What's New
Congratulations to Se-Hwan, Molly, Tyler, Ellen, Yuna, and Catherine!
February 05, 2024
Their nice presentations at ORS 2023! Very Proud!
Congratulations to Tyler!
November 15, 2023
Congratulations to Tyler on winning best poster award at PCMD Annual Scientific Symposium!
Congrats to Ellen, Se-Hwan, Molly, Tyler, Yuna, and Eon!
November 14, 2023
Congratulations on having their abstracts accepted for podium and poster presentations at the upcoming 2024 Orthopaedic Research Society Meeting in Long Beach! Way to go!
Congratulations to Ellen and Su Chin!
October 19, 2023
Congratulations to Ellen and Su Chin on their presentations at BMES 2023!
Welcome to The Heo Lab, Felicia Pinto!
October 16, 2023
Welcome to our Research Engineer, Felicia Pinto!
Congratulations to Ellen and Molly!
July 26, 2023
Huge congratulations Ellen & Molly on passing their Ph.D. qualifying exams! Now, new Ph.D. Candidates in the lab!
Congratulations to Ellen!
July 07, 2023
Ellen and Hannah's proposal has been selected for the CEMB Trainee Pilot Award!! Way to go Ellen!
Congratulations to Molly!
June 20, 2023
Molly's project has been selected to participate in Penn Health-Tech’s 2023 Health-Tech Accelerator cohort! Way to go!
Welcome to The Heo Lab, Jaeun Jung!
April 27, 2023
Welcome to our new Student Researcher Jaeun Jung!
Congratulations to Catherine Wang, Yuna Heo, Tyler Blanch, and Eon Zhang!
April 06, 2023
Their new PhD program acceptances!
Eon Zhang (Duke U, BME)
Yuna Heo (UPenn, BE)
Tyler Blanch (UPenn, BE)
Catherine Wang (UPenn, BE)
Welcome to The Heo Lab, Yuna Heo!
March 15, 2023
Welcome to our Research Engineer Yuna Heo!
Congratulations to Ellen, Se-Hwan, Eon, and Molly!
February 14, 2023
Their nice presentations at ORS 2023! Proud!
Congratulations to the Heo Lab!
February 02, 2023
Congratulations to Dr.Heo and Heo Lab for being awarded NIH/NIAMS R50 Grant Award and for being part of an exciting project to study Achilles Tendinopathy! (Penn Achilles Tendinopathy Center of Research Translation). Our group (Project 2) will explore the relationship between the remodeling of chromatin — the material that makes up chromosomes — and how cells in tendons operate.
Welcome to The Heo Lab, Remi Greenberg
January 16, 2023
Welcome to our Undergrad Student Remi Greenberg.
Welcome to The Heo Lab, Catherine Wang!
January 16, 2023
Welcome to our Research Engineer Catherine Wang!
Welcome to The Heo Lab, Catherine Wang!
January 09, 2023
Welcome to our Research Engineer, Catherine Wang
Congratulations to the Heo Lab!
December 27, 2022
Congratulations to Dr.Heo and Heo Lab for being awarded NIH/NHLBI R01 Grant Award for 2023-2027!
Congratulations to Molly!
November 23, 2022
Congratulations to Molly on on winning best poster award at PCMD Annual Scientific Symposium!
Congrats to Ellen, Se-Hwan, Molly, and Eon!
November 16, 2022
Congratulations on having their abstracts accepted for podium and poster presentations at the upcoming 2023 Orthopaedic Research Society Meeting in Dallas! Way to go!
Congratulations to Se-Hwan and Co-authors!
October 17, 2022
Congratulations to Se-Hwan and coauthors for their manuscript "Three-dimensional kagome structures in a PCL/HA-based hydrogel scaffold to lead slow BMP-2 release for effective bone regeneration" has been accepted for publication in Bio-Design and Manufacturing!
BMES 2022 Poster Presentations - Se-Hwan and Eon!
October 13, 2022
Congratulations to Se-Hwan and Eon on their first poster presentations at BMES 2022!
Congratulations to the Heo Lab!
September 20, 2022
Congratulations to Dr.Heo and Heo Lab for being awarded NIH/NIAMS R01 Grant Award for 2022-2027!
Welcome to The Heo Lab, Tyler Blanch!
September 12, 2022
Welcome to our Biotechnology grad student Tyler Blanch!
Congratulations to the Heo Lab!
September 09, 2022
Congratulations to Dr.Heo and Heo Lab for being awarded NIH/NHLBI R56 Grant Award for 2022-2023!
Congratulations Molly and Ellen!
August 29, 2022
We are very excited that Molly and Ellen are starting their PhD in the Penn Bioengineering program this fall!
Congratulations to Su Chin Heo and Co-authors!
August 22, 2022
Congratulations to Su Chin Heo and Co-authors for their paper 'Aberrant chromatin reorganization in cells from diseased fibrous connective tissue in response to altered chemomechanical cues’ now published in Nature Biomedical Engineering. Nice work!
Congratulations Se-Hwan and Eon!
August 03, 2022
Congratulations on having their first abstracts accepted for presentations @BMESociety 2022
Welcome to The Heo Lab, Rachel Achong!
