News
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Feb 2013: Dr. Yang has accepted the invitation as a Section Editor for the topic of Biomaterials for the newly launched Journal of Orthopaedic Translation (JOT).
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September 2012: Dr. Yang's courtesy appointment with Department of Materials Science and Engineering has been approved!
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September 2012: Welcome Dr. Yaser Shanjani to join Dr. Yang's lab as a postdoctoral fellow!
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August 2012: Congratulations to Dr. Yunqing Kang for publishing his work in Acta Biomaterialia!
August 2012: Welcome Dr. Christopher Browne to join Dr. Yang's lab as a NIH postdoctoral fellow!
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July 2012: Dr. Yang received a NIH supplement award!
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June 2012: Congratulations to Dr. Yunqing Kang for publishing his work titled "The osteogenic differentiation of human MSC on HUVEC derived ECM and TCP scaffold " in Biomaterials!
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June 2012: Welcome Ms. Serena Lau, from Frement High School to join Dr. Yang's lab for a summer internship as a CRIM sponsored student!
- April 2012: Congratulations to Andre Nguyen, undergraduate student, and Dr. Sungwoo Kim for publishing their work titled "Effect of co-administration of vancomycin and BMP-2 on co-cultured Staphylococcus aureus and W-20-17 mouse bone marrow stromal cells in vitro" in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy!
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April 2012: Drs. Yang’s and Kang’s co-authored review paper titled "Vascularized Bone Tissue Engineering: Approaches for Potential Improvement" has been accepted by Tissue Engineering!
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April 2012: Weclome Ms. Tianyi Wang, PhD student in Bioengineering, to join Dr. Yang’s lab for lab rotation!
- April 2012: Congratulations to Dr. Angel Mercado-Pagan for receiving the prestigious NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship!
- April 2012: Welcome Dr. Elmer Daifei Ker, Ph.D. in Biological Science from Carnegie Mellon University to join Dr. Yang's lab as a postdoctoral fellow!
- April 2012: Dr. Yang received a NIH supplement award!
- March 2012: Welcome Mr. Naoto Mochizuki, M.S. from the Graduate School of Pure and Applied Sciences of University of Tsukuba, Japan to join Dr. Yang's lab as a visiting student!
- February 2012: Dr. Yang's patent titled "Methods for increasing the strength and controlling the architecture and composition of cearmic articles" has been issued!
- January 2012: Congratulations to Dr. Sungwoo Kim for publishing his work titled "Sequential delivery of BMP-2 and IGF-1 using a chitosan gel with gelatin microspheres enhances early osteoblastic differentiation" in Acta Biomaterialia!
- December 2011: Congratulations to Dr. Won-shik Chu for accepting a research professor position in National Seoul University, South Korea!
- December 2011: Welcome Dr. Liling Ren, D.D.S., Ph.D., Associate Professor from Lanzhou University, China, to join Dr. Yang’s lab for collaborative projects as a visiting professor!
- November 2011: Welcome Dr. Bin Zhang, D.D.S., M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor, Chief of Oral and Maxillofacial surgery from Shenyang Military General Hospital, China, to join Dr. Yang’s lab for collaborative projects as a visiting professor!
- September 2011: Welcome Dr. Angel Mercado-Pagan, Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from South Carolina University to join Dr. Yang’s lab as a postdoctoral fellow!
- September 2011: New tech aims to help soldiers battle limb injuries
- July 2011: Yang received Dean's Teaching Excellence Award
- February 2011: Dental student is finalist for national research award
- January 2011: Student researchers to be in spotlight at AADR conference
- September 2010: Dr. Yang elected to international post
- August 2010: NIH grant funds bone tissue research at Dental Branch
- June 2010: Airlift Research Foundation spring newsletter
- March 2010: Interviewed by Brittany Sauser, a reporter with Technology Review magazine, a science and technology publication in Cambridge, MA, on an article about work to heal bone injuries faster. Her article on the bone growth research has been published: http://www.technologyreview.com/biomedicine/24711/page2/
- March 2010: Congressman Mike Doyle Presents Airlift Research Foundation's Inaugural Extremity Trauma Research Grants
- March 2010: Dr. Yang invited to Congressional briefing, AIMBE meeting
- January 2010: News about a grant to support Dr. Yunzhi Yang’s synthetic bone graft research was picked up by the Associated Press. This story had been featured on more than 35 TV, radio stations and news sites, including the Boston Globe, the Houston Chronicle, the Austin American-Statesman and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Here is a link to one of the stories: http://www.boston.com/news/local/rhode_island/articles/2010/01/25/ pittsburgh_nonprofit_funding_limb_injury_research/
- 2010: Grant supports Dr. Yang’s work on bone graft material; wounded soldiers may benefit
- 2009: UTHSC Professors Receive Technology Grants
- 2009: Bone regeneration work earns Young Investigator Award for Dr. Yang
- 2009: Young Investigators Awards at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, presented by John Valenza, D.D.S.
- 2008: UT Research Foundation Distributes Funds to Drive Further Development of Technologies
- 2005: Bioworks Foundation Contributes to Local Research
