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Melissa Mahoney
2005 Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering, University of Colorado
2005 Member of the Neuroscience Center, University of Colorado
2005 Member of the Molecular Biotechnology Initiative, University of Colorado
ECCH 134Boulder , CO 80309-0424
Education:
- Cornell University Chemical EngineeringPhD 2000
Awards and Honors:
1996-1999 NASA Graduate Student Research Award
1999 Professor Demetrios Papahadjopoulos Award for Excellence in Graduate Studies in Drug Delivery
2001 Fellow (one of twelve total selected), Marine Biology Laboratory (Woods Hole, MA), Neurobiology Course
2003 Rita Schaffer Young Investigator Award, Biomedical Engineering Society
2005 University of Colorado, Junior Faculty Development Award
2005 TR35 MIT Technology Review's Top Innovators under age 35
2007 Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award (CU-Boulder)
Selected Publications:
Lampe, KJ, Namba, RM, Silverman, TR, Bjugstad, KB, and Mahoney, MJ
(2009).
Impact of lactic acid on cell proliferation and free radical-induced cell death in monolayer cultures of neural precursor cells.
Biotechnol Bioeng, 103(6):1214-23.
Mason, MN and Mahoney, MJ
(2009).
Selective
beta-cell differentiation of dissociated embryonic pancreatic precursor
cells cultured in synthetic polyethylene glycol hydrogels.
Tissue Eng Part A, 15(6):1343-52.
Mason, MN, Arnold, CA, and Mahoney, MJ
(2009).
Entrapped
collagen type 1 promotes differentiation of embryonic pancreatic
precursor cells into glucose-responsive beta-cells when cultured in
three-dimensional PEG hydrogels.
Tissue Eng Part A.
Namba, RM, Cole, AA, Bjugstad, KB, and Mahoney, MJ
(2009).
Development of porous PEG hydrogels that enable efficient, uniform cell-seeding and permit early neural process extension.
Acta Biomater, 5(6):1884-97.
Sloane, EM, Soderquist, RG, Maier, SF, Mahoney, MJ, Watkins, LR, and Milligan, ED
(2009).
Long-term control of neuropathic pain in a non-viral gene therapy paradigm.
Gene Ther, 16(4):470-5.