June 28, 2022
Welcome to our CEMB Summer Student, Rachel Achong
Congratulations to Lucy!
June 07, 2022
Congratulations to Lucy Hederick for being awarded Weinberg College Summer Research Grant! Way to go!
Congratulations Ellen!
May 13, 2022
Congratulations Ellen on her graduation and successfully completing her master's courses!
Congratulations to Molly and Ellen!
April 01, 2022
Huge Congratulations Ellen and Molly! They got admitted by Penn BE for their Ph.D! We can't wait to see what achievements we make together in the coming years!
Congratulations to Sohaib Hashmi!
March 18, 2022
Congrats to Dr. Sohaib Hashimi for matching into Penn Medicine! Best luck!
Congratulations to Saeed Ahmed!
March 01, 2022
Congrats on your acceptance to joint Oxford Nanoimaging (ONI)! Good luck on your new journey!
Congratulations to Lena Hamvas!
December 01, 2021
Congrats on your acceptance to joint the MD program at A.T. Still University School of Osteopathic Medicine! We wish the best to Lena as she continues on her journey!
Congrats to Saeed, Ellen, Se-Hwan, and Molly!
November 10, 2021
Their abstracts were accepted for the presentations at the upcoming 2022 Orthopaedic Research Society Meeting in Tampa, FL!
BMES 2021 Poster Presentation - Molly!
October 09, 2021
Congratulations to Molly on her first poster presentation at BMES 2021!
BMES 2021 Podium Presentation - Ellen!
October 08, 2021
Congratulations to Ellen on her first podium presentation at BMES 2021!
BMES 2021 Podium Presentation - Saeed!
October 08, 2021
Congratulations to Saeed on his first podium presentation at BMES 2021!
Congratulations Saeed, Ellen, and Molly!
August 03, 2021
Congratulations on having their first abstracts accepted for podium presentations and a poster presentation @BMESociety 2021
Congratulations to Se-Hwan, Saeed and Co-authors!
June 08, 2021
Congratulations to Se-Hwan, Saeed, and coauthors for their manuscript "3D cell aggregate printing technology and its applications" that has been accepted for publication in Essays in Biochemistry!
Congratulations Molly and Shreya!
May 13, 2021
Congratulations Molly and Shreya on their graduation and successfully completing their master's courses!
Congratulations to Lucy Hederick for being awarded Northwestern University Summer Undergraduate Research Grant!
April 12, 2021
Congratulations to Lucy Hederick for being awarded Northwestern University Summer Undergraduate Research Grant!! We look forward to meeting you at the lab soon!
Congratulations to Boao Xia and Co-authors!
March 30, 2021
Congratulations to Boao Xia and coauthors for their manuscript "Development of A Decellularized Meniscus Matrix-Based Nanofibrous Scaffold for Meniscus Tissue Engineering" has been accepted for publication in Acta Biomaterialia!
Welcome to The Heo Lab, Lucy Hederick!
March 12, 2021
Welcome to our Undergrad Student Lucy Hederick.
Welcome to The Heo Lab, Sung Yeon Kim!
January 04, 2021
Welcome to our Bioengineering Ph.D. student Sung Yeon Kim!
Welcome to The Heo Lab, Saeed Ahmed!
November 02, 2020
Welcome to our Research Engineer Saeed Ahmed
Welcome to The Heo Lab, Dr. Se-Hwan Lee!
October 15, 2020
Welcome to our Post-Doctoral Fellow Dr. Se-Hwan Lee
Welcome to The Heo Lab, Yujia (Ellen) Zhang!
October 01, 2020
Welcome to our Biotechnology grad student Yujia (Ellen) Zhang!
Congratulations to The Heo Lab for being awarded the "Seed Project Award" from the CEMB!
September 07, 2020
Congratulations to The Heo Lab for being awarded the "Seed Project Award" from the CEMB (Center for Engineering MechanoBiology) at UPenn
Congratulations to Heo Lab!
August 01, 2020
Congratulations to Dr.Heo and Heo Lab for being awarded NIH/NIAMS R21 Grant Award for 2020-2022!
Welcome to The Heo Lab, Zizhao (Molly) and Shreya!
August 01, 2020
Welcome to our Biotechnology grad students Zizhao (Molly) Li and Shreya Mondal
Congratulations to Heo Lab!
July 24, 2020
Congratulations to Dr.Heo for being awarded NIH/NIAMS R21 Grant Award for 2020-2022!
Congratulations to Su Chin Heo and Co-authors
June 19, 2020
Congratulations to Su Chin Heo and Co-authors for their paper 'Nuclear softening expedites interstitial cell migration in fibrous networks and dense connective tissues’ now published in Science Advances. Nice work!
Congratulations to Heo Lab!
May 04, 2020
Congratulations to Dr.Heo for being awarded NIH/NIAMS K01 Grant Award for 2020-2025. Way to go!
Welcome to The Heo Lab
May 01, 2020
The Heo Lab started at Penn in March 2020!
Congratulations to Boao Xia!
March 18, 2020
Boao Xia got admitted by Rice University for her Ph.D.! Big Congratulations!