Past Announcements

  • 8/5/17: REU student Ande Greco (St. Vincent College) presents her summer research project. Thank you for your hard work, Ande! Learn more about the PFM REU here.
  • 6/1/17: Drs. Fedorchak and Yu accepted into Pitt First Gear Program with entrepreneurial leads Mike Washington and Katie Duncan. Learn more about First Gear here.
  • 4/1/17: Dr. Michael Washington and Jorge Jimenez have accepted positions on the Department of Ophthalmology NIH T32 "Interdisciplinary Visual Sciences" Training Program. Congratulations to both of you!
  • 3/3/17: Jorge Jimenez, Fedorchak Lab researcher, has a banner week with acceptance of Society for Biomaterials STAR Award Honorable Mention AND the 2017 Joel Smalley Travel Award. Congratulations, Jorge!
  • 2/28/17: Drs. Morgan Fedorchak and Jenny Yu receive Chancellor's Innovation Award for their work in treating enophthalmia. Read about it here.
  • ​12/2/16: Read our recent publication on endophthalmitis control using topical drug delivery in TVST here.
  • 11/15/16: Undergraduate researcher Meera Sakthivel will be joining us next semester through the First Experiences in Research project. Welcome, Meera!
  • 11/1/16: New paper in Tissue Engineering Part A, complete with cover art! Check it out here.
  • 8/29/16: The Fedorchak Lab has moved! You can now find us in the BST-3 Penthouse :)
  • 8/15/16: Come hear about research in the Fedorchak Lab at the Carnegie Science Center on September 12. Learn more about Cafe Scientifique here.
  • 7/15/16: The Fedorchak Lab receives funding with Dr. Ken Nischal from the Cystinosis Research Foundation. Learn more about corneal cystinosis and CRF here.
  • 4/12/16: PhD student Jorge Jimenez will be joining the lab this summer. Welcome, Jorge!
  • 4/11/16: Nate Myers named 2016 SSOE Undergraduate PPG Fellow--congratulations, Nate!
  • 4/5/16: Selkie Therapeutics and SoliDrop win First Place at the 3 Rivers Venture Fair "Shark Tank" competition! Learn more about 3RVF here.
  • 3/1/16: Nate Myers joins the Fedorchak Lab--welcome Nate!
  • 12/20/15: The Fedorchak Lab receives funding from the Center for Medical Innovation in collaboration with Cuneyt Alper, MD (Otolaryngology)
  • 11/20/15: See our feature in the Fall issue of Sight + Sound, the official newsletter of the Eye and Ear Foundation of Pittsburgh.
  • Read our recent review in Journal of Controlled Release here. Congratulations Emily!
  • See our latest publication in Chemical Communications here. Congratulations Michelle!
  • 10/1/15: The "Monthly Eye Drop" project receives funding from the Wallace H. Coulter Foundation. Learn more about Coulter@Pitt here.
  • Liza Bruk joins the Fedorchak Lab--welcome Liza! If you're interested in applying, see our open positions.
  • Check out the Wall Street Journal feature of our glaucoma drug delivery system here.