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Chris elected to National Academy of Medicine
Chris has been elected as a member of the National Academy of Medicine , and is featured in BU's "The Brink."
Oct 21, 2025
Chris featured in "The Brink"
Boston University's "The Brink" featured Chris in an article, " Curing Heart Attacks, Replacing Diseased Organs—Christopher Chen Is...
Sep 12, 2025
REM Students Experiences
"The Brink" at Boston University posted an article about REM students and their experiences in their labs . Featured is Brianna Perales...
Sep 10, 2025
NIH Director's Blog: "Paving the Way to More Precise Tissue Engineering with the Help of Liquid Metal"
NIH Director Dr. Monica M. Bertagnolli featured Subra Sundaram's paper, Sacrificial capillary pumps to engineer multiscalar biological...
Jan 15, 2025


Shu Chien Achievement Award
Chris received the 2025 Shu Chien Achievement Award
Jan 4, 2025
Wyss Institute news: Innovative tissue engineering: ESCAPE, a pioneering new method explained
The Wyss Institute featured Subra's paper, Sacrificial capillary pumps to engineer multiscalar biological forms, in a news article .
Dec 12, 2024
Nature News & Views: Liquid metal pumps itself out of gels to make artificial vasculature
Nature News & Views features Subra Sundaram's research paper, Sacrificial capillary pumps to engineer multiscalar biological forms.
Dec 12, 2024
NewScientist: "Liquid metal unlocks a way to make artificial blood vessels"
NewScientist featured Subra's paper, Sacrificial capillary pumps to engineer multiscalar biological forms, their article: " Liquid metal...
Dec 12, 2024


Nov 17, 2024
Congratulations to Alex on his thesis defense!
Congratulations to Alex for defending his thesis, "Enabling Rapid Tissue Perfusion Through Natural and Engineered Self-Assembled Networks"!
Nov 30, 2023
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