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Laura Beasman is a student at John Hopkin’s Institute for NanoBioTechnology. A recipient of both the IGERT grant and the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, Beasman is currently working in a lab whose research will hopefully lead to treatments and a cure for blood vessel disorders.

Beasman has also accepted an offer from the NSF International Research Experience for Students (IRES). She will work on a short term project in Belgium with one of the top research labs for nanoelectronics and nanotechnology.

“The ultimate goal is to direct the cells to become blood vessels,” Beasman says. Part of their initial success in this project was simply getting the HA, which is a large sugar molecule, to stay where she put it on the surface. Recently, Beasman has started working with adult stem cells. Her work is co-advised by Kathleen Stebe, John Hopkins research professor, INBT affiliate and IGERT program director.

For more information on Laura Beasman and her work at the John Hopkin’s Institute for NanoBioTechnology, please visit http://inbt.jhu.edu/igert-student-profile-laura-beasman/2009/04/22