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About TERC
 Our Center is designed to advance fundamental and translational aspects of
functional tissue engineering through:
- Scientific discovery
- Collaborations
- Training for investigators
- Dissemination of scientific findings and new techniques to the tissue
engineering community
Our expertise and facilities are focused on research, problem solving and training
for the biomedical community through an integrated systems approach to the
challenges of functional tissue engineering.
Areas of research and technological focus at TERC include, but will not be limited
to:
- Scaffold designs to control stem cell differentiation
- Designing new scaffolds with consideration for mechanical function,
rates of matrix remodeling, cell responses, and tissue outcomes
- Advanced bioreactor systems to impart controlled environmental
stimuli to cells cultured on scaffolds
- Characterization of tissues through nondestructive imaging
 Our services are available to academic, company and government laboratories, to assist in the
research and development of novel approaches in the field of tissue engineering. We can
assist at any stage in the research process, from the selection of scaffolds, cells and
bioreactors, to specialized designs of reactors or scaffolds, and evaluation of tissue
cultivation in vitro and tissue repair in vivo. A systems approach to functional tissue
engineering is at the core of our services.
The Tissue Engineering Resource Center is funded as a Biomedical Technology Research
Center by the National Institutes of Health [grant: P41 EB002520]. The Center is operated
by Tufts University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Reminder for investigators utilizing the Tissue Engineering Resource Center (TERC) services: for publications, posters, and oral presentations containing data relating to work done with help from TERC, please acknowledge the Center and the funding agency (NIBIB). Publications should include the following acknowledgment:
This research was supported by TERC through the NIH - grant EB002520 from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering.
For additional information, please contact Dr. Bruce Panilaitis.
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