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Check out all of the exciting things that have happened recently!
Check out all of the exciting things that have happened recently!
2025
2025
April 2025: Monica accepts an Assistant Professor position at the University of Wisconsin Madison in the Department of Biomedical Engineering!
April 2025: Monica accepts an Assistant Professor position at the University of Wisconsin Madison in the Department of Biomedical Engineering!
The future Ohnsorg Lab will be established in the Biochemical Sciences Building January 2026!
2024
2024
December 2024: Monica wins 2nd Place in the Up-Close Imaging Competition through the BioFrontiers Advanced Light Microscopy Core!
December 2024: Monica wins 2nd Place in the Up-Close Imaging Competition through the BioFrontiers Advanced Light Microscopy Core!
Monica (2nd Place) and two other Anseth Group Members (Kaustav Bera and Bruce Kirkpatrick) were finalists in the Up-Close Imaging Competition and will have their images featured in the 2025 BioFrontiers Calendar.
October 2024: AIChE Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA
October 2024: AIChE Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA
Made so many great connections as a Women in Engineering Travel Award Winner!
Presented at the Meet the Faculty Poster Session and gave two talks in 8A "Polymer Networks & Gels: Ionogels & Hydrogels" and 8B "Biomaterials Science and Engineering: Faculty Candidates"
October 2024: Establishing collaborations with UCSF! It was great having Ricardo, from Tamara Alliston's lab, visit us in Boulder to learn how to encapsulate cells in the bottlebrush polymer hydrogels.
October 2024: Establishing collaborations with UCSF! It was great having Ricardo, from Tamara Alliston's lab, visit us in Boulder to learn how to encapsulate cells in the bottlebrush polymer hydrogels.
September 20, 2024: Monica and undergraduate researcher, Kayla Mash, attended the Society for Biomaterials Regional Meeting - Western with the Anseth Group!
September 20, 2024: Monica and undergraduate researcher, Kayla Mash, attended the Society for Biomaterials Regional Meeting - Western with the Anseth Group!
Posters Titled: "Nonlinear Elastic Microenvironments During Osteogenic Differentiation Promote Osteocytogenesis and Dendritic Network Formation" and "Human Mesenchymal Stromal Cell-Matrix Interactions through Nascent Protein Deposition in Bottlebrush Polymer Hydrogels"
September 5, 2024: Monica receives a 2024 Women in Chemical Engineering Travel Award to attend the AIChE National Meeting in October!
September 5, 2024: Monica receives a 2024 Women in Chemical Engineering Travel Award to attend the AIChE National Meeting in October!
August 18-22, 2024: Monica attended and presented her research at the ACS Fall National Meeting in Denver
August 18-22, 2024: Monica attended and presented her research at the ACS Fall National Meeting in Denver
Talks Titled: “Strain-stiffening Bottlebrush Polymer Hydrogels for 3D Cell Culture” and “Engineering synthetic osteoid-mimetic microenvironments to study osteocyte dendritic network formation” - Awarded an ACS POLY/PMSE Outstanding Junior Researcher Award
June 12, 2024: Monica submits a NIH K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award!
June 12, 2024: Monica submits a NIH K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award!
Summer 2024: Undergraduate Mentee, Kayla Mash, is off to Brown University as a part of the Leadership Alliance - Summer Research Early Identification Program to work in the Desai Lab!
Summer 2024: Undergraduate Mentee, Kayla Mash, is off to Brown University as a part of the Leadership Alliance - Summer Research Early Identification Program to work in the Desai Lab!
https://theleadershipalliance.org/summer-research-early-identification-program
April 2024: New Publication - "Nonlinear Elastic Bottelbrush Polymer Hydrogels Modulate Actomyosin Mediated Protrusion Formation in Mesenchymal Stromal Cells" Advanced Materials
April 2024: New Publication - "Nonlinear Elastic Bottelbrush Polymer Hydrogels Modulate Actomyosin Mediated Protrusion Formation in Mesenchymal Stromal Cells" Advanced Materials
April 2024: Monica presents at Minnesota Block Polymer Day 2024 to Celebrate Profs. Frank S. Bates and Tim P. Lodge's 70th Birthdays!
April 2024: Monica presents at Minnesota Block Polymer Day 2024 to Celebrate Profs. Frank S. Bates and Tim P. Lodge's 70th Birthdays!
