On Friday, January 29th, Joe Ciolino and Dan Kohane attended the 5th Annual Glaucoma 360 New Horizons Forum in San Francisco, CA.  Joe gave a talk that discussed the potential of a contact lens as a platform for drug delivery.  The presentation reviewed the design of our contact lens, the innovative steps taken, and the Read More …

On December 18th, the Kohane group gathered to celebrate the holidays and the annual tradition from Geneva, Switzerland called the Escalade.  The Escalade is an annual festival celebrating the defeat of the surprise attack by troops sent by Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy during the night of December 11, 1602. Celebrations include a large marmite Read More …

On December 4, Dr. Jiandong Ding visited our lab and gave us a brief introduction about the recent research progress in his group. Dr. Ding is a professor in Department of Macromolecular Science at Fudan University. He is also the director of the State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers.  During his talk, Dr. Read More …

On November 10th, Brian wins yet another pitch competition for his filtration technology that treats septic shock. Congratulations! For more information on the competition, please visit the following links: Ignite Talks Competition and Ignite Talks Competitors

On October 28th, Brian McAlvin and Brian Timko, also known as”Good SIRS” swept the first of three rounds of the MIT $100K Pitch competition, winning both judge and audience approval with a promising device to treat sepsis.  They are developing a blood-filtering device that can remove factors in the blood that are responsible for organ failure.  The Read More …

  On Thursday, July 23rd, the Kohane lab said farewell to Rong Tong.  Rong Tong has left the Kohane lab to begin a position as Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Virginia Tech.  Rong Yang and Rong Tong are pictured on the left.  Good luck, Rong!