Lab News

September 15, 2018
  • SC-TRIMH (NIH COBRE) Funded!
    The NIH funded ($11.2 million) South Carolina Translation Research Improving Musculoskeletal Health as a Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (P20GM121342). Dr. Yao serves as the PI for this center grant.
November 10, 2022
  • Congratulations! Dr. Cherice Hill was selected as a NIH MOSIAC Scholar. She has also been the subject of research spotlights by the American Association of Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial research (AADOCR) and Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC).
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    November 8, 2022
  • Congratulations! Shuchun Sun won First Place Oral Presentation for Interprofessional Collaboration Research Award, and Dr. Cherice Hill won First Place in postdoc poster presentation at the 2022 MUSC Annual Research Day.
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    September 18, 2022
  • Dr. Yao, Daniel Bonthious, and Dr. Gross received a NIH SBIR ward (R43AR080507) to further develop and commercialize the rib fixation technology to treat severe spine deformities.
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    August 15, 2022
  • Dr. Shangping Wang was promoted to tenure-track Assistant Professor in the Department of Bioengineering at Clemson.
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    August 5, 2022
  • Congratulations! Dr. Cherice Hill received a NIH K99 award (K99DE031345).
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    June 16, 2022
  • Dr. Yao was invited to serve on the NIH/NIDCR Research Workforce Working Group for the National Advisory Dental and Craniofacial Research Council (NADCRC) that will provide input on the development of the dental, oral and craniofacial research workforce for the future.
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    May 18, 2022
  • Dr. Yao gave a keynote at the 7th TMJ Bioengineering Conference in Pittsburg, PA.
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    May 10, 2022
  • Congratulations! Angela Mei, high school research intern, was named as a National Finalist for both the 2022 National Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (JSHS) and the 2022 Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF).
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    April 28, 2022
  • Congratulations! Daniel Bonthius, MD-PhD student, passed his PhD dissertation defense. Dissertation title: "A Rib Construct for Severe Spinal Deformity: Clinical, Biomechanical, Animal Studies, and Commercialization". Daniel is continuing his studies in the medical school for his MSTP training.
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    April 7, 2022
  • Dr. Yao was invited to serve as a Member of the NIH Skeletal Biology Structure and Regeneration Study Section (SBSR) for a 4-year term.
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    February 18, 2022
  • Congratulations! Shuchun Sun won the First Place in PhD student category, and Peng Chen won the First Place in postdoc category at the 2022 MUSC JBECDM Annual Scholar Day.
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    February 8, 2022
  • Congratulations! Daniel Bonthius won the 2nd Place for 2022 ORS Business Innovation Competition at the Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS) 2022 Annual Meeting.
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    January 15, 2022
  • New U01 project (U01DE031512) "Assessment of Temporomandibular Joint Morphology, Mechanics, and Mechanobiology in Class II and III Target and Surgical Phenotypes" was funded by NIDCR ($3.2 million) for 5 years.
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    July 1, 2021
  • MUSC dental T32 training grant (T32DE017551), directed by Dr. Yao, was successfully renewed (2021-2026).
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    June 1, 2021
  • Dr. Yao received NIH COBRE supplements ($1.5 million, P20GM121342-03S1) to establish "SARS-CoV2 sequencing surveillance program for Upstate South Carolina".
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    May 5, 2021
  • Congratulations! Dr. Yao received the inaugural Clemson University Distinguished Doctoral Mentoring Award for his commitment to doctoral student success.
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    March 26, 2021
  • 3D FRAP work published in Nature Communications.
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    January 27, 2021
  • TMJ Biomechanics project was funded by NIDCR ($2.4 million) for another 5 years.
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    January 2, 2021
  • Dr. Wang was promoted to Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Bioengineering at Clemson.
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    December 11, 2020
  • Dr. Hill received the Student/Trainee Registration Award to attend the Orthopaedic Research Society 2021 Annual Meeting.
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    December 10, 2020
  • Dr. Yao gave a talk for the Columbia University College of Dental Medicine seminar series, co-sponsored by the Department of Biomedical Engineering.
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    November 12, 2020
  • Congratulations! Eugene Mah passed his PhD dissertation defense. Dissertation title: "Dental Cone Beam Computed Tomography Dose Coefficients and Dual Energy CT for Temporomandibular Joint Imaging".
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    November 6, 2020
  • Dr. Hill won the First Place in postdoc category at the MUSC Annual Research Day.
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    October 29, 2020
  • Congratulations! Peng Chen passed his PhD dissertation defense. Dissertation title: "Light-sheet Imaging-based FRAP: A Noninvasive Platform Measures 3D Anisotropic Extracellular Diffusion".
