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(July 2025)  <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>New publication entitled &#8220;Functional Design and Biophysical Characterization of Analyte-Responsive Polymers,&#8221; has been published in <em>Biomacromolecules<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/acs.biomac.5c00066\">Read the paper here.<\/a> (July 2025)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>New publication with the Halpern lab, entitled &#8220;Reproducibly Modified Elastin-like Polymer Gold Electrode Surfaces,&#8221; has been published in <em>ACS Measurement Science Au<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/acsmeasuresciau.5c00033\">Read the paper here.<\/a>(June 2025)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Dr. Balog co-chaired a symposium on Tissue Engineering and Disease Modeling at the TechConnect World Innovation conference in Austin, TX. (June, 2025)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Welcome to our summer BIO-SENS ARTS interns, Eniola Soetan (Dickinson State University), Banke Falebita (Texas A&amp;M), and LeeLee Sanders (Ursinus College)! (May 2025)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Congratulations to research assistant Sam Spiese for receiving the School of Molecular and Physical Sciences Excellence in Research Award and graduating with a B.S. in Chemistry! (May 2025)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Congratulations to our former technician Carolyn Curley for receiving an NSF GRFP Honorable Mention! 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