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Focus Areas
Bioinstrumentation and Devices
Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering
Jared Churko – generation and assembly of various iPSC-derived cell types into tissue constructsGeoffrey Gurtner – use of 3D tissue engineered scaffolds that mimic scar formation in vitroPhilipp Gutruf – soft inorganic electronic materials and sensorsMinkyu Kim – artificial protein polymer design, protein and polymer synthesis, (bio)polymer physics and chemistry, synthetic biology, bioconjugation, soft materials, and antimicrobial biomaterialsDavid Margolis – bone and cartilage tissue engineeringIngmar Riedel-Kruse – synthetic multicellular systems with applications for health, environment, biosynthesis and biomaterialsMarek Romanowski – nanoparticle and liposome materials for drug deliveryMarvin Slepian – polymeric biomaterials, biodegradable stents, drug-eluting stents and artificial heartShang Song – cell-based microfluidics for organ-on-chip systems; engineered cellular microenvironment for neural regeneration, muscle rehabilitation, diabetes, and bone tissue engineering; cell-material constructs to mimic tissue interfacesJohn Szivek – 3D-printable materials for implantation with adult stem cellsFernando Teran Arce – membrane-mediated cytotoxicity mechanismsJason Wertheim – liver, kidney and vascular tissue engineeringJeong-Yeol Yoon – paper-based systems for tissue engineering and organ-on-a-chip applicationsYitshak Zohar – microfluidic systems for bio-chemical-medical applications
Biomechanics
Wolfgang Fink – ocular biomechanicsGeoffrey Gurtner – argeting mechanotransduction pathways to prevent fibrosis or mitigate the foreign body response (FBR) to biomedical implantsSamantha Harris – force measurements in cardiac muscle cells to understand mechanisms of cardiac contractionMinkyu Kim – molecular biomechanicsKaveh Laksari – injury biomechanicsDaniel Latt – foot and ankle biomechanicsZong-Ming Li – musculoskeletal biomechanicsDavid Margolis – musculoskeletal tissue biomechanicsKristen Renner – various techniques including motion capture to optimize the outcomes of orthopedic surgeries and sports injuriesIngmar Riedel-Kruse – synthetic cell-cell adhesins to shape the visco-elastic properties of novel biomaterialsMarvin Slepian – cardiovascular and tubular organ functionalityShang Song – cellular biomechanics; regenerative rehabilitationJohn Szivek – load sharing induced by orthopedic implantsJil C. Tardiff – mechanical properties of cardiac function in health and disease assessed at the cellular and whole heart levelsFernando Teran Arce – biomechanics of cells and membranesNima Toosizadeh – finite element modeling, motion analysis, and assessment of function and cognitive decline in aging populationRussell Witte – ultrasound elasticity and shear wave imaging
Biomedical Imaging and Spectroscopy
Jennifer Barton – optical coherence tomography and fluorescence spectroscopyAli Bilgin – accelerated MRI and MR parameter mapping, cancer imagingNan-kuei Chen – motion-immune clinical MRI, MRI corrections and improvementsWolfgang Fink – Scheimpflug imaging and ray tracingArthur Gmitro – multimodality imaging methods and techniques, confocal microendoscopyElizabeth Hutchinson – quantitative preclinical MRIDongkyun Kang – in vivo microscopyJen Watson Koevary – cardiovascular imagingKaveh Laksari – neuroimaging in biomechanicsZong-Ming Li – MRI, CT, and ultrasound imagingLinda Powers – sensors and diagnostics using various spectroscopic techniquesManoj Saranathan – ultrafast and dynamic MRI, MRI physics and reconstruction with applications to cancer, metabolism, and inflammationTravis Sawyer - development of new imaging techniques and algorithms for disease diagnosis and screeningT. Judith Su – optical resonators and biophotonicsJil C. Tardiff – time-resolved and steady-state FRET, differential scanning calorimetry, isothermal calorimetry, stopped-flow fluorescence spectroscopy, regulated in vitro motility, intramyocellular calcium fluxFernando Teran Arce – atomic force microscopyTed Trouard – neurological imaging via MRIEvan Unger – ultrasound agentsUrs Utzinger – clinical imaging instrumentation to evaluate gynecological and gastrointestinal cancerSrinivasan Vedantham – design, development and clinical translation of novel X-ray/CT imaging systems and techniquesRussell Witte – hybrid imaging with light, sound and microwavesJeong-Yeol Yoon – smartphone app instant optical scanner
