Bioengineering

The Simoes-Costa lab focuses on decoding the molecular programs that orchestrate cell differentiation in the vertebrate embryo.

We employ functional genomics to characterize the gene regulatory circuits that control cell state transitions during...

The principal activities of the Lewis Group involve 3D printing of soft functional materials for use in printed electronics, optical materials, light-weight structures, and microvascular architectures for cell culture and tissue engineering.

Jennifer has...

José Ordovas-Montañes seeks to understand the principles of how inflammation drives memory formation in human barrier tissues, in order to program and re-program them in disease.

We are developing a training environment where we apply emerging techniques...

The Melero-Martin laboratory aims to develop cell-based technologies that will allow engineering vascularized tissues in vivo using postnatal progenitor cells obtained from patients by non-invasive means

Stem cells and tissue engineering hold great promise...

Jessica Whited studies limb regeneration in axolotl salamanders, with the ultimate goal of discovering how to regenerate limbs in patients.

The Whited lab develops tools to manipulate gene expression during limb regeneration, and explores signaling events...

The Shah lab seeks to develop and test novel, targeted, cell-based therapies for brain cancers.

Successful treatment of brain tumors remains one of the greatest challenges in oncology. The recognition that different cell types that have therapeutic...

Sharad Ramanathan studies how multi-potent cells make developmental decisions and how the nervous system makes behavioral decisions.

Our laboratory focusses studying how multi-potent cells make developmental decisions and how the nervous system makes...

The Pu laboratory studies the regulation of gene expression in heart development and heart failure with the goal of applying their new knowledge towards regenerative approaches to congenital and acquired heart disease.

Research in William T. Pu's...

Kit Parker researches cardiac cell biology and tissue engineering, traumatic brain injury, and biological applications of micro- and nanotechnologies.

The Parker lab seeks to understand cellular mechanotransduction in the heart. Specifically, they...

The Karp lab aims to create advanced biomaterials and devices for therapeutics, taking a highly multidisciplinary approach.

Technologies developed in the Karp lab include high-tech skincare, tissue adhesives, and 3D printed biomedical devices...