Biomaterials & Tissue Engineering

• Biopolymer microthreads for soft tissue regeneration, including myocardium (Gaudette), skeletal muscle (Page), and tendon (Pins).
• Microfabricated topography for models of skin structure and function (Pins).
• Culture systems for autologous cell therapy and skeletal muscle regeneration (Page).
• Mesenchymal stem cell therapy for cardiac regeneration (Gaudette).
• Cell/tissue self-assembly for blood vessel development and vascular disease modeling (Rolle, Billiar).
• Bioreactor development for mechanical stimulation of engineered tissues (Rolle, Billiar).
• Biomaterial development for treatment of traumatic brain injury and brain cancer (Jain).

 Dedicated Faculty Members

• Glenn Gaudette
• Anjana Jain 
• Raymond Page
• George Pins 
• Marsha Rolle