David Castilla-Casadiego 🇨🇴

Excited to share that today was the first group meeting of the Castilla - Casadiego Lab! Pictured here are the three PhD students who are currently part of the lab and will be part of starting this new journey with me!

The highlight of the day at #BMES2024 was getting current and former group members all in one place! Very proud of everyone! #proudpi @LillyHutch66097 @lpinzonh @DavidCastillaC4 @Kathy_Miranda18 @MelNel92

Happy to share our latest review paper published in @Biomacromolecules! This review highlights how stimuli-responsive materials have been used to promote the immunomodulatory potential of stromal cells by controlling their secretory activity. @RosalesGroup pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.10…

@jorge_almodovar @Kathy_Miranda18 Phenomenal, congratulations! 🍾🎊🎉

Very happy to share our group’s latest paper on developing microneedle patches for drug delivery in veterinary applications. This awesome work was led by @Kathy_Miranda18 and was the result of a highly collaborative effort. Thanks to all contributors! pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

@rsnavarro425 @UFMSE Congratulations Dr. Navarro!! 🎉

I am thrilled to announce that I will be joining the @UFMSE as an Assistant Professor. My lab will develop biomaterials to address cardiovascular engineering challenges. We’ll soon be recruiting on all fronts! Go gators!!!

@ashu83 @umiamiengineer @umiamimedicine @UMiamiHealth @AAQRL_Biswas Thank you for the warm welcome! I am excited as well!

Bienvenidos David! We’re all SO excited for the Castilla-Casadiego lab here at @UMiamiEngineer @UMiamiMedicine @UMiamiHealth @AAQRL_Biswas

I am happy to share that I will be starting my career as an assistant professor in the Biomedical Engineering Department at the University of Miami in Spring 2025! Special thanks to my fantastic mentors Dr. @RosalesGroup and Dr. @jorge_almodovar

Happy to share our most recent work in Macromolecular Bioscience! This study highlights the importance of hydrogel stiffness in dictating the immunoregulatory potential of hMSCs in the presence of interferon-gamma (IFN-𝛾). @RosalesGroup @logandmorton onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.100…

Part of our leadership team (@fabiolachapav, @DavidCastillaC4, and @iramirezvelez) at the University of Texas at Austin (@TexasChE) celebrating the 2023 IDEAL Award we were awarded during the AIChE Annual Meeting @ChEnected !

Finally, we have the exciting news that the LT @LatinXinChE has been awarded the 2023 IDEAL Star Award from @ChEnected. We to invite everyone to the reception of the award @5:30pm, and join us in thanking all the #LatinX members, allies and sponsors that make this possible.

Trainees 2023! We can't wait to see your what you do next!

Incredibly thankful for the opportunity to take this advanced training course and improve my skills in Stem Cells and Regeneration at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA @MBLScience

@JohnAWhitePhD @CornellBME @ColumbiaBME @JHUBME It was great to meet you too! Thank you for all your help and guidance!

Incredibly thankful for the opportunity to share my work and meet an amazing group of future colleagues. Thank you #RisingStar2023 @CornellBME @ColumbiaBME @JHUBME.

Good morning #RisingStars2023 what a gorge-ous bus ride up to @Cornell @KatieRHixon @EvanBuettmann @DrWoappi @Dr_O_GradyBrian @Kayla_J_Wolf @DavidCastillaC4 @JiYiLight @aerin_yang @MarissaGionet @MykelDGreen

Dr. Lydia Contreras and Provost Wood welcomed the Provost's Early Career Fellows yesterday with the message to "think boldly and creatively." This year's cohort is made up of representatives from 9 different colleges and schools, showcasing the wide array of talent at @UTAustin

Happy to be a part of the third cohort of the Provost’s Early Career Fellows at UT Austin! provost.utexas.edu/equity/early-c…

Excited to be a part of this great group of researchers in health sciences and engineering. Thank you to @CornellBME, @ColumbiaBME, and @JHUBME for this incredible opportunity. Looking forward to meeting everyone in Ithaca in September!

I am honored to share that I have received the K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award from @NIGMS. I would like to thank my mentor @RosalesGroup for her incredible support and guidance as well as my mentoring team @cosgriffhernan, @ZoldanLab, @GarciaLabGT, @BmegUarkRajRao.

Check out our recent work in @ActaBio! We used peptoid structure to decouple hydrogel network connectivity from elasticity, then explored hMSC behavior on these gels. Soft conditions enhanced hMSC immunosuppressive capacity. authors.elsevier.com/a/1gBJC6CFjZMQ…