Our Research Approach
Our approach is to interface tissue engineering with microtechnologies, such as microfluidics and microarrays, to incorporate biological complexity into quantitative screening platforms. Through this effort, we expect to capture more complex multi-cellular phenotypes and interactions to bridge between simplistic single cell-based assays and animal studies.
Find out more about our research focus areas
Micropatterned Stem Cells
to recreate artificial environments that can guide embryonic tissue patterning processes during early neurodevelopment.
Modular Microfluidic Avatars
that enable us to control, perturb and measure cell-cell interactions with increased precision and translate them into applications in drug discovery.
Biophysical Environmental Cues
for modulating stem cell fates using fluid shear stress and substrate stiffness and topographies.