9/14/26 - Dr. Hixon was invited to present the lab’s work at the Johns Hopkins University Biomedical Engineering Seminar Series! Her talk, “Tuning the Microenvironment: Biomaterial and Oxygen-Based Strategies for Bone and Tendon Regeneration,” highlighted our work across musculoskeletal tissue engineering.
9/14/26 - We are thrilled to welcome several new members to the Hixon Lab! A big welcome to our new Ph.D. students Varad, Luiza, and Thomas, with Thomas co-mentored by Dr. Alex Boys, and to our new postdoctoral researchers Dr. Afton Limberg and Dr. Dan Merryweather, with Dan receiving additional mentorship from Dr. Alex Boys. We are so excited to have you all officially joining the team!
9/9/26 - Congratulations to Aleyna La Croix on officially becoming a Ph.D. Candidate!! We are so proud of you and excited for this next stage of your Ph.D.!
9/8/26 - NEW PUB ALERT!! New collaborative work published in JCI Insight examining the role of proliferating osteoblast-lineage cells during fracture healing! Check out “Fracture healing requires proliferation of callus cells at early and mature stages of osteoblast differentiation” here: https://insight.jci.org/articles/view/196751
8/12/26 - The Hixon Lab had a great time hosting a K-12 Community-Dartmouth Partnership “Regrowing the Body” session! We loved sharing tissue engineering and regenerative medicine with local high school teachers through hands-on activities.
8/5/26 - Congratulations to Yagmur Unal on successfully proposing her Ph.D. research!! We can’t wait to see where your research will go!
8/3/26 - Congratulations to Amritha Anup on successfully proposing her Ph.D. research!! Another huge milestone - congratulations, Amritha!
7/1/26 - Dr. Hixon was named a 2026 Dartmouth Cancer Center Emerging Leader! Excited and honored to be part of this group and the incredible cancer research community at Dartmouth.
7/1/26 - NEW PUB ALERT!! Congratulations to Jewelia, Maria, Aleyna, and Adithya on our new review, “Cryogel-Based Therapeutic Platforms for Disease Modification in Osteoarthritis,” published in npj Biomedical Innovations! This work highlights the exciting potential of cryogels as therapeutic platforms for osteoarthritis. Check it out here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s44385-026-00094-6
6/25/26 - Welcome to our summer researchers! We are excited to have Melissa Alhamis (Materials Science REU), Brandon Reed, and returning summer researcher Will Parker joining us in the lab this summer.
6/25/26 - Congratulations to Aleyna La Croix on representing the lab as a panel speaker at FACTOR 2026 in Columbus! Aleyna presented our work on MXene-integrated scaffolds for localized Tumor Treating Field delivery in osteosarcoma.
June 2026 - Congratulations to Calista Adler on receiving the Dartmouth Society of Engineers (DSE) Prize! Calista wrapped up an incredible Dartmouth career as a Goldwater Scholar, Mazilu Engineering Research Fellow, Presidential Scholar, and Hixon Lab Honors Thesis student.
June 2026 - Congratulations to Calista Adler, Jack Flaggert, and Annika Nikhar on completing their Senior Honors Thesis research in the Hixon Lab!! Their projects spanned nanoparticle drug delivery for cystic fibrosis, engineered adhesion for transcutaneous implants, and mathematical modeling of tissue growth in porous scaffolds.
6/12/26 - Congratulations to Maria Eduarda Torres Gouveia on being selected as a finalist in the 2026 ORS ISFR 3-Minute Research Pitch Competition!
5/15/26 - DR. LEVI OLEVSKY!!! A massive congratulations to Levi for successfully defending his Ph.D. dissertation, “A Biomimetic Scaffold to Support Vascularized Bone Regeneration for Mandibular Defects.” Levi holds an especially meaningful distinction as the first Ph.D. student to graduate from the Hixon Lab!! We could not be prouder and are so excited to see what comes next!
