Maggie Prendergast, Ph.D.

Some fun news - last month I began a new position as a scientist at @JanssenUS in the Drug Product Development and Device group. I am excited to begin this next chapter in my career!

We are excited to share a preprint of our first collab. work @BioFrontiers with Prof. Leslie Leinwand, led by @apdhand, Miranda Juarros, and @Dr_TommyMartin! For those interested in digital light processing, cardiac biology, and/or disease modeling: doi.org/10.1101/2024.1…

Excited to share our new method in @ScienceMagazine to advance the properties of DLP-printed materials. This work was led by @apdhand & @fiber_matt in collaboration w/ @HannahZlotnick & NIST colleagues. Link: science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… @CUEngineering @pennbioeng @BioFrontiers

Annovis Bio @AnnovisBio announces results from their Phase 3 clinical trial of Buntanetap in a #Parkinsons cohort; This was a 6 month study of 523 participants with early PD (NCT05357989) irpages2.eqs.com/websites/annov…

$ANVS announces new data from the Phase III study of #buntanetap in #ParkinsonsDisease. The company will host a live webcast today at 4:30pm ET to discuss the study's results. The presentation will be followed by a Q&A. Full release: globenewswire.com/news-release/2…

BIOE advanced in rankings to 12th among public universities in bioengineering and biomedical engineering graduate programs and 28th in the nation according to the @usnews 2024-25 #BestColleges report. Read more at: bioe.umd.edu/news/story/umd…

Congratulations to our Chair, Dr. John P. Fisher, on being selected for the Distinguished University Professor Award—the highest academic honor at #UMD!

Gene-edited pig kidney transplanted into a living patient for the first time statnews.com/2024/03/21/fir… via @statnews

Engineered T cells (w/ CD19) is hitting it big for autoimmune diseases: single injection for 15 patients with 3 conditions--> all remissions, no need for immunosuppressive Rx nejm.org/doi/full/10.10… @NEJM

Congrats to @riffe_morgan on her first first author publication in the @BurdickLab published in @AdvSciNews, "Multi-Material Volumetric Additive Manufacturing of Hydrogels using Gelatin as a Sacrificial Network and 3D Suspension Bath." Link: doi.org/10.1002/adma.2…

This times a million. I’ve posted about this issue several times in the past, especially in the context of hiring. We’re not hiring “the work,” we’re hiring YOU, the scientist. Nobody will care about the work if you communicate it poorly and/or are a jerk!

If students tell me they want to get a PhD, I will support them and write them a letter. But I also tell them, because no one told me at age 21-22: -- You will spend your twenties making poverty wages while your peers start getting salaries, raises, bonuses, etc.; -- You may well get into credit card debt paying your bills as a result, especially if you are doing grad school in an expensive city; -- If you get a faculty job, your salary will likely not be much more than what some of your peers got upon graduating undergrad; -- You may well be 10+ years behind your peers financially, which may not seem important at age 22 but it will be at age 32 I get that people say "but it's not about the money, it's about passion!" I thought that too. But this stuff matters a ton and students need to be aware of it.

My friend Trevor Kennison has been working on a documentary about his recovery and path to becoming a professional skier after spinal cord injury. Came out today on Netflix! Trevor is doing things most able-bodied people would not even consider. Go watch! netflix.com/title/81691263…

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@jake_griner @KizzyPhD I second this!! Best advice I received on this topic is that reports will focus more on actions than anything else. Work-life balance is set by example from the top. Wishing you a quick recovery with your ankle!

@KizzyPhD Zoom. My counter point is the example of “you’re expected in person even if it’s snowing and you’re injured and can’t barely walk” might not be the message you want to send. Hope that ankle gets well soon!

#sillysurvey I sprained my ankle. I have a boot. It’s snowing in Boston. As an academic, I can just choose to work from home rather than risk a fall booting around in snow. No prob. But, as junior faculty who has to greet a new rotation student at 9am… what should I do?

Got a unique Skype a Scientist request today that I want to see if we can fulfill. A dance teacher wants to connect with a "physical therapist, kinesiologist, exercise, or movement scientist specializing in dancers" Do we know anyone who studies this!?

@CaprioNiko @RobertMauck11 @RicGottardi @jamesleecarey1 Woohoo!!! Congrats Niko! 🎉👏

So excited to have finished another milestone of my PhD by completing my thesis proposal today! Thanks to @RobertMauck11 @RicGottardi @jamesleecarey1 for being on my committee and giving very useful advice! Excited to see where we are at after a year!

Check out new work from our lab in @AdvSciNews led by @CaprioNiko (w/ invaluable help from @Fiber_Matt & @DalyAndyy) developing granular composites composed of MSC spheroids & “spheroid-sized” microgels for engineering cartilage. @NIH @CEMB_STC Link: doi.org/10.1002/adma.2…