2024

02/15/2024 Congrats to undergraduate student Maria Gonzalez Mundarain for winning an ECU Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (URCA) Award.
02/06/2024 Congrats to Heather Belcher and our collaborators for the publication of "Comprehensive Analysis of the Role of Fibrinogen and Thrombin in Clot Formation and Structure for Plasma and Purified Fibrinogen" in Biomolecules.
01/13/2024 Congrats to FLL challenge lego robotics team "Power to the Max", Coached by Dr. Nathan Hudson, for competing for the North Carolina State Championship.

2023

12/06/2023 Dr. Nathan Hudson gave a colloquium at the University of Michigan entitled "Probing the polymerization and structure of a blood clot."
10/20/2023 Dr. Nathan Hudson gave a colloquium at the ECU Protein Biophysics Workshop entitled "Fibrinogen and Fibrin: A Story for the Ages."
08/18/2023 Dr. Nathan Hudson was promoted to associate professor and awarded tenure.
07/19/2023 Congrats to Heather Belcher and our collaborators for the publication of "What is the diameter of a fibrin fiber?" in Res Pract Thromb Haemost.
06/01/2023 Congrats to Dr. Hudson and our collaborators for the publication of "Systematic mapping of the conformational landscape and dynamism of soluble fibrinogen" in J Thromb Haemost.
05/30/2023 Welcome to Yanni Pavlikianidis our LSAMP summer scholar! 04/11/2023 Congrats to Nick Kirby for succesfully defending his Masters thesis, titled "Towards Establishing Methods of Synthesis, Purification, and Structural Determination for Human Fibrinogen".
04/07/2023 Congrats to Ethan Stoll, Sean Cone, Spencer Lynch, and Andrew Fuquqy, along with our collaborators, for the publication of "Fluorescent microspheres can affect in vitro fibrinolytic outcomes" in PLoS One.
04/03/2023 Congrats to all the Hudson Lab students that presented at the 2023 ECU RCAW. Great Job!!
03/20/2023 Congrats to Heather Belcher for succesfully defending her PhD dissertation, titled "Evaluating the Use of Turbidimetry for Studying Fibrin Structural Properties".
03/02/2023 Dr. Hudson gave a colloquium at Kent State University (his alma mater) entitled "Structural and Biomechanical Features of Blood Clots.
02/17/2023 Congrats to Nick Kirby, along with our collaborators, for the publication of "Fibrinolysis: an illustrated review" in Res Pract Thromb Haemost.

2022

12/05/2022 Congrats to Ethan Stoll who graduated with a B.S. in Chemistry from ECU. He is awaiting decisions on his medical school applications. Thanks for the hard work and best wishes on your next steps!!
10/21/2022 Congrats to undergraduate student Hannah Sowers for winning an ECU Undergraduate Research in Physics (URCA) Award.
10/21/2022 Congrats to undergraduate student Ethan Stoll for winning an ECU Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (URCA) Award.
10/21/2022 Congrats to undergraduate student Mason Verhaeghe for winning an ECU Undergraduate Research in Physics (URCA) Award.
08/05/2022 Congrats to Heather Belcher and Nick Kirby for their successful presentations at the GRC Hemostais Conference.
06/17/2022 Congrats to Heather Belcher, along with our collaborators, for the publication of "The Applicability of Current Turbidimetric Approaches for Analyzing Fibrin Fibers and Other Filamentous Networks" in Biomolecules.
05/06/2022 Congrats to graduating seniors Spencer Lynch, Jose De La Garza, and Wyatt Peele. Thanks for the hard work and best wishes on your next endeavors!!
03/15/2022 Congrats to undergraduate student Spencer Lynch and our collaborators for the publication of "Microscale Structural Changes of Individual Fibrin Fibers During Fibrinolysis" in Acta Biomaterialia .
02/28/2022 Congrats to undergraduate student Spencer Lynch for winning an ECU Undergraduate Research in Physics (URPA) Award.
02/16/2022 Congrats to undergraduate student Jose De La Garza for winning an ECU Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (URCA) Award.
02/08/2022 Dr. Hudson was awarded an Open Access Publishing Support Fund Award.
01/19/2022 Congrats to students Grega Popovic, Nick Kirby, Taylor Dement, Krissy Peterson, Caroline Daub, and Heather Belcher, along with our collaborators, for the publication of "Development of Transient Recombinant Expression and Affinity Chromatography Systems for Human Fibrinogen" in IJMS.

