We are proud to announce that Dr. Akhilesh Gaharwar’s work on “Hyperbranched Polyester Hydrogels with Controlled Drug Release and Cell Adhesion Properties” was selected for Merit Award at 2013 SFB Annual Meeting (Boston). The research project was performed in our lab jointly by Drs. Akhilesh Gaharwar, Hongbin Zhang and Alpesh Patel. Congratulations to all of them!