Dr. Shim is appointed as faculty in Korea
July 29, 2008
Congratulations to our own Dr. Jae Sool Shim has been appointed as a faculty member of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Yeungnam University, Korea, starting from September 1,2008. The mecanical engineering at Yeungnam University is one of the biggest in Korea (http://me.yu.ac.kr/index.jsp). He will teach two courses: 'Nanotechnology' and 'Numerical Analysis'. He contributed to a number of projects during his stay in our lab including high-throughput engineering of cellular microenvironments and mathematical analysis of fluid flow in microchannels.
Dr. Khademhosseini receives the IEEE/EMBS Early career award
May 09, 2008
Dr. Khademhosseini received the 2008 IEEE-EMBS early career award. This award is given annually for significant contributions to the field of biomedical engineering as evidenced by innovative research design, product development, patents, and/or publications made by an individual who is within 10 years of completing their highest degree at the time of the nomination. The ceremony will be held on August 21 during the Welcome Reception of EMBC'08.
Congratulations to Dr. Demirci for receiving the CIMIT award for medical technology
May 09, 2008
As reported in Boston Globe, Dr. Utkan Demirci, whose team also includes Dr. Ali Khademhosseini has received a grant from the CIMIT to create a disposable device that medical workers can use to monitor HIV infections on the battlefield or in developing countries with limited resources.
Congrats to Yanan, Edward, Shamsher and Prof. Khademhosseini
May 04, 2008
Congrats to our group for publishing a paper in PNAS in which we developed a bottom-up approach to direct the assembly of cell-laden microgels to generate tissue constructs with tunable microarchitecture and complexity. This assembly process is driven by the tendency of multi-phase liquid-liquid systems to minimize the surface area and the resulting surface free energy between the phases. This bottom-up approach for the directed assembly of cell-laden microgels provides a powerful and highly scalable approach to form biomimetic 3D tissue constructs and opens a new paradigm for directing the assembly of mesoscale materials.
The Khademhosseini Lab uses a multi-disciplinary approach, to develop microscale and nanoscale technologies with the ultimate goal of generating tissue-engineered organs and controlling cell behavior.
Du Y, Lo E, Ali S, Khademhosseini A. Directed assembly of cell-laden microgels for fabrication of 3D tissue constructs. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 Jul 15;105(28):9522-7. Epub 2008 Jul 3.
Yibo Ling, Jamie Rubin, Yuting Deng, Catherine Huang, Utkan Demirci, Jeffrey M. Karpae and Ali Khademhosseini. A cell-laden microfluidic hydrogel”. Lab Chip, 7, 756–762. (2007).
G. T. Franzesi, B. Ni, Y. Ling, A. Khademhosseini. “A controlled-release strategy for the generation of crosslinked hydrogel microstructures” Journal of American Chemical Society 128:15064-65 (2006).
A. Khademhosseini, R. Langer, J. Borenstein, J. Vacanti. “Microscale technologies for tissue engineering and biology” Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences USA 103:2480-2487 (2006).
