Congrats to Dr. Ishita Jain and Dr. Aidan Brougham-Cook for publishing their work in Acta Biomaterialia titled “Effect of Distinct ECM Microenvironments on the Genome-Wide Chromatin Accessibility and Gene Expression Responses of Hepatic Stellate Cells.” Make sure to check it out!

Congratulations to Ph.D. student Hyeon Ryoo for passing his final defense exam titled “Microenvironmental Modification and Analysis of Cell Culture using Microgels.” Congrats Hyeon!

Congratulations to Hyeon Ryoo for publishing his work in ACS Biomaterials Science in Engineering titled “Spatially Defined Cell-Secreted Protein Detection Using Granular Hydrogels: μGeLISA“.

Congrats to Aidan and Hannah for publishing their work in APL Bioengineering titled “Engineered matrix microenvironments reveal the heterogeneity of liver sinusoidal endothelial cell phenotypic responses“.

Congrats to Ishita, Ian, and Ash for publishing their work in Communications Biology titled “Delineating cooperative effects of Notch and biomechanical signals on patterned liver differentiation“. Great work!

The Underhill Lab won the Scariest Everitt Halloween Decoration Contest for the second year in a row!

Congratulations to Ishita Jain for successfully defending her thesis titled “Delineating the Interplay of Biomechanical Cues with Cell-Cell Signaling and Epigenetics in Liver Differentiation and Fibrosis”. Very well deserved!