5/12/26 - NEW PUB ALERT!! Congratulations to Victoria Cubina Lopez and Jewelia Durant on our new publication, “Bio-enhanced silk fibroin-based scaffolds for chronic diabetic foot ulcers,” in Burns & Trauma! This work explores bio-enhanced silk fibroin scaffolds as a regenerative approach for chronic diabetic wounds. Check it out here: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC13429051/
5/11/26 - NEW PUB ALERT!! Congratulations to Adelaide, Afton, Amritha, and Aleyna on our new review, “Advancing the 3Rs in Bone Tissue Engineering: Emerging In Vitro, In Silico, and Refined In Vivo Strategies,” published in Frontiers in Physiology! Great work from an awesome group of Hixon Lab Ph.D. trainees! Check it out here: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/physiology/articles/10.3389/fphys.2026.1811508/full
5/6/26 - The Hixon Lab headed to Berlin for the 19th Biennial Meeting of the ORS International Section of Fracture Repair! Our work on senescence-targeted regeneration of radiation-damaged bone was selected for an oral presentation, and Aleyna La Croix presented our work on electrically stimulated dual-MXene scaffolds for vascularized bone regeneration.
5/1/26 - DR. AFTON LIMBERG! Congratulations to Afton on successfully defending her Ph.D. dissertation, “The Effects of Hyperbaric Oxygen on Achilles Tendon Healing.” Afton was co-advised by Drs. Hixon and Van Citters, and we are so proud of everything she accomplished!
4/18/26 - NEW PUB ALERT!! Congratulations to Afton and team on the publication of “In Vitro Modulation of Murine Tenocyte Behavior by Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy” in the Journal of Orthopaedic Research! This work examines how hyperbaric oxygen therapy modulates tenocyte behavior as part of our efforts to better understand tendon healing. Check it out here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jor.70204
4/12/26 - A HUGE congratulations to Maria, Calista, and (incoming Ph.D. student) Thomas on receiving NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) awards!! We are incredibly proud of you!
3/27/26 - The Hixon Lab had a great showing at the 2026 ORS Annual Meeting in Charlotte! Afton Limberg presented her work, “Hyperoxia-Driven Modulation of Tendon Healing: Insights from In Vitro and In Vivo Models,” and Dr. Hixon was selected as a Spotlight Speaker for the session “Multidisciplinary Approaches for Complex Bone Defect Repair.” Afton also represented the lab in the ORS 3-Minute Research Pitch Competition!
3/25/26 - Hixon Lab research was well represented at the 2026 Society for Biomaterials Annual Meeting in Atlanta! Maria presented work on senescence-modulating cryogel scaffolds, Milenka Men presented bone-tendon scaffold research, and Aleyna La Croix presented on MXene/Tumor Treating Fields.
3/23/26 - The Hixon Lab’s newest Dartmouth Innovations Accelerator for Cancer team (CryoMx: led by Aleyna) was selected as one of ten groups for the full 2026 DIAC Program and won a $50,000 Pitch Award!!
3/20/26 - Dr. Hixon was invited to give a keynote presentation at the USC Stem Cell T32 & CIRM Symposium in Los Angeles on targeting senescence to unlock stem-cell-mediated bone repair after radiation.
3/17/26 - NEW PUB ALERT!! Congratulations to Amritha, Milenka, Kate, Mika, and Afton on our new publication, “Silk Cryogel and Electrospun Scaffold Characterization for Bone-Tendon Interface Applications,” in Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology! This work combines cryogel and electrospun scaffold platforms toward engineering the complex bone-tendon interface. Check it out here: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/bioengineering-and-biotechnology/articles/10.3389/fbioe.2026.1685458/full
3/6/26 - COVER ALERT!! Our bone regenerative cryogel scaffold work in collaboration with the Boys Lab was featured on the back cover of Advanced Materials Technologies! Check out the cover and issue here: https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/admt.70583
2/9/26 - A big welcome to Yagmur Unal, who officially joined the Hixon Lab as a Chemistry Ph.D. student! We are so excited to have you on the team!
11/28/25 - NEW PUB ALERT!! Congratulations to Levi, Jono, Peter, Aleyna, Avery, and the Boys Lab team on our new publication, “Interfacing Thin-Film Bioelectronics with Bone Regenerative Cryogel Scaffolds for Transosseous Cortical Access,” in Advanced Materials Technologies! This exciting collaboration integrates thin-film bioelectronics with bone-regenerative cryogel scaffolds to create a tissue-integrated transosseous cortical interface. Check it out here: https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/admt.202500692
10/18/25 - Thanks to all who joined the Hixon Lab hike to enjoy the gorgeous Upper Valley fall colors!
10/10/25 - A huge congratulations to Calista for receiving the Mazilu Engineering Research Fellowship!! We are so proud of you!
