bioprinting of living heart valves. Congratulations Laura!

03/24/2010 - Oneida AP Bio Students Visit Lab

The Butcher Lab offered tour and hands-on activities for 25 AP Biology student from Oneida High School. Students learned the main research aims of our lab through interactive demonstrations of several experimental techniques including: bioprinting, ex-ovo chick culture, and cushion isolation.

03/09/2010 - Gretchen Mahler wins Hilton Head poster contest

Congratulations to Gretchen, who took 1st place in the Heart Valve Biology & Tissue Engineering Conference poster session held in Hilton Head, SC! Her poster titled "Inflammation Reactivates Developmental Programming in Adult Valve Cells: Novel Mechanisms for Valve Disease and Regeneration" was selected from over 50 other posters.

03/07/2010 - Butcher Lab presents at Heart Valve Biology & Tissue Engineering Conference

The Butcher Lab was well represented at the Heart Valve Biology & Tissue Engineering Conference in Hilton Head, SC! In total, the Butcher lab presented four podium talks and two posters.

12/19/2009 - Butcher Lab Christmas Party

Butcher Lab had the 2nd Annual White Elephant gift exchange at the Christmas party. The exchange was highlighted with some cool and unusual/funny gifts such as the foot massager and the leopard-pattered seat cushion. We all had a good time, and we look forward to it again next year!

10/12/2009 - Michelle wins undergraduate poster competition in BMES

Undergraduate student Michelle Sun won 4th place in BMES 2009 Undergraduate Research Competition. The competition is a highly selective process that only allows 9% of all applicants to enter the final evaluation. Among the 20 final contestants, Michelle was able to stand out and win 4th place. Great job Michelle!

10/09/2009 - Butcher Lab at 2009 BMES

Professor Butcher and our fellow researchers including Gretchen, Cagatay, Russ, Philip, Laura, Michelle, and Dave attended the BMES 2009 in Pittsburgh. In the conference, Professor Butcher, Gretchen, Laura, and Philip were invited to give speeches about their research projects while others gave poster presentations.

10/08/2009 - Prof. Butcher wins BMES 2009 Rita Schaffer Young Investigator Award

Prof. Butcher received the 2009 BMES Rita Schaffer Young Investigator Award at the BMES 2009 Conference! He was selected for the unique way in which he has combined developmental biology with engineering for applications in regenerative medicine. He will be giving an award presentation at the meeting in Pittsburgh. Congratulations to the boss!

09/01/2009 - Welcome new members

The Butcher Lab welcomes new students to the lab! Ravi Sinha, Dave Filipiak, and Edward Yip are new M.Eng students, and Koonal Bhadwarajan and Chris Frendl are undergraduate students. Welcome!

07/27/2009 - Butcher Lab hosts MB workshop
Link: http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/July09/CIBTsummer.html

Cornell hosted New York science teachers for hands-on summer workshops. The teachers were provided with hands-on labs, field experiences, lectures, and visits to research labs. The visit was highlighted with a demonstration to using living embryo culture system to learn about heart development.

07/25/2009 - Farewell Andrew!

The Butcher Lab says goodbye to our lab manager Andrew Recknagel. Thanks for all your hard work, and good luck in graduate school at SUNY Albany!

06/30/2009 - Butcher Lab hosts 4-H Career Exploration
Link: www.butcherlab.com/4H%20debrief.doc

High school students interested in bioscience were invited for hands-on research experience in the lab. Students learned various aspects in biomedical engineering such as MicroCT imaging, tissue fabrication, cardiac patching, and histology.

06/27/2009 - Presentations at the 5th Biennial meeting of the Society for Heart Valve Disease

Professor Butcher and the Butcher lab will present three posters at the upcoming 5th Biennial meeting of the Society for Heart Valve Disease in Berlin, Germany.

05/12/2009 - Prof. Butcher wins an research award
Link: http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/May09/facShowcase.sl.html

Prof. Butcher wins 1st place in the 2009 NYSTAR Center for Life Science Enterprise Faculty Research Competition for his innovative presentation on “The Virtual Reality of Life Science Made Possible Through Micro-CT.” Congratulations Professor!

05/04/2009 - Grant Tarsi wins research award

Undergraduate student Grant Tarsi was awarded a 2009 Undergraduate Summer Research Award by Cisco, Inc. for his research on microelectrode arrays for local biomechanical measurement. Great job Grant!

04/15/2009 - Nicholas Colangelo wins 1st place in Research Forumpresents in research forum

Senior student Nicholas Colangelo won 1st place at the 24th Annual Spring Research Research Forum! Nick presented his work on the bioprinter titled “Solid freeform fabrication of spatially heterogeneous aortic valves using cell-seeded hydrogels.” Congratulations Nick!

