{"id":1464,"date":"2018-07-09T22:46:02","date_gmt":"2018-07-10T05:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bioe.uw.edu\/thomaslab\/?page_id=1464"},"modified":"2023-05-03T18:55:21","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T01:55:21","slug":"events","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bioe.uw.edu\/thomaslab\/events\/","title":{"rendered":"News"},"content":{"rendered":"<pre class=\"notranslate\"><code><ul class=\"shortcode-blogroll\"><li><span><h2><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bioe.uw.edu\/thomaslab\/5063-2\/\">New Publication on the role of Biomechanics in Immunoengeering<\/a><p class=\"date\">May 1, 2026<\/p><\/h2><p class=\"author-info\">Wendy Thomas<\/p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.bioe.uw.edu\/thomaslab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2026\/05\/FcR-mechanics-graphical-abstract-150x150.jpg\" class=\"float-left wp-post-image\" alt=\"Diagram illustrating interaction between therapeutic depleting monoclonal antibodies (mAb), target cells, and effector cells under vascular flow and drag force conditions. It compares normal effector cells, which break Fc-Fc\u03b3R bonds under force, with glycoengineered effector cells that hold bonds under force, resulting in transiently blocked N-glycan maturation and extended mAb efficacy under flow, highlighted by labeled components and directional arrows.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bioe.uw.edu\/thomaslab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2026\/05\/FcR-mechanics-graphical-abstract-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sites.bioe.uw.edu\/thomaslab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2026\/05\/FcR-mechanics-graphical-abstract-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.bioe.uw.edu\/thomaslab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2026\/05\/FcR-mechanics-graphical-abstract.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><p>Check out our new publication in Immunity on engineering force-resistant antibody-receptor interactions to enhance therapeutic antibody efficacy. We are recruiting students at any level to expand on this finding by studying the biomechanics of interactions between antibodies and Fc-Receptors on immune cells - apply now!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bioe.uw.edu\/thomaslab\/5063-2\/\" class=\"more\" aria-label=\"Read more about New Publication on the role of Biomechanics in Immunoengeering\">Read more<\/a><\/p><\/span><\/li><li><span><h2><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bioe.uw.edu\/thomaslab\/congratulations-to-lab-alumnus-casey-on-her-new-position\/\">Congratulations to lab Alumnus Casey on her new Position!<\/a><p class=\"date\">June 14, 2024<\/p><\/h2><p class=\"author-info\">Wendy Thomas<\/p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.bioe.uw.edu\/thomaslab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/03\/CaseyKiyohara2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"float-left wp-post-image\" alt=\"Casey Kiyohara\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bioe.uw.edu\/thomaslab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/03\/CaseyKiyohara2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sites.bioe.uw.edu\/thomaslab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/03\/CaseyKiyohara2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.bioe.uw.edu\/thomaslab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/03\/CaseyKiyohara2-375x374.jpg 375w, https:\/\/sites.bioe.uw.edu\/thomaslab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/03\/CaseyKiyohara2.jpg 380w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><p>Casey Kiyohara graduated recently with a Ph.D. from the Thomas lab, and just started a new position as a postdoctoral fellow at the FDA. She is in the Clinical Pharmacology of Therapeutic Biologics and Biosimilars Fellowship program, in the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER). Her project is focused on investigating the pharmicokinetic characteristics&hellip;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bioe.uw.edu\/thomaslab\/congratulations-to-lab-alumnus-casey-on-her-new-position\/\" class=\"more\" aria-label=\"Read more about Congratulations to lab Alumnus Casey on her new Position!\">Read more<\/a><\/p><\/span><\/li><li><span><h2><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bioe.uw.edu\/thomaslab\/congratulations-to-kayla-hogan-for-her-new-publication\/\">Congratulations to Kayla Hogan for her new publication!<\/a><p class=\"date\">August 20, 2023<\/p><\/h2><p class=\"author-info\">Wendy Thomas<\/p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.bioe.uw.edu\/thomaslab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/08\/Hogan-abstract-150x150.png\" class=\"float-left wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><p>Thomas lab alumni, Kayla Hogan and Sai Paul are first and co- authors of a new publication titled \"Effect of Gravity on Bacterial Adhesion to Heterogeneous Surfaces.\" This publication reports Kayla's senior capstone project, Sai's freshman project, and also includes contributions from co-authors who worked on a related Computational Bioengineering class project.\u00a0 In the paper,&hellip;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bioe.uw.edu\/thomaslab\/congratulations-to-kayla-hogan-for-her-new-publication\/\" class=\"more\" aria-label=\"Read more about Congratulations to Kayla Hogan for her new publication!\">Read more<\/a><\/p><\/span><\/li><li><span><h2><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bioe.uw.edu\/thomaslab\/the-thomas-lab-has-new-website\/\">The Thomas Lab has  new Website<\/a><p class=\"date\">August 16, 2023<\/p><\/h2><p class=\"author-info\">Norbert Berger<\/p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.bioe.uw.edu\/thomaslab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/03\/thomassite-150x150.png\" class=\"float-left wp-post-image\" alt=\"New Web site\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><p>At long last, the Thomas lab has an updated web site!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bioe.uw.edu\/thomaslab\/the-thomas-lab-has-new-website\/\" class=\"more\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Thomas Lab has  new Website\">Read more<\/a><\/p><\/span><\/li><\/ul>\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BioExplore events<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1464","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bioe.uw.edu\/thomaslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bioe.uw.edu\/thomaslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bioe.uw.edu\/thomaslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bioe.uw.edu\/thomaslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bioe.uw.edu\/thomaslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1464"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bioe.uw.edu\/thomaslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1464\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4921,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bioe.uw.edu\/thomaslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1464\/revisions\/4921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bioe.uw.edu\/thomaslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}