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    October 22, 2020
  • Dr. Wang received a Junior Investigator Grant Award ($100k) from MTF Biologics.
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    September 17, 2020
  • As invited speaker, Dr. Yao gave a talk at the NIH HEAL Initiative Workshop on Myofascial Pain, September 16-17, 2020
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    July 9, 2020
  • Congratulations! Daniel receive his NIH F31 predoctoral fellowship (F31AR076917), titled "Analysis of the rib construct for treatment of early-onset spinal deformity with hyperkyphosis".
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    May 11, 2020
  • Congratulations! Cherice has been selected as one of the 10 mentees in the inaugural class of 2020 for the AADR MIND the future program. This NIH/NIDCR funded program aims to build a vibrant, diverse, and inclusive community of investigators whose participation is vital to advancing dental, oral and craniofacial research and improving the oral health of our nation.
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    March 12, 2020
  • Published! Study Report "Temporomandibular Disorders: Priorities for Research and Care" from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (PMID: 32200600). Dr. Yao served on the committee for this report.
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    February 11, 2020
  • Daniel won the ORS Spine Podium Award at the Orthopaedic Research Society 2020 Annual Meeting.
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    February 7, 2020
  • Dr. Yao received an I2P (Ideas to Products) grant from the Southeast Regional Technology Transfer Hub funded by NIH/NIGMS.
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    February 3, 2020
  • Daniel has been selected as a finalist for the ORS Spine Section Award Competition at the ORS 2020 Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona from February 8-11, 2020.
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    January 21, 2020
  • Xin has been selected as a finalist for the Dr. Bernard G. Sarnat Award Competition at the 2020 IADR/AADR meeting in Washington, DC from March 18-21, 2020.
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    August 15, 2019
  • Sarah Cisewski completed her postdoc training and joined the College of Charleston as an Assistant Professor.
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    August 8, 2019
  • Congratulations! Daniel Bonthius, MD/PhD student, received a NIH TL1 predoctoral research fellowship.
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    July 30, 2019
  • Yongren joined the Clemson Bioengineering faculty as a tenure-track Assistant Professor.
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    June 2, 2019
  • Dr. Yao received the Dr. James Russell Neff Award from the Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation (MTF).
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    June 1, 2019
  • Congratulations! Matthew Coombs received a NIH K99 award
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    May 21, 2019
  • Congratulations! Changcheng's collaborative work with Dr. He at Columbia University was published in Nature Materials.
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    May 7, 2019
  • Dr. Yao received the 2019 Clemson Alumni Association Award for Outstanding Research Achievements in Research.
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    May 4, 2019
  • Matthew Coombs was selected as Finalist for the Orthodontic & Craniofacial Clinical and Translational Research Award at the IADR/AADR 2019 Annual Meeting.
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    April 8, 2019
  • Congratulations! Xin She passed his PhD dissertation defense. Dissertation title: “Sexual Dimorphisms in Human Temporomandibular Joint Morphology and Function“
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    November 1, 2018
  • Congratulations! Matthew Coombs received a NIH F32 award.
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    September 15, 2018
  • The NIH funded ($11.2 million) South Carolina Translation Research Improving Musculoskeletal Health as a Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (P20GM121342). Dr. Yao serves as the PI for this center grant.
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    March 29, 2018
  • Congratulations! Feng Wei passed his PhD dissertation defense. Dissertation title: “Behavior, Function, and Shape Assessment for Temporomandibular Joint“
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    December 1, 2017
  • Congratulations! Glenn Hepfer passed his PhD dissertation defense. Dissertation title: “Transport, Structure, and Chemical Changes in the Corneal Stroma Extracellular Matrix Following Collagen Cross-Linking“
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    October 3, 2017
  • Congratulations! Matthew Coombs received the Outstanding Scientific Abstract Award at the American Association of Tissue Banks 2017 Annual Meeting.
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    April 12, 2017
  • Congratulations! Hanna Frankel, High School Senior, Third Place (high school senior) at the 2017 Lowcountry Science and Engineering Fair.
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    March 22, 2017
  • Congratulations! Matthew Coombs, Postdoctoral Fellow, Finalist for the AADR Hatton Competition at the IADR/AADR 2017 Annual Meeting.
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    March 19, 2017
  • Congratulations! Sarah Cisewski, PhD student, Finalist for an ORS Spine Section Member Poster Award at the Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS) 2017 Annual Meeting.
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    September 1, 2016
  • Congratulations! Changcheng's collaborative work with Dr. Embree at Columbia University was published in Nature Communications.
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    August 15, 2016
  • Congratulations! Renee joined Clemson Bioengineering Faculty as a tenure-track Assistant Professor.
