| Project Title |
Investigator |
| |
Name |
Affiliation |
|
(a) Academic Institutions (Domestic) |
| Electrospinning fiber studies |
Gregory Rutledge |
MIT |
| Collagen fiber degradation -relation to MMP upregulation |
Michael Jaffe,(RESBIO) |
New Jersey Institute of Technology |
| Vascularized cardiac muscle |
Robert Dennis |
University of South Carolina |
| Stem cells, microfluidics |
MehmetToner -BioMEMs |
Harvard Medical School |
| Electrospun protein matrices for cell studies |
Hai-Quan Mao |
Johns Hopkins University |
| CT for imaging bone |
Roberto Fajardo,Brian Snyder |
Beth Israel Medical Center |
| Elastomer scaffolds for emngineered cardiac muscle |
Yadong Wang |
Georgia Tech. |
| Adipose derived stem cells for tissue reconstruction |
JeffreyGimble |
Pennington Biomedical Res. Center |
| Vascularization of engineered cardiac muscle |
Laura Niklason |
Yale University |
| Chemical modification of biomaterials to enhance cell interactions |
Gloria Gronowicz,PaulCampagnola |
U. Connecticut Health Sciences Center |
| Formation of protein scaffolds, ink jet printing of cells |
PaulCalvert,YongKim |
U. Massachusetts Dartmouth |
| Fluid flow and aortic aneurysms |
RobertPeattie |
Oregon State University |
| Traumatic brain injury repair via tissue engineering |
Asim Mahmood, Michael Chopp |
Henry Ford Hospital |
| Wnt signaling studies |
Randall Moon |
University of Washington Seattle |
| Hydrogels for tissue engineering |
JasonBurdick |
U Pennsylvania |
| Tissue regeneration via biophysical control |
Michael Levin |
Forsyth Institute, Harvard Dental School |
| Spinning of proteins for vascular tissue engineering |
Joyce Wong |
Boston U. |
| Mathematical biology approach to biophysical regulation of stem cells |
Andrey Rzetski |
Columbia University, now U. Chicago |
| OCT monitoring of engineered cartilage |
Mark Brezinski |
Brigham and Womens Hospital |
|
(b) Academic Institutions (Foreign) |
| Structure control in silk-based biomaterial films |
Hyoung-Joon Jin |
Inha University, Korea |
| Silk biomaterials for drug delivery |
LorenzMeinel |
ETH Zurich |
| Experimental and modeling studies of regulatory pathways |
Nicola Elvassore |
University of Padua |
| Tendon repair via genetically modified cell-biomaterial matrices |
Dan Gazit |
Hebrew University |
| Tissue engineered invertebral Disc |
Rita Kandel |
Mt. Sinai Hospital, Toronto |
| Silica protein biomimetic nanocomposites |
Carole Perry |
Nottingham Trent University, UK |
| Electrical stimulation for cardiac tissue engineering |
Milica Radisic |
University of Toronto, Canada |
| Bioemulsifying biomaterial delivery system for immunomodulation |
Shiro Kobayashi |
Kyoto University |
| Tissue engineered systems for bone mandibular repair |
Xinquan Jiang |
Shanghai Dental School |
| Functionalized 3D protein matrices for cell growth |
Jim Harden |
University of Ottawa |
| Mineralized silk composite systems for tissue repair |
Rui Reis |
University of Minho |
| Cartilage tissue engineering |
M.Gmsd erelio |
HacettepeUniversity |
| Vascular diseases related to platelet adhesion proteins |
Alesandra Balduini |
University of Pavia |
| Tissue engineered models of bone and cartilage disease |
Ivan Martin |
Basel Hospital |
|
(c) Industry/Government |
| Cell cycle control of regeneration processes |
Robert Worsham |
Acusphere, Inc |
| Diseased collagen as regulator of stem cells |
Sergey Leikin |
NIH, Biophysics |
| Silk biomaterials characterization |
Marcus Cicerone |
NIST |
| Bioreactor designs for noninvasive imaging of tissues In Vitro |
Greg Altman |
Serica Inc. |
| Microfluidic systems from degradable biomaterials |
Jeff Borenstein |
Draper Laboratories |
| Therapeutic treatments for vascular cell control |
Rachit Ohri |
Cappella Inc. |
| Biomaterials for tendon Repair |
Howard Seeherman |
Wyeth Pharm. |