WELCOME TO THE KUNZE LAB
RECENT NEWS:
- Upcoming -
10/2023: The Kunze Lab will be at BMES in Seattle this year! We'll have five accepted conference abstracts. Join us at BMES and do not miss the talk and poster presentations! Also, for prospective grad students meet with the P.I. there. 9/2023: Prospective Graduate Students for Fall 2024, we are hiring, submit your application by January 15, 2024: Application portal - Past Spring/Summer - 08/2023: Anja gave a talk about "Brain-on-a-chip technology: Where we are at and what’s next?" at the NNCI REU Convocation. We also had Sara and Jordan presenting their research results from their summer REU. Really great work! 05/2023: Anja received the Excellence in Research Award from the NACOE. 02/2023: Anja received the Cox Faculty Award for Creative Scholarship and Teaching during the Founders Day at Montana State University. 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.
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. 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. |
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