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

April 17, 2023

Dr. Gonzalez-Fernandez selected as a Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting Young Scientist

Tomas Gonzalez-Fernandez, an assistant professor of bioengineering, has been selected to participate in the 72th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting (LINO23) this summer in Germany.

https://engineering.lehigh.edu/news/article/gonzalez-fernandez-selected-lindau-nobel-laureate-meeting-young-scientist

Gonzalez-Fernandez was nominated as LINO23 Young Scientist by the University of California, where he was a postdoctoral fellow in the Leach Laboratory at UC Davis before joining the Rossin College faculty in January 2022.

March 31, 2023

PhD student Josh Graham wins prestigious NSF GRFP Award

PhD student Josh Graham has been awarded with the prestigious NSF GRFP award that will support the completion of his PhD at the TGF Lab at Lehigh University.

This award is a huge milestone in Josh’s career and we can’t wait to see his future research endeavors.

Congrats Josh!

March 9, 2023

Dr. Gonzalez-Fernandez Chosen Track Chair of Biomanufacturing in the BMES 2023 Annual Meeting

Dr. Tomas Gonzalez-Fernandez has been chosen as the Chair of the Biomanufacturing Track together with Prof. Jian Yang (Penn State) for the BMES 2023 Annual Meeting in Seattle.

February 14, 2023

Grad student Chiebuka Okpara Black in BME spotlight

December 10, 2022

First lab winter get together!!

Also celebrating the end of the first semester for the lab grad students Lisette Werba, Josh Graham and Chiebuka Okpara!

October 29, 2022

TGF lab Halloween get together!

September 16, 2022September 16, 2022

Start of the 2022-2023 Academic Year at The TGF Lab

The TGF Lab welcomes all its members for the start of the 2022-2023 academic year.

Grad students: Lisette Werba, Joshua Graham and Chiebuka Okpara

Undergraduate researchers: Owen Fitz, Isabella Federico and Sofia Ruiz

We are all very excited to celebrate your future accomplishments!

August 9, 2022August 9, 2022

Sofia Ruiz and Michael You Present their Research at the STEM-SI Summer Symposium

STEM-SI undergraduate students Michael You (Mechanical Engineering) and Sofia Ruiz (Bioengineering) did a great work presenting at the Lehigh Undergraduate Research Summer Symposium. They presented posters focusing on 3D bioprinting (Michael You) and Mesenchymal Stromal Cell culture and chondrogenic differentiation (Sofia Ruiz).

July 28, 2022

Isabella Federico awarded with the Clare Boothe Luce Undergraduate Research Award

Congratulations to TGF Lab undergraduate researcher Isabella Federico for being awarded with the Clare Boothe Luce Undergraduate Research Award, offered on behalf of the Henry Luce Foundation and the Rossin College. The Clare Boothe Luce Program supports women seeking to study or teach science, engineering, and mathematics. It is awarded to those with excellence and motivation in academics and research during their undergraduate studies. As a Scholar, Isabella will receive support for two years of academic research and fulfill a summer research assistantship with Professor Tomas Gonzalez-Fernandez on implementing the CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing system to musculoskeletal tissue regeneration and include 3D-bioprinting graft applications.

February 28, 2022March 22, 2022

The TGF Lab at Lehigh University

Welcome to the Tomas Gonzalez-Fernandez (TGF) lab at Lehigh University!

The vision of the TGF Research Group is to engineer novel 3D printable cell-instructive biomaterials to drive tissue an organ regeneration in degenerative diseases. Our specific focus is the repair of musculoskeletal tissues (bone and cartilage) and skin, and how we can learn from the pathology of degenerative diseases such as arthritis and diabetes to develop smart tissue engineering strategies that lead to effective regeneration.