Dr. Mehdi Nikkhah, an associate professor of biomedical engineering in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering was recognized as a rising star in his field by being named a Senior Member of the National Academy of Inventors thanks to his disease-fighting on-a-chip technology. See here: https://fullcircle.asu.edu/faculty/rewarding-analysis-of-diseases-on-a-chip/

Co-authors from the Nikkhah Lab include Dr. Jaimeson Veldhuizen and Dr. Mehdi Nikkhah! “Modeling long QT syndrome type 2 on-a-chip via in-depth assessment of isogenic gene-edited 3D cardiac tissues.”

Co-authors from the Nikkhah Lab include Alejandra Patino-Guerrero and Dr. Mehdi Nikkhah! “Generation of Isogenic Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Cardiac Organoids.”

Co-authors from the Nikkhah lab include Hamid Esmaeili, Alejandra Patino, and Dr. Mehdi Nikkhah! “Passive and Flexible Wireless Electronics Fabricated on Parylene/PDMS Substrate for Stimulation of Human Stem Cell-derived Cardiomyocytes.”

Dr. Ron publishes a new article titled ‘Advances in Biomaterials for Promoting Vascularization’. More information about this article: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40778-022-00217-w

Congratulations to the lab for receiving a new patent titled “Nano Scale Decoration of Scaffold-Free Microtissue using Functionalized Gold Nanostructures”

Alex is one step closer to achieving her dream !

Ella’s paper titled “Investigating the Interactions of Glioma Stem Cells in the Perivascular Niche at Single-Cell Resolution using a Microfluidic Tumor Microenvironment Model” has been accepted to the journal of Advanced Science. Congratulation to the team for achieving this! Find the article using the following citation: Adjei‐Sowah, E.A., O’Connor, S.A., Veldhuizen, J., Lo Cascio, C.,…

We would like to like to express our welcome to our new 4+1 Master’s student Ronin. Welcome to Nikkhahs Laboratory!