04/03/2009 - Heeyong Kang presents at CERC

MEng student Heeyong Kang and the bioprinter team will present their research titled “Solid freeform fabrication of spatially heterogeneous aortic valves using cell seeded hydrogels” at 2009 Cornell Engineering Research Conference (CERC), Cornell University, Ithaca NY.

03/27/2009 - Seminar given by Prof. Butcher

Professor Butcher will give a seminar at Molecular Biology and Genetics Seminar, Cornell University, Ithaca New York on his research entitled “Natural engineering of the heart: Developmental paradigms that are repeated in postnatal disease and potential for regenerative medicine”.

03/16/2009 - Presentation from our lab

Postdoctoral Huseyin Cagatay Yalcin and Professor Butcher will give a presentation titled “Simulated embryonic microenvironmental conditions on stem cell differentiation towards cardiac phenotypes" at Cornell Stem Cell Consortium Seminar, Cornell University, Ithaca NY.

03/12/2009 - Presentation at Postdoc Research Day

Huseyin Yalcin and his team will present their research named "Non-invasive defect and rescue models of Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome via pulsed laser photoablation." at Cornell University Postdoc Research Day, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.

03/09/2009 - Adam Newman Wins Fellowship Award

Adam was awarded a highly competitve MEC fellowship for the 2009-2010 year. Congratulations Adam!

03/06/2009 - Philips Cheung presents at Hilton Head Workshop

Philip C. will give a presentation titled “Solid freeform fabrication of mechanically heterogeneous living hydrogels.” at 13th Annual Hilton Head Workshop, Hilton Head, SC.

03/05/2009 - Presentations at BioExpo Conference 2009

Two groups of people will give presentation of their research progress in the BioExpo Conference 2009. Nicholas Colangelo and his team, will present a poster presentation of his research, Solid freeform fabrication of mechanically heterogeneous cell-seeded hydrogels, at BioExpo2009, Cornell University, Ithaca NY. Postdoctoral Huseyin Yalcin and his team will give a poster presentation titled "A noninvasive defect model of congenital heart defects via pulsed laser photoablation.” in the conference as well.

02/10/2009 - Prof. Butcher will give a seminar at U. Penn.

On Feb. 10th, 2009, Professor Butcher will give a seminar on his research thrusts entitled "Recapitulations of Developmental Biology in Valvular Heart Disease Prescribe Engineering Paradigms for Regenerative Medicine" at University of Pennsylvania, Institute for Medicine and Engineering Seminar.

12/12/2008 - Presentation from the lab

M.Eng student Philip Cheung will present the research by biorpinter group titled "Solid freeform fabrication of arbitrary heterogeneous, anisotropic structures with multiple materials.” at the 7th New York Complex Matter Workshop, Ithaca, NY.

12/09/2008 - Butcher Lab Holiday Party

The Butcher Lab sadly bids farewell to four lab members at our Holiday party at Prof. Butcher's house. Amanda Dropkin, Cassie Spitz, David Hoang, and Phil Cheung are all graduating this month with MEng degrees. Check out the pictures. Good luck to all of you!

12/07/2008 - Phil Cheung presents at Complex Matter Workshop

Phil Cheung will present his research on soft tissue printing methods at the New York Complex Matter Workshop at Cornell University. Great job Phil!

11/01/2008 - New Students Join the Lab

The Butcher Lab welcomes the following new students that have joined this fall. Amanda Dropkin and Heeyong Kang are new MEng students. Michelle Sun, Jouha Min, Chiraag Kapoor, Bianca Lane, Grant Tarsi, and Alyssa Henning are undergrads. Laura Hockaday is our new PhD student. Check out their personal profiles to see what they are up to.

10/23/2008 - Bioprinting Team featured on News10 Now
Link: http://news10now.com/content/top_stories/126645/new-research-on-heart-valve-replacement/Default.aspx

New developments in the solid freeform fabrication (bioprinting) of living tissues is featured tonight on News10 Now's Evening News at 6PM. Phil and Prof Butcher are featured in the interview, and the work of Nick and Jamie was also on display. Check out the link to see the show. Great work guys!

09/15/2008 - Adam Neumann to present at BMES Fall Conference

Adam Neumann will be presenting a poster at the BMES annual Fall Conference based on his work on automated ultrasound deformation mapping.

09/01/2008 - International Scholar Visits

Chen Si, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery at Tongii Medical School and Huazong University of Science and Technology in China, will spend the next year in the Butcher Lab learning heart valve mechanobiology and tissue engineering. Previously, he was a medical resident in Cardiology at Wuhan Central Hosptial. Welcome Chen!

08/24/2008 - New Web site!!
Link: http://butcherlab.com/

The Jonathan Butcher Lab has launched a new Web site showcasing its research, staff, and achievements. Please explore and let us know what you think!

06/11/2008 - Lab moves to Weill Hall

The Butcher Lab is relocating to Weill Hall.