Scientist at @JNJInnovMed Previously @BurdickLab @pennbioeng , @Allevi3D , @UofMaryland .Views and opinions are my own
Philadelphia, PA
Joined January 2013
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Some fun news - last month I began a new position as a scientist at @JanssenUS in the Drug Product Development and Device group. I am excited to begin this next chapter in my career!
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We are excited to share a preprint of our first collab. work @BioFrontiers with Prof. Leslie Leinwand, led by @apdhand, Miranda Juarros, and @Dr_TommyMartin!
For those interested in digital light processing, cardiac biology, and/or disease modeling: doi.org/10.1101/2024.10.01.6…
ALT 3D printing of hydrogel micropillar molds to fabricate human engineered heart tissue (EHTs)
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Excited to share our new method in @ScienceMagazine to advance the properties of DLP-printed materials.
This work was led by @apdhand & @fiber_matt in collaboration w/ @HannahZlotnick & NIST colleagues.
Link: science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…
@CUEngineering @pennbioeng @BioFrontiers
ALT A) (i) Photograph of trabecular bone structure and (ii) fluorescence micrograph of auxetic patch fabricated through CLEAR. Scale bars, 10 mm. (B) Multimaterial CLEAR printing through the switching of liquid resins and visualized with different fluorescent tracers (yellow and gray). Fluorescence micrographs of a multimaterial hydrogel in the shape of (i) a lattice (z direction) and (ii) an axial patch (xy direction). Scale bars, 5 mm. (C) Photograph of stiff hydrogels processed into porous, flexible patches that (i) conform to an underlying curved substrate and (ii and iii) are extensible. Scale bars, 30 mm. Shape recovery without permanent deformation demonstrated through (D) (i to iv) compression of auxetic octet-truss lattice and (E) (i to iv) stretching of 3D coil. Scale bars, 10 (D) and 5 mm (E).
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Annovis Bio @AnnovisBio announces results from their Phase 3 clinical trial of Buntanetap in a #Parkinsons cohort; This was a 6 month study of 523 participants with early PD (NCT05357989)
irpages2.eqs.com/websites/an…
Maggie Prendergast, Ph.D. retweeted
$ANVS announces new data from the Phase III study of #buntanetap in #ParkinsonsDisease. The company will host a live webcast today at 4:30pm ET to discuss the study's results. The presentation will be followed by a Q&A.
Full release: globenewswire.com/news-relea…
Maggie Prendergast, Ph.D. retweeted
BIOE advanced in rankings to 12th among public universities in bioengineering and biomedical engineering graduate programs and 28th in the nation according to the @usnews 2024-25 #BestColleges report.
Read more at: bioe.umd.edu/news/story/umd-…
Maggie Prendergast, Ph.D. retweeted
Congratulations to our Chair, Dr. John P. Fisher, on being selected for the Distinguished University Professor Award—the highest academic honor at #UMD!
Congratulations to the 2024 Distinguished University Professor Award recipients! @UofMaryland @ClarkSchool @UMDBIOE @umd_arhu @UMDscience @umdgeology @UMDCollegeofEd @UMDPhysics @eceumd
#UMD
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Gene-edited pig kidney transplanted into a living patient for the first time statnews.com/2024/03/21/firs… via @statnews
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Engineered T cells (w/ CD19) is hitting it big for autoimmune diseases: single injection for 15 patients with 3 conditions--> all remissions, no need for immunosuppressive Rx
nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NE… @NEJM
Maggie Prendergast, Ph.D. retweeted
Congrats to @riffe_morgan on her first first author publication in the @BurdickLab published in @AdvSciNews, "Multi-Material Volumetric Additive Manufacturing of Hydrogels using Gelatin as a Sacrificial Network and 3D Suspension Bath."
Link: doi.org/10.1002/adma.2023090…
ALT Figure 1. VAM printing of reactive macromers. Riffe et al Adv Mat 2024.
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This times a million. I’ve posted about this issue several times in the past, especially in the context of hiring. We’re not hiring “the work,” we’re hiring YOU, the scientist. Nobody will care about the work if you communicate it poorly and/or are a jerk!
Maggie Prendergast, Ph.D. retweeted
If students tell me they want to get a PhD, I will support them and write them a letter. But I also tell them, because no one told me at age 21-22:
-- You will spend your twenties making poverty wages while your peers start getting salaries, raises, bonuses, etc.;
-- You may well get into credit card debt paying your bills as a result, especially if you are doing grad school in an expensive city;
-- If you get a faculty job, your salary will likely not be much more than what some of your peers got upon graduating undergrad;
-- You may well be 10+ years behind your peers financially, which may not seem important at age 22 but it will be at age 32
I get that people say "but it's not about the money, it's about passion!" I thought that too. But this stuff matters a ton and students need to be aware of it.
Maggie Prendergast, Ph.D. retweeted
My friend Trevor Kennison has been working on a documentary about his recovery and path to becoming a professional skier after spinal cord injury. Came out today on Netflix! Trevor is doing things most able-bodied people would not even consider. Go watch! netflix.com/title/81691263?s…
Maggie Prendergast, Ph.D. retweeted
Attention biotech innovators! Don't miss this opportunity to prepare your startup for success in large molecule drug development. Our upcoming program dives into topics like CMC, Effective Trial Designs, & Regulatory Strategies. Secure your spot: jji.jnj/3RjAk2c
Maggie Prendergast, Ph.D. retweeted
Got a unique Skype a Scientist request today that I want to see if we can fulfill.
A dance teacher wants to connect with a "physical therapist, kinesiologist, exercise, or movement scientist specializing in dancers"
Do we know anyone who studies this!?
Maggie Prendergast, Ph.D. retweeted
Check out new work from our lab in @AdvSciNews led by @CaprioNiko (w/ invaluable help from @Fiber_Matt & @DalyAndyy) developing granular composites composed of MSC spheroids & “spheroid-sized” microgels for engineering cartilage. @NIH @CEMB_STC
Link: doi.org/10.1002/adma.2023122…
ALT Overview of injectable granular composite system involving cell spheroids (purple) and microgels (green)
Maggie Prendergast, Ph.D. retweeted
What has biology done for fluid dynamics?
I wrote this piece recently for a special collection on the value of interdisciplinary research in biological physics for @NaturePhysics
Full article available here rdcu.be/ds8KY