Talk Titled: "Bottlebrush Polymer Hydrogels for 3D Cell Culture"
Spring Semester 2024: Monica is appointed as a Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow to co-teach CHEN 1203: General Chemistry for Engineers II with Prof. Jen Cha
Spring Semester 2024: Monica is appointed as a Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow to co-teach CHEN 1203: General Chemistry for Engineers II with Prof. Jen Cha
2023
2023
October 2023: Monica attends and presents a poster at the 5th Annual Orthopedic Research Symposium at CU Anschutz Medical Campus
October 2023: Monica attends and presents a poster at the 5th Annual Orthopedic Research Symposium at CU Anschutz Medical Campus
Poster Titled: "Strain-stiffening Bottlebrush Polymer Hydrogels Drive Dynamic Cell-Matrix Interactions"
Fall 2023: High school student mentee, Daniel Saeb, presents his poster at the 2023 Biomedical Engineering Society National Meeting's High school Student Poster Competition - Honorable Mention Category
Fall 2023: High school student mentee, Daniel Saeb, presents his poster at the 2023 Biomedical Engineering Society National Meeting's High school Student Poster Competition - Honorable Mention Category
August 2023: Monica attends the American Chemical Society National Meeting as a ACS PMSE Future Faculty Scholar
August 2023: Monica attends the American Chemical Society National Meeting as a ACS PMSE Future Faculty Scholar
Talk Titled: "Bottlebrush Polymer Hydrogels Exhibit Nonlinear Elasticity and Modulate Cell Morphology and Mechanotransduction"
July 2023: Monica attends the Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Gordon Research Seminar and Conference and meets up with Anseth Lab Alumni!
July 2023: Monica attends the Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Gordon Research Seminar and Conference and meets up with Anseth Lab Alumni!
Poster Titled: "Strain-stiffening Bottlebrush Polymer Hydrogels Drive Dynamic Cell-Matrix Interactions"
Summer 2023: Undergraduate mentee, Kayla Mash, awarded a Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program Grant for Summer 2023!
Summer 2023: Undergraduate mentee, Kayla Mash, awarded a Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program Grant for Summer 2023!
April 2023: Monica attend the Society for Biomaterials National Meeting in San Diego, CA
April 2023: Monica attend the Society for Biomaterials National Meeting in San Diego, CA
2nd Place Postdoctoral Recognition Award (YSG)
2nd Place Postdoctoral Recognition Award (YSG)
Talk Titled: "Strain-stiffening Bottlebrush Polymer Hydrogels Influence hMSC Morphology and Mechanotransduction"
March 2023: Monica and the Anseth lab attend the Society for Biomaterials Rocky Mountain Biomaterials Day at CU Anschutz
March 2023: Monica and the Anseth lab attend the Society for Biomaterials Rocky Mountain Biomaterials Day at CU Anschutz
Best Postdoctoral Poster Award
Best Postdoctoral Poster Award
Talk Titled: "Strain-stiffening Bottlebrush Polymer Hydrogels Influence hMSC Morphology and Mechanotransduction"
Spring 2023: High school student mentee, Daniel Saeb, wins 1st Place from the Colorado Section of the American Chemical Society and the 2nd Place Grand Chemistry Award at the Colorado Science and Engineering Fair!
Spring 2023: High school student mentee, Daniel Saeb, wins 1st Place from the Colorado Section of the American Chemical Society and the 2nd Place Grand Chemistry Award at the Colorado Science and Engineering Fair!
Spring 2023: High school student mentee, Daniel Saeb, wins 1st Place in Chemistry at the Boulder Valley School District Science Fair!
Spring 2023: High school student mentee, Daniel Saeb, wins 1st Place in Chemistry at the Boulder Valley School District Science Fair!
2022
2022
December 2022: Monica finishes her Science Communication and Outreach course and presents her demonstration "Not all plastics are the same!" at the Lafayette Public Library
December 2022: Monica finishes her Science Communication and Outreach course and presents her demonstration "Not all plastics are the same!" at the Lafayette Public Library
CU Science Ambassadors - Meet a Scientist
CU Science Ambassadors - Meet a Scientist
https://www.colorado.edu/bartlettcenter/cu-science-discovery
November 2022: Monica presents her postdoctoral work at the ACS POLY, Polymers in Medicine and Biology Conference - Best Poster Award
November 2022: Monica presents her postdoctoral work at the ACS POLY, Polymers in Medicine and Biology Conference - Best Poster Award
Poster Title: "Strain-stiffening Bottlebrush Polymer Hydrogels Influence hMSC Morphology and Mechanotransduction" - Best Poster Award
July 2022: Monica starts as the inaugural postdoctoral trainee on the NIH T32 "Interdisciplinary Training in Musculoskeletal Research"
July 2022: Monica starts as the inaugural postdoctoral trainee on the NIH T32 "Interdisciplinary Training in Musculoskeletal Research"
Colorado Program for Musculoskeletal Research
Colorado Program for Musculoskeletal Research
University of Colorado School of Medicine, Department of Orthopedics
University of Colorado School of Medicine, Department of Orthopedics
https://medschool.cuanschutz.edu/orthopedics/research/education
July 2022: Monica is elected as the Secretary of the Postdoctoral Association of Colorado Boulder (PAC)
July 2022: Monica is elected as the Secretary of the Postdoctoral Association of Colorado Boulder (PAC)
https://www.colorado.edu/pac/
2021
2021
November 2021: Monica starts as a Postdoctoral Associate in the Anseth Lab at the University of Colorado Boulder!
November 2021: Monica starts as a Postdoctoral Associate in the Anseth Lab at the University of Colorado Boulder!
Photo of the sunset on the first day of starting postdoctoral experiments!
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