Rong Yang Promoted to Assistant Professor at HMS
On April 27th, Dr. Yang was promoted to Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology at Harvard Medical School. Congratulations!
Alina Defends Her Thesis
On Monday, April 10th Alina successfully defended her thesis titled “Repeatable and adjustable on-demand local anesthesia using externally triggered liposomes” at MIT! The work was co-advised by Dan and Professor Bob Langer at MIT. Amazing work. Congrats, Alina!
Dan Presents at AIMBE Congressional Briefing
On Friday, April 7th Dan gave a Congressional Briefing in Washington, D.C. He was invited by The American Institutes for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) to give a presentation on Using Nanotechnology to Target Disease. During his visit, Dan met with David Bond in Congresswoman Clark’s office, Suzannah Savage in Senator Warren’s office, and Senator Markey’s office.
Claudia Matched at Beth Israel
Congratulations to Claudia Santamaria, she matched at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center for Anesthesia Residency!
Alina is Awarded “Best Presentation” at the 2016 Annual AIChE Meeting
Alina’s talk was recognized as the “Best Presentation” of the Biomaterials and Drug Delivery I session in the 2016 Annual AIChE Meeting in San Francisco last November. Congratulations Alina!
Rong is Awarded Charles H. Hood Foundation Grant
Rong Yang, PhD, instructor in Anesthesiology, has been awarded the Charles H. Hood Foundation grant to continue her research on otitis media. The grant will allow Dr. Yang to develop nanoparticles to treat middle ear infections without the need for antibiotics. The two-year, $150,000 Child Health Research Award is intended to support newly independent faculty, Read More …
2016 Escalade Party
On December 16th, 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 …
Kohane Lab Summer BBQ, 2016
On August 24th, the Kohane Lab another great year with a summer BBQ hosted by Dan and his wife. Thank you so much to all who could come to relax and eat with us! The hot dogs, hamburgers, and DIY sandwiches were all very tasty. Who knew that Dan was Grill Master!? Lastly, Thank you Dan for planning Read More …
Alan Woodruff Presents to the Division of Critical Care Medicine
On Thursday, August 25th, Alan presented on the use of QX314 for prolonged duration topical ophthalmic anesthesia to the Division of Critical Care Medicine. Alan passed with flying colors!
Dan Presents at ACS National Meeting
On Monday, August 22nd Dan presented at the 252nd ACS National Meeting. The meeting was held at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia. The title of Dan’s talk was “Targeted and Triggered Drug Delivery Systems”.