10/6/25 - Levi received Dartmouth's competitive Milham Fellowship!! "Selection criteria included academic achievement, leadership in the research setting, creativity, and promise for contribution to human welfare." Yay, Levi - congratulations!
8/26/25 - Calista had her BMES Annual Meeting abstract selected for a poster presentation!
8/8/25 - Lab ice cream hangout - thanks to Will Parker and Olivia for being awesome summer interns!
8/7/25 - A "great job!!" to Aleyna and Peter for submitting two very exciting F31 applications!! Good luck!
7/29/25 - The Hixon Lab + collaborators were given SEVEN oral presentations at the 2025 Biomedical Society (BMES) Annual Meeting - congrats to Adelaide, Afton, Amritha, Aleyna, Levi, Peter, and Jono!
7/17/25 - THE PROMO VIDEO FOR OUR KAPLAN COURSE HAS DROPPED!! Check out your favorite movie stars here: Kaplan Promo Video
6/26/25 - Congrats to Levi on his recent Ph.D. Thesis Proposal! One step closer to graduation!
6/25/25 - Shoutout to Aleyna La Croix for an honorable mention (2nd place) in the ORS ISFR pitch competition!
6/22/25 - Welcome to Olivia Dossias who was chosen through our Dartmouth REU Program in Materials Science!! We are so excited to have you here this summer!
5/20/25 - Afton is this first in the lab to complete her Ph.D. Thesis Proposal! Congratulations, Afton!!
3/31/25 - Congratulations to Mika Box, Matthew Genser, Milenka Men, Georgia Nieh, and Claire Radin on their funded URAD applications for Spring Term!
3/14/25 - That's a wrap!! We completed the filming of Dr. Hixon's online Regenerative Medicine course, with special guests including SweetBio's Dr. Isaac Rodriguez. This course focuses on cell therapies, tissue engineering, and organ regeneration, filled with tons of awesome information and even some lab demos. Thank you to all for your participation!
2/26/25 - Our very own Katie Cox was accepted to Geisel School of Medicine via the Thayer EAP!! We are so proud of you and can't wait to follow your journey as an MD!
2/18/25 - NEW PUB ALERT!! Levi and Mason put together an awesome scaffold pore analysis program (which we have been spoiled with for months). Excited that others can now use it here: https://www.mdpi.com/2310-2861/11/2/132
2/11/25 - The Hixon Lab had a great time at the Annual ORS Meeting in Phoenix, AZ! Peter presented a stellar Rising Star Talk and Adelaide, Afton, Aleyna, Katie, and Peter all showed off their research during the poster sessions. Fun was had by all!
2/5/25 - After successfully completing her Qualifying Exam in January, Amritha is officially a Ph.D. candidate!! We are so proud of you, Amritha!
1/6/25 - First day of Winter Term! We want to welcome all of our new first-year WISP and FYREE trainees: Sam Chin, Josefina Fernandez Del Rio, Neva Nemanic, Tatum Saunders, and Alexandra Will. We are excited to work with you!
12/13/24 - The Hixon lab was selected as one of ten teams to participate in the 5th cohort of DIAC programming and pitch competition! More to come. Great work, team!
11/2/24 - Adelaide presented her second (!!) invited oral presentation at the Global Collaborative Conference on Osseointegration (GCCO) in Charlotte, North Carolina. Great job, Adelaide!!
10/24/24 - Dr. Hixon was invited to present the lab's research on inducing bone formation in the presence of radiation at the 2024 Biomedical Society Annual Meeting in Baltimore, MD!
9/22/24 - NEW PUB ALERT!!! Congrats to Eoin on his recent first author publication: https://www.mdpi.com/2313-7673/9/9/574
9/16/24 - First day of Fall Term and we want to welcome our newest undergrad students: Kristine Suritis, Dong Wan (Daniel) Kang, and Mika Bok !!!
9/14/24 - Prof. Hixon was asked to serve on an alumni panel for the Rising Stars in Engineering in Health, this year hosted by Boston University: (https://www.bu.edu/eng/academics/departments-and-divisions/biomedical-engineering/department-resources/rising-stars/)
9/9/24 - Our newest Ph.D. student is here!! A big welcome to Aleyna La Croix and we are so excited to keep you for the next few years!
