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We solve problems in healthcare by combining engineering skills with medical and biological sciences.

09/08/2026

Meet us tomorrow in McDonnell Douglas Hall to hear PhD. candidate Rebecca Sheetz discuss, "Combined Regenerative Rehabilitation Improves Functional Recovery Following Composite Musculoskeletal Trauma"! 🔬💪🧫

09/03/2026

Two weeks ago Jamshid Tadiwala successfully defended his dissertation! Jamshid's dissertation was completed under the guidance of Dr. Koyal Garg and the Musculoskeletal Tissue Engineering Lab. Congratulations Jamshid!🍾 🎓

09/01/2026

Our first seminar of the year is tomorrow in Lecture Halls (Baer-Fuller Lecture Hall, LH 2)! Join us to hear from Dr. Anthony Anzell as he discusses, "Investigating the Cellular Mechanisms Underlying Arteriovenous Malformations (AVMs) in Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT)".

08/26/2026

🌟BME Student Summer 2026 Internships 🌟

Swipe to see how three of our BME students spent their summers putting engineering into practice!

Martin Mazur - Lab Technician in the Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Department at SLU 👨‍🔬
Julia Vitale - Associate Clinical Expert in Cardiac Rhythm Management at Medtronic 🫀
Ellie Smith - Intern at the Center for Women’s Health Engineering at WashU 🔬

07/20/2026

Congratulations to Amelia Ridolofo who defended her master's thesis with distinction on June 18th titled, "Bioengineered Extracellular Vesicles for Tissue Repair Following Composite Trauma." BME Professor Dr. Koyal Garg was Amelia's advisor. Amelia will be attending Duke University in the fall to pursue a PhD in Biomedical Engineering. We wish her the best! 👏

07/15/2026

Congratulations to Koyal Garg, Ph.D., who was recently promoted to Full Professor in BME effective July 1st. Over the past decade at SLU, Dr. Garg has driven both scientific and commercial innovation through the work in her Musculoskeletal Tissue Engineering Lab. SLU BME is excited to see what Dr. Garg and her students accomplish in the next 10 years! 👏

07/13/2026

Dr. Samuel Stealey, a postdoc in Dr. Zustiak’s lab, published a new article titled, "Platelet-Rich Plasma-Loaded Hydrogels: Diffusivity and Release of Individual Proteins in Multicomponent Complex Environments” in the International Journal of Pharmaceutics (Elsevier, IF: 6.0). The study demonstrated a framework for the utility of fluorescent correlation spectroscopy in characterizing hindered diffusion within complex, multicomponent biological systems, thereby guiding the rational design of hydrogel-based platelet-rich plasma delivery platforms. Drs. Zustiak and Stealey are grateful to their collaborators Drs. Muhammad F. Rai (Khalifa University), Robert Brophy (Washington University in St Louis), and Muruhan Rathinam (University of Maryland Baltimore County) for providing samples and expertise for the successful completion of the study! To read the full article, click here: https://loom.ly/aZYdIvI

07/01/2026

Researchers from Dr. Garg's Musculoskeletal Tissue Engineering Lab and Dr. Zustiak's Lab Soft Tissue Engineering Lab had a strong showing at the 15th Annual Musculoskeletal Research Center Symposium held at WashU on May 20th. Rebecca Sheetz, Amelia Ridolfo, and Samuel Stealey presented podium talks and posters while Jamshid Tadiwala, Avantika Jain, Kevin Sekerak, and Hanieh Shokrani presented posters. Rebecca, Jamshid, and Amelia were also selected to present in the 3 minute style Science Slam. Also in attendance from Garg’s MTE Lab were Justin Terry, Saarth Sh*tole, Kristina Pinkham, and Seoyeon Kim.

06/30/2026

SLU BME student researchers continue to represent the best of the best! 🏆🔬📚🎾⚾

Riki Koshimizu (Biology Junior, Tennis) and Abigail Mallo (BME Senior, Softball) work in Dr. Garg's Musculoskeletal Tissue Engineering Lab. These student-athletes achieved all A's in the fall and/or spring semester this past year alongside their athletic commitments. Riki and Abigail were celebrated at the SLU Athletics Straight A Breakfast. Dr. Garg was their invited guest as a faculty member who has made a meaningful impact on their academic journeys.

Recent BME grads Hannah Johnson and Sage Gatewood completed the Honors Program at SLU. Through individually tailored curricula, experiential learning opportunities, and developmental guidance and mentorship, the Honors Program prepares students to pursue lives of meaning and purpose and to strengthen communities. Hannah Johnson worked in Dr. Zustiak's Soft Tissue Engineering Lab and Sage Gatewood worked in Dr. Gai's Neuroengineering Lab. Hannah and Sage were celebrated at the Senior Celebration Banquet. Dr. Zustiak was Hannah's invited guest as a faculty mentor who has been especially supportive throughout her time at SLU.

06/29/2026

Congratulations to Olivia King, a BME Honors student, whose Investigative Learning Experience (ILEX) Grant proposal entitled, “Developing an In Vitro Model of the Hepatocellular Carcinoma Microenvironment Integrating Matrix Stiffness and Hyaluronic Acid” has been selected for funding.

The Saint Louis University Honors Program offers competitive grant funding to honors students and Presidential Scholars to pursue scholarly, research, community or creative practice projects Olivia is an undergraduate researcher in Dr. Zustiak’s Soft Tissue Engineering Lab, and will use the $1,200 award to support her travel to a national conference in the fall to present her research findings.

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