2026
September 2026 – BE PhD students Felicity L, Sara H and Lindsay G began rotations in the lab
September 2026 – Julia F, visiting from Leuschner lab in Heidelberg, awarded a DAAD BMEP scholarship to join the lab
September 2026 – BE Master’s student Kylie G joined the lab
August 2026 – Awarded a NIH R35 Maximizing Investigator Research Award
August 2026 – Hilda proposed her thesis and became a BE PhD candidate
July 2026 – Noor selected as a finalist for the Outstanding Early Career Investigator Award by the American Heart Association Basic Cardiovascular Research Council
June 2026 – Hailey V awarded a Blair Research Fellowship
May 2026 – Emily L awarded Penn Engineering Outstanding Teaching Award for their invaluable contributions to BE 5570
May 2026 – Hilda J. awarded Penn Engineering Outstanding Service Award for her excellent leadership in GABE outreach
April 2026 – Noor’s manuscript published in Nature Cardiovascular Research
February 2026 – Emily J proposed her thesis and become a BE PhD candidate
2025
December 2025 – Hilda awarded a Predoctoral Fellowship in Drug Discovery from the PhRMA Foundation
December 2025 – Emily L’s review paper published and awarded a PhRMA Foundation/ASPET Trainee Challenge Award
June 2025 – Awarded the American Heart Association Transformative Project Award
June 2025 – Alex S awarded a Blair Research Fellowship
June 2025 – Emily L and Ellie F ace their PhD qualifying exams
May 2025 – Emily J awarded the Best Oral Presentation at the Penn BE Research Symposium
April 2025 – Awarded an Individual Biomedical Research Award from the Hartwell Foundation
April 2025 – Emily J and Emily L awarded NSF GRFP Fellowships
January 2025 – Rotating BE PhD students Emily L and Ellie F join the lab!
2024
December 2024 – Awarded the Faculty Starter Grant in Drug Discovery from the PhRMA Foundation
December 2024 – John K earned Penn Vagelos Undergraduate Research Grant
June 2024 – Emily J and Hilda J aced their BE PhD qualifying exams
June 2024 – John K and Lisa S awarded PURM funding for summer research
November 2024 – Awarded Heart Disease Medical Research Grant from the W.W. Smith Charitable Trust
August 2024 – Awarded Penn CPE4H pilot funding
June 2024 – Awarded the American Heart Association Innovative Project Award
February 2024 – Awarded Penn CVI Dream Team pilot funding
January 2024 – Momin Lab opens! Rotating BE PhD students Emily J and Hilda J joined the lab!
