WELCOME TO THE KUNZE LAB
RECENT NEWS:
1/2023: Our 5th Image Competition is on! Vote for your favorite images on
Instagram. - Upcoming - 02/2023: The Kunze lab will be presenting four research projects at the upcoming Biophysical Society Annual Meeting 2023; 2/18 - 2/22; in San Diego! 01/2023: Prospective Graduate Students for Fall 2023, we are hiring, submit your application by January 15, 2023: Application portal - Past Fall - 10/2022: Anja spoke about "The peaks and valleys about bringing biotech from the bench to the market" during the Jabs Women Entrepreneurship Week 2022 hosted by Dr. Agnieszka Kwapisz. 10/2022: Anja gave a talk about Brain-on-chips for Alzheimer's at the Alzheimer's Research Symposium at Montana State University organized by the Alzheimer's Association Montana State Chapter. Go to the NEWS page to read more about recent updates. |
RESEARCH:
Research projects in the Kunze Lab live at the interface between micro- and nano-engineered tools and neuroscience with the scope of understanding the role and function of the brain microstructure in healthy brains and during the progression of neurodegenerative diseases.
Go to the RESEARCH page to read more about the different research projects in our lab. MEMBERS:
Discover who we are, what background we have and what we do in the lab on our MEMBERS page. If you want to read more about Anja Kunze's background go to the P.I. page.
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FUNDING:
NSF CAREER award (CBET #1846271) to understand calcium communication in neurons with nanomagnetic forces and engineered network patterns.
NIH R21 award (NIA #1R21AG071691-01) to decipher the impact of nano-magnetic force modulation on protein transport in cortical neurons.
USEDA award (#ED19HDQ0200091) to develop next-generation biomarker profiling maps for the neurodiagnostic market.
USEDA award (#ED19HDQ0200091, 2) to advance magneto-mechanical topographies for tissue engineering applications. |
OPENINGS:
Prospective graduate students:
We are open to incoming graduate students who are already accepted into a PhD program at MSU starting in Fall 2023, and looking to hire a new graduate students in microtechnology, microfluidics, bioelectronics, bioMEMS in Fall 2023. Read more about the application process on our OPENING page. Prospective undergraduate students: Get in contact with the P.I. if your are interested in 290R, 490R, USP/INBRE student projects in the area of BioMEMS, Bioelectronics or Neuroengineering. |
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