9/4/24 - The Hixon Lab was featured in an article focused on our recent DIAC funding and impact in cancer research: https://dhgeiselgiving.org/cancer-patients-tissue-bone-loss-engineer
8/30/24 - A recent collaboration between Hixon x Nguyen Lab resulted in a Cancer Center Developmental Funds (Pilot Projects) Award titled: “Ultrasound-Responsive Cryogel Scaffold Delivery of Therapeutics for Osteosarcoma" - very excited to get started on this!
8/26/24 - 8/30/24 - We hosted our first ever "Hixon Lab Camp" filled with science activities, protocols, and learning with our Ph.D. students!
6/26/24 - Peter was chosen as the winner of this year's ORS ISFR 3-Minute Research Pitch Competition for his presentation "Radiation Renovation: Re-building Stronger ‘Homes’ with Better Bones" !
6/25/24 - Amritha and Aksheta presented posters at the 7th TERMIS World Congress in Seattle, WA.
6/20/24 - A big welcome to Jewelia Durant - our new M.S. student! Jewelia is taking a gap year from medical school to pursue her Masters in BME in the Hixon Lab.
6/20/24 - Welcome to our summer interns!! Gabby Gardiner (NH INBRE ISURF Intern), Michelle Tong (Dartmouth MD/PhD Undergraduate Summer (MPUS) Fellowship), and Yowis Arias (Biomade Summer Intern)
6/14/24 - Peter and Sree were both chosen as finalists for the 4th Annual ORS ISFR 3-Minute Research Pitch Competition!
6/10/24 - Congrats to all of our undergrads funded to complete summer research - Annika, Calista, Jack, Kate, Kavin, Matthew, and Milenka!
5/30/24 - Prof. Hixon presented a talk at this years Craniofacial Morphogenesis and Tissue Regeneration GRC in Barcelona, Spain!
5/30/24 - Milenka was awarded this year’s Katharine Booth Brock Prize for her outstanding academic achievements and service to the Dartmouth community!
5/22/24 - Aksheta recently presented her senior honors thesis work and was awarded 2nd place in the Sigma Xi Research Competition!
5/17/24 - Congratulations to both Calista and Jack for being chosen as Presidential Scholars!!
4/13/24 - Hixon Lab members (Amritha, Adelaide, Calista, Aksheta, and Lynne) participated in the 9th Annual Science Day at the Life Sciences Center and hosted a hands-on biomaterials activity for local kids and families.
4/4/24 - Amritha Anup received the prestigious NSF GRFP Award!!
4/2/24 - The Hixon Lab ( Amritha, Adelaide, Sree, Isaiah, Jack, Kavin, and Eoin) participated in the Thayer Open House and led a hands-on biomaterials activity for Upper Valley kids and families.
3/8/24 - YAY Annika, Calista, Jack, Emma, and Katie on receiving Undergraduate Research Assistantships (URAD) this coming spring term!
2/6/24 - A big CONGRATS to Peter Bertone for winning an ISFR Poster Award! He was one of ten finalists that was judged during the poster sessions.
2/5/24 - Congratulations to Adelaide, Peter, Calista, Emma, Kavin, and Annika on their poster presentations at the 2024 ORS Annual Meeting in Long Beach, CA. We are so proud of all of your hard work!
1/3/24 - Welcome to our new WISP Intern, Milenka Men!
12/22/23 - NEW PUBLICATION in collaboration with the Scheideler Lab (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/admt.202301517)!
12/20/23 - NEW PUB ALERT: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/jor.25741
12/19/23 - The Hixon Lab's team was one of five engineering research projects to win support from The Dartmouth Innovations Accelerator for Cancer (https://magnuson.dartmouth.edu/cancer-accelerator-fast-track-awards-fund-research-toward-more-effective-less-invasive-treatment-options/)
12/15/23 - Peter, Annika, Kavin, and Emma are all finalists for the 2024 ORS ISFR Poster Award! They will all compete at the ORS Annual Meeting in February in CA.
12/6/23 - YAY Calista Adler, Katie Cox, Jack Flaggert, Kavin Kathir, Emma Kerimo, Posie Millett, and Annika Nikhar for being chosen for Undergraduate Research Assistantships (URAD) this coming winter term!
12/5/23 - Both Emma Kerimo and Annika Nikhar were chosen for the 2024 ORS URM Undergraduate Travel Program Award! Congratulations!
