Tomas Gonzalez-Fernandez Lab: Advanced Tools for Engineering Smart cells and Materials

https://engineering.lehigh.edu/news/article/advancing-crispr-lehigh-researchers-develop-predictive-models-gene-editing

Layla was awarded an oral presentation award at the 2024 Lehigh Research Day with her poster entitled “Achieving temporal control over gene editing through biomaterial-guided CRISPR delivery”.
Layla is an undergraduate researcher in the TGF lab supported through the Clare Boothe Luce Undergraduate Research Award.

Josh Graham recently presented his talk entitled “Integrating CRISPR and Machine Learning to Achieve Mature Chondrocyte Genetic Profiles in MSCs” at the TERMIS World Congress 2024 in Seattle.

Prof. Gonzalez-Fernandez was recently awarded with the 2024 Rossin College of Engineering & Applied Science Faculty DEI Award for his dedication to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusivity within the Engineering College, the Bioengineering Department, and Lehigh University as a whole. His efforts have significantly contributed to fostering a more inclusive and supportive environment for all students and faculty members, making a lasting impact on the university community.

Krishna Jayaram, an undergraduate researcher in the TGF Lab, hat the chance to present her poster summarizing her research for the past year in our lab at the 2024 Lehigh University Undergraduate Research Symposium.

Congrats to Krishna for her accomplishment and also to Zachary Weiser and PhD student Chiebuka Okpara for their contributions to Krishna’s project!

 

Congrats to Layla for being awarded with the Clare Boothe Luce Undergraduate Research Fellowship!

Layla will explore the integration of CRISPR into 3D printed scaffolds for tissue repair.

 

Prof. Gonzalez-Fernandez will be presenting his current research “Harnessing Synthetic Biology Tools to Engineer Smart Stem Cells for Musculoskeletal Repair” at the RoosterBio Research Seminar Series on March 28th.

Prof. Gonzalez-Fernandez has been recently interviewed in the Tissue Engineering Career Conversations Podcast organized by Columbia University.
Podcast can be found in Spotify in the link below:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2z6ZAO64PEQFRpyabNTagg?si=75315ff0e53e4f8e&nd=1&dlsi=60be4c27a50c4828

To celebrate Lehigh University rivalry week the TGF lab have participated in a 5K turkey trot through the beautiful fall Lehigh campus!