{"62143":{"#nid":"62143","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Dr. Julie Champion Receives Three Research Grants for Her Work on Developing Protein-based Therapeutic Biomaterials with Anti-inflammatory Properties","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDr. \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.chbe.gatech.edu\/fac_staff\/faculty\/champion.php\u0022\u003EJulie Champion\u003C\/a\u003E, assistant professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.chbe.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of  Chemical \u0026amp; Biomolecular Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E\n at Georgia Tech, has been named a  recipient of three research grants \nfor her work on developing protein-based  therapeutic biomaterials with \nanti-inflammatory properties.\n        \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe first award is sponsored by the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gtec.gatech.edu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech and Emory  Center for Regenerative Medicine (GTEC)\u003C\/a\u003E\n for a project to study new approaches  for engineering multi-functional\n materials that control inflammation and  infection to improve wound \nhealing. The award provides funding for one year.\u003C\/p\u003E\n        \u003Cp\u003EDr. Champion\u2019s study will  focus on minimizing  inflammation \nin severe wounds while preventing  infection. Inflammation is a critical\n step in the wound  healing response, not only in preventing infection, \nbut also by providing some of  the signals required for new tissue \nformation and remodeling. However, severe  wounds, such as those seen in\n combat, often exhibit a prolonged inflammatory  period and significant \nscar formation instead of regeneration of functional  tissue. Scar \ntissue can prohibit movement and constrict further over time,  requiring\n physical therapy and often, surgical intervention. \u003C\/p\u003E\n        \u003Cp\u003EIn order to control inflammation, Dr.  Champion\u2019s lab is \ndesigning materials that degrade inflammatory chemical  signals called \ncytokines. They  incorporate enzymes from bacteria that naturally \ndestroy cytokines. The  drawback of decreased inflammation is increased \nlikelihood of infection. To  avoid this possibility, antibiotics will be\n sequestered in the materials and  released over time\u2014thus providing the\n second functionality for wound healing.\u003C\/p\u003E\n        \u003Cp\u003EThe second award, a Broadening Participation Research  Initiation Grant in Engineering (BRIGE), is sponsored by the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/div\/index.jsp?div=CBET\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EChemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport  Systems (CBET) Division\u003C\/a\u003E of the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ENational Science Foundation (NSF)\u003C\/a\u003E.\n The  BRIGE funding, a two-year award, will be used to create protein \nnanoparticles  that mimic the ability of human pathogens to control \ninflammation. The particles will have applications in autoimmune  \ndiseases such as arthritis. Proteins  from viruses and bacteria will be \nlinked together to create \u201ccytokine sponges\u201d  that sequester \ninflammatory cytokines inside the body. The trick is to block cytokine \nsignaling by  immune cells without alerting them to the presence of \nforeign proteins. The Champion lab hopes to achieve this goal by  \naltering the shape and surface chemistry of the particles. Equally \nimportant in this research are  activities to encourage participation of\n underrepresented groups in  engineering. For example, Dr. Champion is \nhosting middle school girls in her  lab to design their own \u201cdrug \ndelivery particles\u201d when they visit campus for a  week-long technology \n\u0026amp; engineering camp. \u003C\/p\u003E\n        \u003Cp\u003EThe third award is a joint project with Dr. Andy Neish of  \nEmory University Medical School who studies inflammatory disorders of \nthe  intestine. The award is given by the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/krfoundation.org\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EKenneth Rainin Foundation\u003C\/a\u003E\n for one year.  The project seeks to develop new therapeutics for \ninflammatory bowl disease by  delivering a bacterial protein that \ninterferences with inflammatory pathways  inside the epithelial cells  \nlining the intestine. For their contribution,  the Champion lab is \nsynthesizing nanoparticles capable of protecting the sensitive  protein \nduring its travel through the gastrointestinal tract to the inflamed  \nregions of the gut and inside epithelial cells. Achieving this goal \nrequires particles that  change their properties in response to the many\n different environments to which  they will be exposed en route.\u003C\/p\u003E\n        \u003Cp\u003EDr. Champion joined the School of Chemical \u0026amp; Biomolecular\n  Engineering in 2009 after completing a postdoctoral fellowship at \nCalifornia  Institute of Technology. She received her doctoral degree \nfrom University of  California Santa Barbara in 2007 and her bachelor\u2019s \ndegree from University of  Michigan in 2001.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDr. \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.chbe.gatech.edu\/fac_staff\/faculty\/champion.php\u0022\u003EJulie Champion\u003C\/a\u003E, assistant professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.chbe.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of  Chemical \u0026amp; Biomolecular Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E\n at Georgia Tech, has been named a  recipient of three research grants \nfor her work on developing protein-based  therapeutic biomaterials with \nanti-inflammatory properties.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Dr. Julie Champion, assistant professor in the School of Chemical \u0026 Biomolecular Engineering at Georgia Tech, has been named a recipient of three research grants."}],"uid":"27255","created_gmt":"2010-10-13 16:49:43","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:34","author":"Josie Giles","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-10-13T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2010-10-13T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"62142":{"id":"62142","type":"image","title":"Dr. Julie Champion","body":null,"created":"1449176355","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:59:15","changed":"1475894539","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:19","alt":"Dr. Julie Champion","file":{"fid":"191411","name":"champion.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/champion_2.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/champion_2.