11/30/23 - An official CONGRATS to Calista Adler, Peter Bertone, Adelaide Cagle, Kavin Kathir, Emma Kerimo, and Annika Nikhar who were all accepted to present posters at the 2024 ORS conference (https://www.ors.org/2024annualmeeting/) in February!
11/6/23 - NEW PUBLICATION ALERT!! https://www.mdpi.com/2310-2861/9/11/877
11/4/23 - Adelaide Cagle attended the second ever Global Collaborative Congress on Osseointegration (GCCO) this past weekend. She was chosen from a large group of abstracts to give an oral presentation on a “Tissue-Engineered Combination Construct for Osseointegration Support.” Awesome job, Adelaide!!
11/3/23 - Congrats to Lynne Li on receiving UGAR grant funding (Kaminsky Family Fund Award) for her Honors Thesis!
10/14/23 - The Hixon Lab attended the 2023 BMES Annual Meeting. Peter Bertone and Sree Panicker both gave oral presentations on bone oncology and electrically-stimulated bone formation, respectively; Adelaide Cagle and Levi Olevsky gave poster presentations on dermal adhesion and craniofacial reconstruction, respectively. We are so proud of these trainees and their hard work!!
9/7/23 - Calista Adler, Katie Cox, Kavin Kathir, Emma Kerimo, Annika Nikhar, and Isaiah Sapp-Consaul all received Undergraduate Research Assistantships (URAD) for the Fall Term!
8/24/23 - Lois Szulc was interviewed on her experience with the NH BioMade Undergraduate Research Training program: https://www.nhepscor.org/nh-biomades-aspiring-researcher-dartmouth-college
7/27/23 - NEW PUBLICATION ALERT!! https://www.mdpi.com/2306-5354/10/8/889
7/24/23 - Jackson Kline (Summer iSURF intern) was nominated for an oral presentation at the NH INBRE Annual Meeting! Congrats!!
6/27/23 - Oraya Vesvoranan was awarded the NATIONAL Carolyn L. Kuckein Student Research Fellowship for her research on dermal wound healing. Congratulations!!
5/25/23 - Annika Nikhar was awarded the very competitive WISP Sophomore Scholarship to fund her research in our lab all of next year!
5/15/23 - Emma Kerimo received full funding for 2023 summer research via the Leave Term Grant!
4/24/23 - Medical Student Oraya Vesvoranan was awarded the competitive Hitchcock Foundation Student Research Award to complete a rotation in the lab this summer!
4/8/23 - The Hixon lab hosted an activity for Science Day at Dartmouth! Amritha taught local students (5-10th grade) how to make *colorful hydrogels* with assistance from Annika, Levi, and Olivia (Goods Lab) - https://academic-outreach.dartmouth.edu/programs/science-day
3/20/23 - The lab pitched for a second round of funding and were awarded additional support from The Dartmouth Innovations Accelerator for Cancer!
2/23/23 - Ph.D. students Peter Bertone and Adelaide Cagle were both admitted to the highly competitive PhD Innovation Program (IP) - Surgical Innovation Track!
2/1/23 - TWO abstracts were accepted to the 2023 Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS) - AM Annual Conference in Boston! Congrats to Karina Mitchell on her upcoming poster presentation and Posie Millett on her upcoming oral presentation.
12/20/22 - The Hixon Lab's team was one of four engineering research projects to win support from The Dartmouth Innovations Accelerator for Cancer (https://engineering.dartmouth.edu/news/four-engineering-research-projects-win-support-from-the-dartmouth-innovations-accelerator-for-cancer)
12/7/22 - Both Karina Mitchell and Ülgen Yıldırım had their URAD funding renewed for the Winter Term!
11/30/22 - TWO late breaking abstracts were accepted to the 2023 Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS) Annual Meeting! Congrats to Peter Bertone, Adelaide Cagle, Levi Olevsky, and Amritha Anup!
10/25/22 - Calista Adler and Annika Nikhar were both awarded WISP (Women in Science Program) Fellowships for the Winter/Spring Terms!
10/4/22 - FIRST LAB PUB ALERT! https://www.mdpi.com/2313-7673/7/4/151 Awesome work, Oraya and Amritha!
9/2/22 - Congratulations to Posie Millett on receiving the Clare Boothe Luce Fellowship!
8/31/22 - Congratulations to Karina Mitchell and Ülgen Yıldırım on receiving Undergraduate Research Assistantships (URAD)!