2021

12/20/2021 Dr. Hudson and collaborator Dr. Brittany Bannish published their article "The Utility and Potential of Mathematical Models in Predicting Fibrinolytic Outcomes" in Current Opinion in Biomedical Engineering .
10/19/2021 Congrats to Undergraduate Student Hannah Sowers for winning an ECU Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (URCA) Award.
10/19/2021 Congrats to Undergraduate Student Ethan Stoll for winning an ECU Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (URCA) Award.
10/19/2021 Congrats to Undergraduate Student Caroline Daub for winning an ECU Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (URCA) Award.
10/06/2021 Congrats to summer REU student Krissy Peterson, who gave a presentation entitled: "Novel Affinity-based Fibrinogen Purification Strategies" at the 2021 BMES meeting.
08/03/2021 Good luck to summer REU student Krissy Peterson, who finished up a great summmer in the lab.
07/20/2021 Congrats to former undergraduate student Sean Cone who wone the prestigious Helms Award from Sigma Xi.
07/08/2021 Dr. Hudson gave a presentation entitled "Inherent Polymer Tension Regulates the Enzymatic Breakdown of Blood Clots" at the Endeavor Research 2nd Webinar on Chemistry.
06/15/2021 Dr. Hudson and undergraduate student Spencer Lynch gave a presentation entitled "Mechanisms of Fibrinolysis of Fibrin Fibers" at the International Fibrinogen Research Society Mini-Symposium.
06/15/2021 Congrats to graduate student Heather Belcher who gave a presentation entitled "Assessing Current Turbidimetric Approaches in Determining Fibrin Fiber Properties" at the International Fibrinogen Research Society Mini-Symposium.
06/15/2021 Dr. Hudson gave a presentation entitled "Quantifying the Inherent Tension in Fibrin Fibers and Understanding Its Role in Fibrinolytic Clearance" at the International Fibrinogen Research Society Mini-Symposium.
06/15/2021 Dr. Hudson and undergraduate student Spencer Lynch gave a presentation entitled "Mechanisms of Fibrinolysis of Fibrin Fibers" at the International Fibrinogen Research Society Mini-Symposium.
04/26/2021 Dr. Hudson recieved the ECU THCAS Dean's Early Career Award.
04/07/2021 Hudson Lab Members Heather Belcher, Elizabeth Viverette, Spencer Lynch, and Grega Popovic presented their work at the 2021 ECU RCAW (Research and Creative Activities Week).
02/22/2021 Congrats to undergraduate student Spencer Lynch for his presentation "The Validity of Current Turbidimetric Approaches in Determining Fibrin Diameter" at the ECU SODM Celebration of Research and Scholarship.
03/25/2021 Congrats to Undergraduate Student Spencer Lynch for winning an ECU Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (URCA) Award.
02/10/2021 Congrats to graduate student Heather Belcher for her presentation "Resolving Structural Changes In Fibers During Fibrinolysis" at the 65th Annual Biophysical Society Meeting.
02/10/2021 Congrats to graduate student Grega Popovic for his presentation "Measuring the Effects of Fibrinogen Glycosylations on Fibrin Polymerization using Turbidity" at the ECU SODM Celebration of Research and Scholarship.

2020

11/2/2020 Dr. Hudson gave a presentation entitled "Reverse Engineering Natural Blood Clot Biopolymers" at the STEM at Starlight Biomaterials Meeting.
08/31/2020 Congrats to Undergraduate Student Spencer Lynch for winning an ECU UGA UR Mini Award.
06/20/2020 Congrats to Undergraduate Student Spencer Lynch for his presentation "Resolving Structural Changes During the Digestion of Fibrin Fibers" at the 2020 triangle cytoskeleton meeting.
05/08/2020 Congrats to Sean Cone who graduated with a B.S. in Chemistry from ECU. He will be attending NC State to pursue a PhD.
04/15/2020 Congrats to Undergraduate Student Sean Cone and all of the other authors for the publication of "Inherent fibrin fiber tension propels mechanisms of network clearance during fibrinolysis" in Acta Biomaterialia .
03/26/2020 Dr. Hudson was selected to participated in the BB&T Active Learning and Leadership Program.
03/25/2020 Congrats to Undergraduate Student Sean Cone for winning an ECU Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (URCA) Award.
03/25/2020 Congrats to Undergraduate Student Michael Mongoy for winning an ECU Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (URCA) Award.
03/13/2020 A STEM Education grant, that Dr. Hudson helped to write, entitled "Team Experiences and Mentoring Strategies for Undergraduate Research (TEaMS-UR)" was awarded funding.
02/15/2020 Congrats to Dr. Hudson for his presentation "Unexpected, Tension-Dependent Mechanisms Govern Network Clearance During Fibrinolysis" at the 2020 Annual Biophysical Society Meeting.

2019

12/10/2019 Congrats to Dr. Hudson and collaborators Dr. Offenbacher and Dr. Sen for receiveing an NHLBI R15 grant studying fibrin(ogen) structural differences.
10/25/2019 Congrats to undergraduate student Elizabeth (Grace) Viverette for winning an ECU Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (URCA) Award!
07/01/2019 Dr. Hudson was awarded an NHLBI R15 grant to study the structure and function of the fibrin alpha-C connector region!
05/03/2019 Congrats to Sean Cavenaugh who graduated with a M.S. in medical physics from ECU.
05/03/2019 Congrats to Justin Litofsky who graduated with a degree in physics from ECU.
05/03/2019 Congrats to Miranda Lee who graduated with a degree in physics from ECU.
04/23/2019 Dr. Hudson was awarded the THCAS Summer Research Award.
03/15/2019 Congrats to graduate student Fatama Huda and our collaborator Ali Vahdati for having their abstract accepted for a podium presentation for the SB3C2019 conference!
02/22/2019 Congratulations to Miranda Lee for winning an ECU Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (URCA) Award for his project on mechanisms of fibrinolysis.
02/22/2019 Congratulations to Sean Cone for winning an ECU Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (URCA) Award for his project on mechanisms of fibrinolysis.
02/4/2019 Dr. Hudson was named interim Co-director of the new ECU biomaterials research cluster.

