The SMART BioSyM IRG was launched to develop the fundamental science and technologies that will enable the discoveries that will revolutionize medicine [link].

 

   The microfluidic device 3-D cell growth was highlighted in the Science Daily [link] and the MIT news [link] in December, 2008.

        

   A paper published in the issue 9 of Lap on a Chip was among the top 10 most cited articles in
September, 2008 [link]
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   A paper published in the issue 2 of Lap on a Chip was among the top 10 most cited articles in
January, 2009 [link].


   Sid's recent paper in Small was highlighted in Lab on a Chip as  an article of particular significance/value. The news item appears  in the April 21, 2009 issue of LoC [link].

   Cherry Wan was selected to receive the 2009 Meredith Kamm Memorial Award, given each year to an Outstanding Woman Graduate Student in Mechanical Engineering.