Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience

J.E. Babensee

Inflammatory and immune responses in the context of biomaterials and tissue engineered devices. Tissue engineering for rheumatoid arthritis. Biomaterial interactions with dendritic cells. Tageted DNA vaccine delivery for mucosal immunity.

G. Bao

Biomolecular engineering. Molecular imaging. Molecular biomechanics. Bio-nanotechnology. Cancer and viral infection detection.

R. Bellamkonda

Neural tissue engineering. Targeted drug delivery for brain tumor therapy. Peripheral & central nerve regeneration.  Electrode-brain Interfaces. Long circulating contrast agents. Polymeric Biomaterials.

B. Boyan

Mechanism of action of hormones and growth factors in chondrocytes and osteoblasts. Normal and pathological calcification. Tissue Engineering. Response of cells to biomaterials.

M.C. LaPlaca

Cellular and tissue engineering of the nervous system. Response of mammalian cells to mechanical stimuli. In vitro and in vivo models of traumatic brain injury. Mechanisms of cell dysfunction, death, and regeneration.  Injury induced DNA damage and the regulation of repair processes.

T.C. McDevitt

Stem cell bioengineering. Cell and tissue engineering. Development of regenerative biomaterials.

N. Murthy

New materials for the delivery of biotherapeutics.

L.V. McIntire

Bioengineering aspects of vascular biology.  Cellular engineering. Tissue engineering. Tissue culture reactors.

S. Nie

Development of BioMEM devices and smart nanostructures for genomics and cancer detection. Biospectroscopy and bioimaging for tissue diagnosis. Synthesis and characterization of advanced biomaterials for tissue engineering. BioMEMS and bionanotechnology. Genomics and proteomics.

Y. Wang

Biomaterials synthesis methodology. Tissue engineering of vital organs. Cancer technology.