Bruce Kirkpatrick
@bruceekirk
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8th year MD-PhD student @CU_MSTP @CUBoulder / i like all kinds of stuff / my opinions only
Boulder, CO
Joined April 2011
incredibly humbled and honored to have received this recognition — all thanks to my fantastic collaborators and the amazing mentorship I received in @AnsethGroup!
We are very excited to share that @bruceekirk was awarded the CU Boulder College of Engineering and Applied Science’s 2025 Outstanding Dissertation Award! This award is given in recognition of the outstanding quality of his doctoral thesis! @CUEngineering
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almost like it’s the greatest film ever made!
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For our Anseth Bowman BBQ this year we decided to capture a "3D time lapse" of our group! It was a great evening filled with amazing food, interesting conversations, and fun games! 🍂🥘⚽️
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Congratulations to Kristi for being featured in Forbes 50 Over 50: Innovation list! She was recognized for “inventing tissue substitutes that restore or improve function and advance treatments for everything from broken bones to diseased heart valves!”
Proud to celebrate Kristi Anseth, @CUBoulder professor of Chemical & Biological Engineering, named to @Forbes 50 Over 50: Innovation list! 🎉 Her research in regenerative biomaterials is reshaping medicine and inspiring the next generation of innovators. https://t.co/q1jfB6tCxa
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New Review! #devbiol #bioelectricity #CellBiology #tissueregeneration In our new @AnnualReviews piece, we explore how bioelectricity is generated, sensed & translated into responses that sculpt tissues, guide growth & enable tissue regeneration.
annualreviews.org
Bioelectricity is likely as old as life itself. From the moment the first proto-cell was enclosed in a lipid bilayer, a membrane potential arose. Thus, one can expect that bioelectrical activities...
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To lower the submission volume and reviewer burden, charge - $100k fee to submit a paper. - $1M gold status for unlimited number of paper submissions for a year. - $5M platinum status for unlimited paper acceptances for a year.
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We're incredibly excited to announce that Kristi has received the 2025 @theNAEng Founders Award for her contributions to polymer science and tissue engineering. This award will be presented in person on 10/5 in Washington, DC — congratulations, Kristi!
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9 CDC Directors going back to 1977 speak out. What RFK Jr has done to our nation’s public health system "should alarm every American." It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced."
nytimes.com
Agency leaders sound the alarm.
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a mechanophore that releases network-tethered latent acrylates and coumarins…can envision some very nice coupled mechano + photochemistry here!! 🤓
Just out in @angew_chem: @MerkleInstitute researchers have developed a new type of mechanophore incorporating coumarin - a molecular sensor that glows bright blue when plastic materials experience stress or damage. Read about it here: https://t.co/wCzqADekwF
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When a title and subhead capture it all perfectly
Ending mRNA vaccine development demonstrates weakness The science behind mRNA is clear But because of bad information spread by @SecKennedy and others, people have doubts Leadership isnt about giving into fear But backing what is right My latest for @GlobeOpinion
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At our CU-CSU Summit on chronic diseases, @KaustavBera11 of @AnsethGroup and @CUEngineering presented his groundbreaking research on #organoids and how we can use them to understand tissue health and diseases. It was #inspiring to learn about the innovative work at @CUBoulder!
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🥳 We’re delighted to share our latest work in @ScienceAdvances with @BurdickLab, developing DLP-printable hydrogel formulations that contain initiator-free photochemistries for functionalization, stiffening, and softening. Congrats to all involved! https://t.co/QLKoUlbuXo
science.org
A generalizable strategy to 3D print and program photoresponsive hydrogels with light is introduced.
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My final paper from graduate school is out now! Another fantastic collaboration between @RPMGroupCU and @AnsethGroup, we show that mechanical anisotropy of liquid crystals can be retained in hydrogels through clever chemistry and biofabrication approaches!
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
Liquid crystalline hydrogels (LCHs) combine the anisotropic mechanical properties intrinsic to LC networks with the cytocompatibility and soft mechanics of PEG hydrogels. Despite their low LC...
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We have many things to share that we are celebrating: we had two fantastic summer undergrads, Kaeden and Aahana, who leave today 🥹 Grad students Mark and Bruce both defended their PhD theses!! 🥳 Plus, grad student Nolan received an NSF-GRFP award 👏Congratulations to all! 🎊 🎉
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i am very pleased to share that my PhD thesis defense will be on 7/29 (Tuesday) at 10AM MDT. let me know if you'd like the Zoom link! i will be returning to medical school in September and may even finish school before i turn 40 (no promises).
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It is disheartening to see today that the strength of international law and humanitarian law no longer seems binding, replaced by the presumed right to overpower others. This is unworthy and shameful for humanity and for the leaders of nations.
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elon could own trump by privately funding billions of dollars of unconditional STEM research
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The Trump administration has launched a Blitzkrieg on science and academic freedom. As researchers, we must use our voices to advocate for science to protect patients, the economy, and truth itself. Read more in my op-ed in @TheScientistLLC. https://t.co/W0waPa3ChU
the-scientist.com
The survival of science and academic freedom in this country requires that we stand up and fight for the truth with all we have.
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I wrote an Op-Ed about the government's attacks on Harvard. Please share with anybody who thinks these attacks help anybody. https://t.co/NvsZIn7XAE
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