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Do you like problem-solving? Do you want to conduct groundbreaking research in stem cells and revolutionize healthcare? If you answered Yes to these questions, Dr. Samsonraj’s Cellular Therapy and Biomanufacturing lab is for you! Join a group of researchers and collaborators who are passionate about thinking differently to solve major health care challenges.

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Undergraduate Coffee Date Winter 2022

December 2022: Congrats to senior David Heinrichs on winning the research grant to work on regenerative medicine !!

December 2022: Congrats to sophomore Addison on winning the research grant to work on bone research !!

November 2022: Congrats to Vitali and Neel for an outstanding GRE score! So proud of them!

October 2022: Congrats to senior Taylor on getting her first ‘first’ author paper accepted in BIOCHIMIE!!

October 2022: Welcoming our lab’s new researchers Addy, Abby, and David!!

May 2022: Samsonraj Lab receives the ABI Research grant 2022 to advance bone research

May 2022: Kudos to Vitali and Kadek for their poster presentations at ISCT 2022, Los Angeles

April 2022: Congratulations to Vitali for his research poster presentation at the Honors College Symposium April 2022!

April 2022: Samsonraj Lab receives the Arkansas Integrated Metabolic Research Center Pilot Grant 2022 to advance aging research

April 2022: Congratulations to our stunning undergrad researchers, Vitali M, Emma S, and Patel N on winning the Honors College Research Grant to continue their studies on regenerative medicine and cell therapy.

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Superstars of Samsonraj Lab

January 2022: Samsonraj Lab receives the prestigious MTF Biologics Research Grant to advance research on high-resolution omics

October 2021: Dr. Samsonraj receives grant from Women’s Giving Circle to advance the laboratory’s research on osteoporosis

August 2021: Dr. Samsonraj secures competitive NSF award to develop novel cell-derived therapies. Huge achievement for the lab!!! We’re thrilled to be working on this exciting project.

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Samsonraj Lab secures Honors College Faculty Equipment and Technology Grant 2020

Dr. Samsonraj has secured funding from the Honors College to purchase a specialized equipment to support, advance, and promote undergraduate research and honors student researchers.

Dr. Rebekah Samsonraj wins the RoosterBio MSC Development Award 2020

Dr. Samsonraj is honored with the RoosterBio MSC Development Award for her innovative research on MSCs. The grant will support her cutting edge research on human MSCs in the genetic engineering space.

Check out this exciting interview with Dr. Rebekah Samsonraj who is our MSC Rising StarRooster Bio

In this interview, we get an exclusive insight into Dr. Rebekah Samsonraj’s research work in defining MSC potency and aging, and discussed challenges in defining MSC EV potency.
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