CELL-MET ERC

A world-class team of research institutions synthesizing personalized heart tissue for clinical use | Funded by NSF

[Advanced Portfolio @AdvPortfolio]

The rational design of hydrogel patches allows them to withstand the demanding mechanics of dynamic organs such as the lung or heart.

The bi-layered auxetic patches, developed @JulieNguyenLab, can be used to treat puncture wounds.

Find out more: https://t.co/5Iegdsa0hA

[CELL-MET ERC @CELL_MET_ERC]

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[CELL-MET ERC @CELL_MET_ERC]

Congratulations! to our CELL-MET Trainees
@LihuaLou, @MukeshRoyBiomed, & Marshal Ma for serving as Guest Editors for the Journal of Visualized Experiments.

[Nature Cardiovascular Research @NatureCVR]

Research| @MTorrescnic lab generate a detailed 3D+t atlas of #HeartTube #development (E7.5–E8.5), combining confocal images and computational surface mapping, and reveal early #LeftRightAsymmetry, regulated by the Nodal signaling. @CNIC_CARDIO

👉https://t.co/mPeQM3YLzo

[Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic @GVNlab]

In the same issue of @natBME, we have a fantastic perspective by @rzzhuang @LockBobbie & @Bohao_Liu_ on lessons learned & future directions for engineering human heart tissue models! Check it out: https://t.co/ozJ2P9yfhh

[Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic @GVNlab]

With its plug-and-play design, this chip can be tailored specifically to the biological question being asked. Here, we cultured liver, heart, bone, & skin engineered tissues, separated by an endothelial barrier for 4 weeks, maintaining their tissue-specific structure & function.

[Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic @GVNlab]

Our new study “A multi-organ chip with matured tissue niches linked by vascular flow” was published today in @natBME! We describe a system for culturing up to 4 engineered human tissues & studying drug toxicity #OrganonaChip @ColumbiaBME @CUSEAS https://t.co/t3yJRkONdM

[CELL-MET ERC @CELL_MET_ERC]

Christos Michas taking a real-time side view image of the miniPUMP in the lab.

[CELL-MET ERC @CELL_MET_ERC]

The @CELL_MET_ERC team of #engineers, #biologists, and #geneticists could change the future of #heartdisease research. They built a new miniature human heart, the #miniPUMP, that could help uncover better, personalized treatments.
https://t.co/keSQIivkAQ

[CELL-MET ERC @CELL_MET_ERC]

View of a chamber of the miniPUMP while beating.

[BU Engineering @BUCollegeofENG]

After quietly developing a method of regenerating liver tissue, Chris Chen and @snbhatia have launched a startup to scale up the technology to treat human patients suffering from severe liver disease.
Read the Boston Globe's coverage:
https://t.co/AHhBS2vKZK

[Kilachand Center, Boston University @KilachandCenter]

Director of @BioDesignCenter and deputry director of @CELL_MET_ERC Chris Chen, along with cofounder @snbhatia, has launched Satellite Bio, a startup that will scale new technology for regenerating liver tissue. ANNOUNCEMENT>>https://t.co/8qSK0HRVgu

[CELL-MET ERC @CELL_MET_ERC]

Congratulations! Dr. Trina Fletcher for receiving NSF CAREER AWARD!! @trinalfletcher

[CELL-MET ERC @CELL_MET_ERC]

Congratulations! Dr. Darryl Dickerson (Workforce Development and Education Director, CELL-MET) for receiving NSF CAREER AWARD!! @DarrylDickerson @FIU @CELL_MET_ERC #careeraward #NSF #tissueengineering #heart

[CELL-MET ERC @CELL_MET_ERC]

Beyond the first 30 d after infection, individuals with COVID-19 are at increased risk of incident cardiovascular disease spanning several categories...

https://t.co/t0zrocWXYP

[Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic @GVNlab]

Please join us on Feb 17th for the @ColumbiaBME & @ColumbiaMed Engineering in Medicine Symposium... with lots of exciting new work on the Heart & Lung, Cancer, Brain, Musculoskeletal System & Women’s Health!

Register here: https://t.co/rPs2Mve4Fw

[CELL-MET ERC @CELL_MET_ERC]

CELL-MET Publication Update:
"Effect of Electrical Stimulation on Spontaneously Beating Dynamics of Cardiac Tissues: An Analysis Using Digital Image Correlation"
Authors: Lihua Lou, Alberto Sesena Rubfiaro, Jin He, Arvind Agarwal @FIU
https://t.co/t3nT5smU0v

[CELL-MET ERC @CELL_MET_ERC]

#HappyNewYear2022

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(2/2): Their company is based on the commercialization a novel magnetic sensor (https://t.co/OwX7U3YEvH), invented by Josh Javor and Professor David Bishop, for detection of cardiac magnetic fields.

[CELL-MET ERC @CELL_MET_ERC]

Congratulations! to CELL-MET postdoc Josh Javor, PhD candidate Sam DePalma, and HBS student Tanner Swanson on recently winning 1st place in the CELL-MET Perfect Pitch Competition!