JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON – (Aug. 8, 2024) – Cornell University graduate Victoria Capobianco, of Scarsdale, N.Y., an intern assigned to Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) San Antonio, presented her research titled, “In-vitro Testing of Bacterial Nanocellulose as Scaffolding for Mesenchymal Stem Cell Differentiation and Mineralization” to her mentor, Dr. Daniel Thompson, NAMRU San Antonio leadership and other researchers as part of the Office of Naval Research’s Naval Research Enterprise Internship Program (NREIP) at Willis Hall. NREIP places college and university students in the Department of the Navy laboratories where they take part in real Naval research for ten weeks during the summer. NREIP gives academically talented college students, graduating seniors, and graduate students pursuing STEM careers the opportunity to learn about Naval research and technology while receiving first-class mentoring by top scientists and engineers. NAMRU San Antonio is one of the leading research and development laboratories for the U.S. Navy under the Department of Defense (DoD) and is one of eight subordinate research commands in the global network of laboratories operating under the Naval Medical Research Command in Silver Spring, Md. Its mission is to conduct gap driven combat casualty care, craniofacial, and directed energy research to improve survival, operational readiness, and safety of DoD personnel engaged in routine and expeditionary operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Burrell Parmer, NAMRU San Antonio Public Affairs/Released)
Date Taken: | 08.08.2024 |
Date Posted: | 08.09.2024 12:57 |
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Location: | SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, US |
Hometown: | SCARSDALE, NEW YORK, US |
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