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Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering

University of Connecticut
Joined June 2010
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Women in STEM Frontiers in Research Expo (WiSFiRE) - open to all undergrad and grad students at @UConn. #WomenInSTEM eventbrite.com/e/wisfire-wom… @uconncee @UConnEngineer
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Submit your abstract to the Elastin GRC/GRS! GRS talks are selected from abstracts submitted by Friday, May 17! bit.ly/308uvrX
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Application Open - Frontiers Poster Exhibition! Undergrads - apply by March 15 to share your work with the UConn community. Additional information and a link to the online application are available here: ow.ly/sXlQ30o1hAE
MIT just made a 1B investment in computing with the launch of the Schwarzman College of Computing. Spend a week at MIT this summer & learn how AI is creating new opportunities for materials science & engineering and design linkedin.com/pulse/how-ai-re… @MITProfessional #AI #materials
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Our research featured in the Inside Front Cover in March's Special Issue of #Macromolecular #Bioscience, dedicated to our dearest colleague & mentor, Tufts BME Prof. David L. Kaplan on the occasion of his 65th Birthday! Read our review article on silk: doi.org/10.1002/mabi.2019700…
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Anna Tarakanova retweeted
Spider silk is amazing! Now there’s another twist! Read my @PhysicsWorld story on work the fantastic work of @ProfBuehlerMIT and colleagues here
Spider power with a twist? Spider dragline silk exhibits a unique self-powered actuation, controlled simply by tuning relative humidity, show Dabiao Liu, @ProfBuehlerMIT and colleagues ow.ly/RqSz30nXdsG
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Excited to be at #BPS2019 for the first time! Check out our work on multiscale models of elastin, Sunday, March 3, 1:45-3:45 PM Exhibit C board B69 @BiophysicalSoc
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Apply by March 15th to present at the Spring 2019 Frontiers in Undergraduate Research Poster Exhibition. Share your work with the UConn community! 4 presentation sessions: 2 on Friday 4/12 and 2 on Saturday 4/13. Info & application at ow.ly/1kp830nRoUQ
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I'll be talking about our recent work on elastin modeling for understanding disease and design of new materials tomorrow during the MSE Seminar in the IMS building, Room 20, 9:45 AM @UConnResearch @UConnOUR @UConnEngineer
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Anna Tarakanova retweeted
Exciting new #PhD opportunity in #stemcell #biotechnology! Includes a PhD scholarship worth over $80k. Come join our dynamic multi-disciplinary team and help develop 3D functional environments for regenerative stem cells. Application and project details: bit.ly/2R4Lt8F
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Excited to share our recent work developing multiscale models of elastin structure and assembly at @Materials_MRS Meeting in Boston, Thursday 11/29 Symposium BM09, 2 PM at the Sheraton 2nd floor Back Bay A #f18mrs
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It’s really real! Website launched for new journal: cell.com/matter Check it out, share and retweet!
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