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Shay and Mat were invited to present their abstracts submitted to the Wound Healing Society (WHS) Annual Meeting held April 30-May 3 in Grapevine, TX at various oral sessions. 

Shay's presentation in the oral session "Molecular Insights and Therapeutic Advances in Acute Wound Healing" was entitled: "A Visual Narrative Protocol for Using R to Analyze a Single-cell Transcriptomics Dataset of Mouse Skin Wound Healing." 

Mat's presentation in the oral session "Bridging Bench to Bedside in Chronic Wound Research" was entitled: "Single-Cell Multi-Omics of Mouse Diabetic Wound Healing Reveals Stromal Cell Crosstalk Dysfunction." 

Mat also presented an invited lecture as part of the WHS Awardee Spotlight session after winning the 2024 WHS Research Grant Award, entitled: "Network-Based Spatio-Temporal Analysis Of Wound Healing."

Ethan presented his poster at the annual UIC Undergraduate Research Forum, co-authored with Nichole and entitled: "Molecular Insights Into Wound Healing: Integrating Bulk and Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Across Tissues and Species." 

He then graduated with a BS in Biological Sciences from UIC and the Honors College in May --- Congratulations!!!

Jonny was invited to present his abstract submitted to the American Association for Dental and Craniofacial Research (AADOCR) Annual Meeting held March 12-15 in New York City at the oral session "Multi-omics and Large Data Set Analysis in Oral Cancer and Homeostasis." His presentation was entitled: "Spatial Transcriptomics of Microenvironmental Niches in Periodontitis and Oral Cancer." 

Multiple lab members presented their work and won awards at the UIC College of Dentistry Clinic & Research Day on February 27 --- congratulations to everyone!!

Mohammad presented his poster entitled: "Single-cell RNA-Seq Analysis of Stromal Cell Dynamics in a Mouse Model of Wound Healing." (1st place in Basic Sciences category for dental students & 2nd place in SRG Peer Award category for dental students!)

Avin presented her poster entitled: "Biomechanichal Pathways Contributing to Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma." (2nd place in SRG Peer Award category for graduate students!)

Jonny presented his poster entitled: "Spatial Transcriptomics of Microenvironmental Niches in Periodontitis and Oral Cancer." (1st place in Basic Sciences category for residents!)

Shay presented her posted entitled: "Transcriptomic Differences Between Oral and Skin Keratinocyte Healing Responses."

Our lab’s first major grant, the Maximizing Investigators' Research Award (MIRA) for Early Stage Investigators (ESI), was awarded by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences! The project title is: "Spatio-temporal cellular dynamics regulating differential healing outcomes."

Click here to check out the NIH RePORTER profile of the project.

Written by UIC COD's Smile of the Week: "From May 14-18, the Wound Healing Society convened its annual meeting in Orlando, Florida. During the event, Dr. Mat Wietecha was honored with the Research Grant Award by the Wound Healing Society. This acknowledgment underscores the Wound Healing Society's dedication to advancing biomedical research and excellence in wound healing practices, reinforcing its pivotal role in shaping the future of the field and fostering collaboration among its members." 

[Pictured is Dr. Wietecha with Dr. Traci Wilgus, WHS President]

Kartik Dixit presented a poster at the annual UIC Undergraduate Research Forum. His poster was entitled: "Investigating the major cell-cell interactions and signaling pathways involved in the process of wound healing." 

He then graduated with a BS in Biological Sciences from UIC in May --- Congratulations!!!

Dr. Omar Shehab successfully defended his thesis and obtained his MS in Oral Sciences --- Congratulations!!! 

He also presented a poster at UIC College of Dentistry's annual Clinic & Research Day on March 7, 2024. His poster was entitled: "Exploring periodontitis-associated fibroblast interactions via single-cell RNA sequencing."