News
January 2021: “Graduate Cell and Gene Therapy Course Attracts Professionals from Pharmaceutical Industry”
January 2021: “Advances in Earthworm Hemoglobin Blood Substitute Research”
12/18/19: “This ֱ Researcher Is Using Earthworms to Create a Human Blood Substitute” in
August 2019: Dr. Jacob Elmer named Dicciani Endowed Associate Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Summer 2019: Dr. Jacob Elmer granted tenure and promoted to Associate Professor
1/3/19: “Cellular Engineering Course Introduced in Response to Industry Demand”
5/17/18: Devon Zimmerman—Dr. Elmer’s first PhD student—graduates.
2018: “ֱ Engineering Team Led by Dr. Jacob Elmer Solves InnoCentive Challenge”
6/1/17: Assistant Professor Jacob Elmer earns NSF CAREER Grant for Gene Therapy Research
2/14/17: Christine showed that earthworm hemoglobin can be stored at 37oC without oxidizing…check out the paper .
2/7/17:
2/1/17: NIH Award to support Earthworm Hemoglobin Research
7/1/16:
5/17/16: Congrats to our senior researcher Brandon Wesley for being selected as a Gates Cambridge Scholar!
5/2/16: Chemical Engineering Faculty Recognized for Outstanding Paper with ASEE CHED Martin Award
4/20/16:
9/1/15: Devon showed that earthworm hemoglobin binds a variety of metals and can be effectively purified via zinc precipitation….check out the paper .
8/1/14: Chemical Engineering Professor Awarded Grant to Improve Gene Therapy Treatments