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":796389,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/champion_2.jpg?itok=W__Bl257"}}},"media_ids":["62142"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.chbe.gatech.edu\/","title":"School of Chemical \u0026 Biomolecular Engineering"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.chbe.gatech.edu\/fac_staff\/faculty\/champion.php","title":"Dr. Julie Champion\u0027s Faculty Profile"}],"groups":[{"id":"1240","name":"School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"3024","name":"biomaterials"},{"id":"1704","name":"chemical \u0026 biomolecular engineering"},{"id":"560","name":"chemical engineering"},{"id":"10963","name":"cytokines"},{"id":"7243","name":"inflammatory"},{"id":"10961","name":"julie champion"},{"id":"10962","name":"wound treatment"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJosie G. Giles \u2022 ChBE@GT\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n311 Ferst Drive NW\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nAtlanta, GA 30332-0100\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n404.385.2299 \u2022 404.385.0185 fax\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:josie@gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\njosie@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/twitter.com\/GTChBE\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.chbe.gatech.edu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ewww.chbe.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/twitter.com\/GTChBE\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/twitter.com\/GTChBE\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/twitter.com\/GTChBE\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["josie@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"56470":{"#nid":"56470","#data":{"type":"news","title":"McDevitt Named 2010 Young Investigator for SFB","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETodd C. McDevitt, PhD, has been awarded the 2010 Young Investigator Award from the Society of Biomaterials. The Young Investigator Award recognizes an individual each year who has demonstrated outstanding achievements and leadership in the field of biomaterials research. Dr. McDevitt will receive the award at the 2010 Annual Meeting to be held in Seattle, WA, next April where he will also be provided the opportunity to address the whole society.\u003Cbr \/\u003E This marks the fourth time in the last seven years that a Georgia Tech faculty member has received the SFB Young Investigator award. Niren Murthy (BME) received the award in 2008, Julia Babensee (BME) in 2005 and Andr\u00e9s Garc\u00eda (ME) in 2004.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe McDevitt Laboratory for the Engineering of Stem Cell Technologies is focused on the development and application of engineering principles to translate the potential of stem cells into viable regenerative therapies and in vitro diagnostics. Biomaterials-based approaches are used to engineer the microenvironment of stem cells in order to improve the efficiency and homogeneity of directed stem cell differentiation strategies. In addition, the McDevitt laboratory\u2019s research focuses on development of novel regenerative molecular therapies from natural biomaterials produced by stem cells. The combination of directed stem cell differentiation and development of stem cell-derived biomaterials is expected to yield fresh insights into stem cell biology, facilitate new regenerative therapies, and create novel cell diagnostic platforms. The McDevitt laboratory research is supported by funding from the National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, American Heart Association, and the Georgia Research Alliance, among others.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to the being named the 2010 Society for Biomaterials Young Investigator, McDevitt was appointed as a Petit Faculty Fellow in the Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience in September 2009 and named the Director of the new Stem Cell Engineering Center at Georgia Tech, which is scheduled to officially launch in 2010. The establishment of the first center of its kind in the United States will bring together expertise from different engineering disciplines to address key technical challenges that currently limit the translation of stem cells and to innovate new technologies that will enhance basic stem cell research. The center will include Georgia Tech faculty from the College of Engineering, College of Sciences, and Ivan Allen College, in addition to collaborative partnerships with stem cell researchers at the University of Georgia, Emory University and other partnering institutions throughout the state of Georgia.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESince August of 2004, McDevitt has been an Assistant Professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology \/ Emory University. McDevitt graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering (BSE) from Duke University in 1997 with a double major in Electrical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Washington in Bioengineering in 2001 working in the laboratory of Patrick Stayton, Ph.D., on protein engineering, micropatterning and tissue engineering. From 2002-04, McDevitt conducted post-doctoral research in Chuck Murry\u0027s lab in the Department of Pathology at the University of Washington where he focused on mechanisms of stem cell growth and differentiation for myocardial repair.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETodd C. McDevitt, PhD, has been awarded the 2010 Young Investigator Award from the Society of Biomaterials. 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Furthermore, Dr. Murthy\u0027s paper that was submitted as part of your award nomination will be considered for publication in the Journal of Biomedical Materials Research or Applied Biomaterials. \u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Niren Murthy, BME assistant professor, recently received the 2009 Young Investigator Award from the Society for Biomaterials.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Given Annually by Society for Biomaterials"}],"uid":"27195","created_gmt":"2009-01-21 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:06:06","author":"Colly Mitchell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2009-12-09T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2009-12-09T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1292","name":"Parker H. 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Haftelb, Satish Kumarc and Ravi V. Bellamkonda \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAbstract\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPeripheral nerve regeneration across long nerve gaps is clinically challenging. Autografts, the standard of therapy, are limited by availability and other complications. Here, using rigorous anatomical and functional measures, we report that aligned polymer fiber-based constructs present topographical cues that facilitate the regeneration of peripheral nerves across long nerve gaps. Significantly, aligned but not randomly oriented fibers elicit regeneration, establishing that topographical cues can influence endogenous nerve repair mechanisms in the absence of exogenous growth promoting proteins. Axons regenerated across a 17 mm nerve gap, reinnervated muscles, and reformed neuromuscular junctions. 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