Collaborators
Georgia Tech Biomedical Engineering
Research interests include use of micro/nanofluidics for cell analysis, diagnostics, and chromatin analysis. Specific research topics include high throughput 3D cell cultures, organs-on-a-chip construction and design, the role of rhythm in cell signaling, self-switching fluidic circuit design, fracture fabrication, and microscale liquid-liquid phase separation.
University of Michigan Biointerfaces Institute
Research in the Lahann Lab focuses on surface engineering, advanced polymers, biomimetic materials, engineered microenvironments, and nano-scale self-assembly.
University of Michigan Chemical Engineering
The Nagrath Laboratory's research goal is to bring the next generation of engineering tools to patient care, especially in cancer. Their major research objective is to develop advanced MEMS tools to understand cell trafficking in cancer through isolation, characterization, and study of circulating cells in the peripheral blood of cancer patients. Efforts are focused on designing and developing smart chips using microfluidics and nanotechnology to make impact in medicine and life sciences.
University of Akron Biomedical Engineering
Research in the Tavana lab is centered on developing novel tissue engineering microtechnologies to mimic native cellular microenvironments. Specific areas of interest are to develop three-dimensional tumor models and study cancer drug resistance, generate neural cells from stem cells for cell replacement therapies of neurodegenerative disorders, and develop lung airway models to study therapeutics delivery to lungs.
University of Michigan Radiology
The Hadjiyski Lab is researching computer-aided diagnosis, neural networks, predictive models, image processing, medical imaging.
University of Michigan Radiology
University of Michigan Chemical Engineering
The Linderman group uses mathematical modeling and theoretical approaches to study receptor-mediated phenomena. Typically, their models encompass multiple biological scales to capture emergent system-level behavior. These models answer important biological questions, specifically relating to tuberculosis and cancer.
University of Michigan Electrical Engineering
The Yoon group focuses on creating self-contained microsystems that combine and process natural signals as well as electrical signals on a single chip platform by integrating new MEMS/nano structures with low-power, wireless VLSI circuits and systems.
Georgetown University Department of Pathology
Currently, the Agarwal Lab focuses on salivary gland tumors, melanoma, gilioblastoma, lung and breast cancers. The group has planned to develop an in vitro cell line model system that will include cell types from stromal component and tumor epithelial cells using modification of CRC technology.
UC San Diego Gastroenterology
The Ghosh lab strives to study the cell biology of signal transduction, with a focus on heterotrimeric G-proteins (trimeric-GTPases). They have systematically pursued in-depth the biological implications of this intracellular trimeric-GTPase system; it is modulated by a novel family of guanine-nucleotide exchange modulators (GEMs) and is fundamentally distinct from the conventional trimeric-GTPase signaling from the cell surface by G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs).
University of Michigan Electrical Engineering
The Blaauw lab's work has focused on VLSI design with particular emphasis on ultra-low power design, millimeter scale sensor nodes, high performance accelerators for cognitive and image processing and adaptive design.
University of Michigan Radiology
The mission of the C. Galban Lab is to fully exploit the spatial and functional information within clinical imaging data with the goal of advancing personalized medicine, both in terms of optimizing disease management, and tailoring treatment to the individual patient. On-going projects include topological feature extraction for improved COPD subtyping, optimized radiation planning to minimize lung injury in lung cancer patients, and improve detection of deployment related small airways disease in post-combat military personnel.
University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center
The Wicha laboratory is a leader in Cancer Stem Cell (CSC) biology. His group was part of the team that first identified breast CSCs. Dr. Wicha’s laboratory identified a number of stem cell markers and developed in vitro and in vivo models to isolate and characterize these cells. These research models and resources have been widely adopted by other investigators. His laboratory subsequently elucidated a number of intrinsic and extrinsic pathways which regulate self-renewal and cell fate decisions in CSCs.
University of Michigan Radiology
The Ross lab developing applications for imaging to allow for investigations of cancer growth and response to therapy including noninvasive detection of molecular signaling events in living tissue. Translation of developed algorithms into the clinical setting are ongoing.
Virginia Teach Biomedical Engineering
The Munson's Lab research program aims to understand and harness the tumor microenvironment to study and treat triple negative breast cancer and glioblastoma. They design and use 3D tissue engineered models based on patients' cancers and validate our work in vivo. Their primary questions in cancer include the role of tissue drainage and the tumor stroma in cancer progression and therapeutic response.
University of Michigan Radiology
The Chenevert group is interested in using quantitative MRI in the assessment of treatment response; Water diffusion, tissue perfusion/permeability MRI technologies. They are also interested in quantitative fat content MRI.
University of Michigan Biomedical Engineering
The Moon Laboratory at the University of Michigan is developing new immunotherapies and vaccines at the interface of immunology and engineering. They design new drug delivery systems for improving immune functions in the context of cancer, infectious pathogens, and autoimmunity. Their translational immunoengineering research utilizes tools of nanotechnology, biomaterials, drug delivery, tissue engineering, and advanced high-throughput methods to detect and improve immune functions.
University of Michigan
The Center for Molecular Imaging is a state-of-the-art facility aimed at providing the research community with the latest imaging Instruments. CMI is located at the Biomedical Science Research Building and is a shared resource aimed at providing state-of-the-art imaging services for the research community.