2018

10/25/2018 Students Taylor Dement and Sean Cone presented their research at the 11th Biennial Carolina Biophysics Symposium.
09/21/2018 Congrats to Taylor Dement for passing his PhD proposal examination!
08/03/2018 Congrats to Chris Gough who completed his summer REU and had his abstract accepted.
06/19/2018 Congrats to Andrew Fuquay who graduated with a degree in physics from ECU and will be attending Duke University to study Medical Physics.
06/10/2018 Dr. Hudson was awarded a pilot grant for his studies on the mechanical properties of blood clots.
06/06/2018 PhD Candidate Taylor Dement presented a poster at the 25th Annual Fibrinogen and 3rd Factor XIII Workshop.
06/04/2018 Dr. Hudson chaired the Fibrinolysis Section of the 25th Annual Fibrinogen and 3rd Factor XIII Workshop and gave a talk entitled "Elongation of Fibrin Fibers During Fibrinolysis"
06/01/2018 The Hudson Lab welcomes summer REU student Chris Gough!
05/30/2018 Thanks to Taylor Dement for representing the Hudson Lab and ECU at the Graduate Education Day in Raleigh, NC and discussing our work with NC Legislators"
04/06/2018 Dr. Hudson gave a colloqium at the ECU Chemistry Department entitled "Mechano(bio)chemistry: Tools and Applications".
04/05/2018 Our CFM is fully operational. Thanks to Sean Cavenaugh for the hard work!
04/02/2018 PhD Candidate Taylor Dement won an award for best oral presentation during the ECU RCAW (Research and Creative Activities Week).
03/26/2018 Hudson Lab Members Andrew Fuquay, Sean Cone, Miranda Lee, Sean Cavenaugh, Justin Litofsky, Robby Moller, and Taylor Dement presented their work at the 2018 ECU RCAW (Research and Creative Activities Week).
03/14/2018 Dr. Hudson gave a talk on Molecular Biophysics to the ECU Society of Physics Students (SPS).
02/22/2018 Congratulations to Sean Cone for winning an ECU Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (URCA) Award for his project on mechanisms of fibrinolysis.
02/22/2018 Congratulations to Robby Moller for winning an ECU Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (URCA) Award for his project on the fibrin mechanics.

2017

12/15/2017 Congrats to Sarah Spangler who graduated with a degree in biology from the ECU honors college.
12/15/2017 Congrats to Zachary Sherman-Burke who graduated with a triple major in physics, chemistry, and biochemistry from the ECU.
10/27/2017 Dr. Hudson hosted our colloquium speaker, Dr. Brad Barlow from High Point University, in his modern physics class for a Q&A on careers in physics.
08/27/2017 The Hudson Lab welcomes Sean Cone!
08/10/2017 Our new Leica DMi8 TIRF microscope is installed and operational! Thanks to Jim Leisy and Chris Murphy from Leica for getting it done.
07/27/2017 Dr. Hudson gave a talk at Research at Crave entitled "Biology as a Mechanical System".
04/13/2017 The Hudson Lab welcomes ECU Physics PhD Candidate Taylor Dement!
04/07/2017 Hudson Lab Member Sean Cavenaugh won an award for best poster presentation during the ECU RCAW (Research and Creative Activities Week).
04/03/2017 Hudson Lab Members Andrew Fuquay, Sean Cavenaugh, Zachary Sherman-Burke, and Sarah Spangler presented their work at the 2017 ECU RCAW (Research and Creative Activities Week).
03/11/2017 Dr. Hudson held demonstrations at the "A Time for Science" festival in Greenville, NC.
02/21/2017 Congratulations to Andrew Fuquay for winning an ECU Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (URCA) Award for his project on small fibrin network fibrinolysis.
02/08/2017 Dr. Hudson gave a talk at the Wake Forest University Physics Department entitled "Protein Optimization and Biophysical Requirements for Hemostasis Initiation".

2016

11/14/2016 The Hudson Lab welcomes Zachary Sherman-Burke!
11/02/2016 Congratulations to Sean Cavenaugh for winning an ECU Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (URCA) Award for his project on building and enhancing a centrifuge force microscope.
10/03/2016 The Hudson Lab welcomes Sarah Spangler who will be working on her honors project!
09/30/2016 The Hudson Lab welcomes ECU Master's student Laura Russell!
09/20/2016 The Hudson Lab welcomes ECU Master's student John Blalock!
09/15/2016 Dr. Hudson gave a talk at the ECU Biology Department entitled "Mechobiology and Blood Clotting".
09/15/2016 We have our first lab equipment! Thanks to Sean and Andrew for helping with the move.
08/30/2016 The Hudson Lab welcomes Sean Cavenaugh and Andrew Fuquay as its first lab members!