Biomedical Informatics
Ali Bilgin – data compressionJared Churko – single-cell RNA sequencing, ChIP sequencing, whole genome sequencingJean-Marc Fellous – computational neuroscience, biophysical modelingWolfgang Fink – computer-based classification of visual field dataGeoffrey Gurtner – gene analysis with single cell RNA sequencing from various cell types from a variety of disease statesVignesh Subbian – computational medicine, biomedical data science and informatics
Biosensors
Stephen Cowen – devices sensing neural activity and dopamine in behaving animalsGeoffrey Gurtner – wearable electronics to sense the current wound state and deliver therapeutic electrical stimulation to improve healingPhilipp Gutruf – soft, bio-integrated, wireless battery-free sensor systemsSamantha Harris – developing force and proximity sensors using FRET.Linda Powers – bio-based sensors with biological function as recognition elementDavid Margolis – in vivo bone strain and force measurementsMarvin Slepian – gene sequencing and platelet activationT. Judith Su – label-free single-molecule detectionJohn Szivek – implantable strain and load measurement systemsUrs Utzinger – biosensors for minimally invasive cancer detectionJeong-Yeol Yoon – smartphone biosensors for medical diagnostics
Cardiovascular Biomedical Engineering
Jennifer Barton – minimally invasive procedures for the treatment of cardiovascular diseaseJared Churko – optical mapping, contraction force, cardiac cell generation from iPSCsWolfgang Fink – wearable-sensor-based stress managementSamantha Harris – cardiovascular diseases such as cardiomyopathies and how engineering approaches can provide insights into cardiac physiologyMinkyu Kim – atherosclerosisJen Watson Koevary – therapeutics and toxicity screeningKaveh Laksari – aortic injury due to dynamic bendingMarek Romanowski – augmented and holographic imaging for surgical guidanceMarvin Slepian – end-stage congestive heart failure and artificial replacements to bridge support until transplantT. Judith Su – micropatterning of extracellular matrix molecules for cellular controlJil C. Tardiff – mouse models of genetic cardiomyopathies and the development of small molecule inhibitors to alter disease progressionFernando Teran Arce – cell mechanics, cytoskeletal organization and membrane properties in relation to lung and cardiovascular diseasesEvan Unger – nanodroplets for sonothrombolysis treatment of acute myocardial infarctionJason Wertheim – endothelial biology and blood vessel development and engineeringRussell Witte – acoustoelectric imagingJeong-Yeol Yoon – adhesion between tissue and implanted cardiovascular implanted devices
Neuroengineering
Nan-kuei Chen – human brain connectivity imagingJared Churko – generation of neural progenitor cells, neurons and other brain-specific cells from iPSCsStephen Cowen – devices sensing neural activity and dopamine in behaving animalsErika Eggers – visual neuroscience, studying the function of retinal neurons with single-cell electrophysiology, confocal imaging, optogenetics and modelingJean-Marc Fellous – in vivo behaving neurophysiology, spatial navigation, memory and emotions circuitsWolfgang Fink – human and brain-machine interfacesPhilipp Gutruf – all optical, wireless and subdermally implanted optogenetic toolsKaveh Laksari – traumatic brain injuryZong-Ming Li – hand motor controlMarek Romanowski – augmented and holographic imaging for surgical guidanceManoj Saranathan – MRI of deep brain structures, MRI-guided deep brain stimulation surgery, neuro-image processingShang Song – conductive biomaterials and neural stem cells for neurological diseases; organ-on-chip for neural applications; generation of neural progenitor cellsVignesh Subbian – traumatic brain injury and intelligent systems and applied machine learning for neurological disordersFernando Teran Arce – Alzheimer’s diseaseNima Toosizadeh – cognition decline due to agingTed Trouard – development and application of MRI for neuroimaging and drug delivery in neurological disordersUrs Utzinger – whole-brain imaging microscopyRussell Witte – electrical brain imaging
