Cullen Lab

Happy Thanksgiving from our #neurosurgery family to yours. We all hope you have a safe and happy holiday!

We are so proud of @MelanieHilman for successfully defending her thesis on Monday. Huge thanks goes to her committee Dr. Flavia Vitale, Dr. Foteini Mourkioti, @jboerckel and Dr. Dave Meaney. Wishing her all the best in her next chapter!”

Our Advanced Materials Interfaces frontispiece is out! 🎉 This is the first-ever image of an astrocyte interfaced with MXene nanomaterials 🧠 * Our paper ➡️ doi.org/10.1002/admi.2… * Our full-page frontispiece ➡️ doi.org/10.1002/admi.7…

✨ I am beyond thrilled to share that our new paper has just been published in Advanced Materials Interfaces! We present the 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗰𝘆𝘁𝗲–𝗠𝗫𝗲𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 🔗 doi.org/10.1002/admi.2…

Congratulations to @D_Boufidis! Our new paper “Astrocyte Interactions With Ti3C2Tx MXene Flakes: Insights Into Viability, Morphology, and Functionality” is now online in Wiley Advanced Materials Interfaces: advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ad…

The Cullen lab members were honored to attend Dr. Robert Langer’s talk today at Penn. Listening to his pioneering research on tissue engineering and drug delivery systems was truly a privileged experience.

📢 My first first-author paper, 𝗕𝗶𝗼-𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰𝘀: 𝗦𝗼𝗳𝘁, 𝗯𝗶𝗼𝗵𝘆𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗱, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 “𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴” 𝗻𝗲𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀, is now published in 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴! 🧠⚡ 📖 Read it here: doi.org/10.1038/s41467…

Exciting news from our lab! Our PhD student ⁦@D_Boufidis⁩ presented our groundbreaking research and the role of #sciencediplomacy at the Greek Embassy in Washington, D.C.! We are proud to see our lab’s work spotlighted on an international stage! ⁦@GreeceInUSA⁩

To investigate the cellular changes that occur after a mild TBI, the @dkcullenlab caused an acceleration-induced TBI in a pig model, recreating the biomechanical loading parameters associated with concussion on a brain similar to humans. @Biomed_MDPI ➡️ spr.ly/6014U8yUa

Excited to see the new Wofford lab!!! Such a proud moment for the Cullen lab to see one of our postdocs achieving this milestone. Future students, keep an eye for positions in this lab working on traumatic brain injury and neuroinflammation under the leadership of @KateWofford.

Thrilled to join @PennNeurosurgery as an Assistant Professor and open the Neuroinflammation and Immunomodulation Lab! We're diving deep into understanding and controlling the immune system after brain injury. 🧠 👩🏻‍🔬 #Neuroscience #Research #BrainHealth #PennMedicine #newPI

Now that's a good-looking group! 📸 Check out the new photo for the @PennMedicine Department of #Neurosurgery

TBI gang of the lab had an amazing time at the @Neurotrauma conference in SF. #NNS2024

Axons in brains of female mammals may be more vulnerable to damage, says new research from Douglas Smith, Professor of Neurosurgery and member of the #PennBioengineering Graduate Group. bit.ly/3xkb44E

Cullen lab is having so much fun at the @Neurotrauma conference!!! We had an amazing time at the poster presentations by @KateWofford and Dan Han, and meeting former students.

Cullen lab is hiring!!! The postdoctoral researcher will manage aspects of the studies that will include iPSC derived neural and skeletal myocyte culture, bioprinting, optogenetic transduction and functional assessment in vitro and in vivo. Check this out for more details -

We’re thrilled to announce that our very own Dimitris has won the Outstanding Service Award at @PennEngineering ! His dedication to enhancing the well-being of the engineering community exemplifies the spirit of leadership and service. Congratulations, Dimitris! 🎉🏆 #PennPride

Our collaborative study led by @hailong_song shows differences in male and female brains and effect on cognitive deficits due to the structural differences. Check out for more details - pennmedicine.org/news/news-rele…

I am thrilled to share our paper “Sex differences in the extent of acute axonal pathologies after experimental concussion”, now available at Acta Neuropathologica!! link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Axons in female mammal brains may be more prone to concussions medicalxpress.com/news/2024-05-a…