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    May 9, 2016
  • Congratulations! Sarah passed her PhD dissertation defense. Dissertation title: “Nutrient Related Mechanisms of Intervertebral Disc Degeneration”
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    May 6, 2016
  • Glenn presented a paper, entitled “Anisotropic Diffusion in the Corneal Stroma Measured by Three-Dimensional Fluorescence Recovery After Photobleaching”, at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO).
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    April 5, 2016
  • Congratulations! Emily won the first place (high school senior) and MUSC award at the Lowcountry Science and Engineering Fair.
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    March 17, 2016
  • Feng presented a paper, entitled “Nocturnal Temporalis Muscle Activities in Temporomandibular Joint Disorders Diagnostic Groups”, at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the American Association for Dental Research (AADR).
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    March 7, 2016
  • Sarah presented a paper, entitled “Oxygen Consumption Rates of Human Intervertebral Disc Cells”, at the Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS) 2016 Annual Meeting.
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    March 5, 2016
  • Congratulations! Yongren's paper, entitle “Role of Cartilage Endplate in Disc Mechanics and Nutrition ”, was chosen as a finalist for the New Investigator Recognition Award at the Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS) 2016 Annual Meeting.
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    January 29, 2016
    Congratulations! Renee accepted an offer as a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Bioengineering at Clemson University.

     

    January 14, 2016
  • Congratulations! Emily presented her high school senior thesis, entitled “Increasing the Efficacy of Corneal Cross-linking [CXL] on Keratoconic Eyes by Using Pulsing UV-A Light”.
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    January 7, 2016
  • Congratulations! Matthew joined the lab with a NIH T32 postdoctoral Fellowship.
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    December 17, 2015
  • Congratulations! John presented his high school senior thesis, entitled “The Development and Validation of an Alginate-Encapsulated, Three-Dimensional Intervertebral Disc Cell Culture System”.
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    October 1, 2015
  • Congratulations! Renee joined the lab with a NIH T32 postdoctoral Fellowship.
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    May 6, 2015
  • Glenn presented a paper, entitled “Development and Validation of Oxygen Diffusion-limited Model of Corneal Cross-linking”, at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO).
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    April 29, 2015
  • Congratulations! Sarah was accorded honorable mention status in the 2015 Ford Foundation Fellowship Programs competition administered by the National Research Council of the National Academies.
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    March 25, 2015
  • Congratulations! Deidra won the second place (high school senior) and Yale Science and Engineering award at the Lowcountry Science and Engineering Fair.
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    April 14, 2015
  • Congratulations! Greg passed his PhD dissertation defense. Dissertation title: “Biomechanical Characterization and Modeling of the Human TMJ Disc”.
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    March 12, 2015
  • Yongren presented a paper, entitled “Tractional force on temporomandibular joint disc: a finite element analysis”, at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the American Association for Dental Research (AADR).
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    March 11, 2015
  • Greg presented a paper, entitled “Tensile stress relaxation properties of human TMJ disc”, at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the American Association for Dental Research (AADR).
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    August 15, 2014
  • We just launched new version of our lab website. Thanks Feng for adapting this neat template.
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    August 6, 2014
  • We hosted Dr. Clements (Clemson President) and Dr. Cole (MUSC President) for a tour of the Clemson-MUSC Bioengineering Program laboratories.All of the faculty had the opportunity to show Drs. Clements and Cole their labs and science and to introduce students and fellows. They were highly impressed with our mission and progress.
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    August 1, 2014
  • Congratulations! Glenn passed the qualifying exam for the PhD candidacy.
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    July 19, 2014
  • Dr. Yao was invited to give a talk at the 7th World Congress of Biomechanics, Boston, MA.
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    July 1, 2014
  • Dr. Gross joined the Tissue Biomechanics Laboratory. Previously, Dr. Gross was a Professor and Chief for the Pediatric Orthopedics at MUSC.
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    June 19, 2014
  • Dr. Yao was invited to give a talk at the TMJ Bioengineering Conference, Pittsburg, PA.
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    June 10, 2014
  • Dr. Yao served on the NIH MTE study section meeting.
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    May 19, 2014
  • Congratulations! Wenjun passed her PhD dissertation defense.
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    May 5, 2014
  • Congratulations! Glenn received a NIH/NEI travel grant to present a paper at the 2014 Annual Meeting for the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology.
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    April 25, 2014
  • Congratulations! Glenn was awarded best paper presentation in cornea crosslinking at the 2014 annual meeting of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS).
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    April 8, 2014
  • Congratulations! Wenjun received the Clemson Bioengineering Graduate Student Research Award.