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.
4/4/42 - 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)!