USC Laboratory for Living Systems Engineering

Engineering Muscles on a Chip. Directed by Prof. Megan L. McCain, PhD @uscbme @USCViterbi @USCStemCell @KeckSchool_USC

[Chan Zuckerberg Initiative @ChanZuckerberg]

Cellular biology is filled with mysteries waiting to be unraveled with innovative tech, lots of data & collaboration between institutions. That’s why we’re announcing 4 projects in genomics & #biology, bringing labs together to decode cellular functions https://t.co/tbnNQBLLPX

[USC Laboratory for Living Systems Engineering @mccainlab]

Likewise, @LeonardoMorsut! It is such a privilege to do fun new science with a good friend, and now have the opportunity to expand our collaboration across LA. Reach out if you'd like to join our team at the interface of syn bio and tissue engineering! @uscbme @USCStemCell

[Leonardo Morsut @LeonardoMorsut]

Lucky to have the best colleague @mccainlab with whom to embark in this new adventure across USC UCLA Caltech, towards controlling tissue organization with synBio and tissue engineering - will be hiring, if you’re interested drop a line!

[USC Laboratory for Living Systems Engineering @mccainlab]

Thank you for the support!

[Additional Ventures @AdditionalVent]

🏆 We’re excited to support Megan McCain who will use her #ExpansionAward to query characteristics of #HLHS patient-derived iPSC-cardiomyocytes on an in-house organ-on-a-chip platform. Congratulations to @mccainlab @uscbme @USCViterbi @USCStemCell @KECKSchool_USC!

[USC Laboratory for Living Systems Engineering @mccainlab]

When synthetic biology and tissue engineering collide... Check out our new approaches for patterning tissues with @LeonardoMorsut, led by our very own @uscbme PhD student @garibyan_mher and @tylermhoffman from @songli_UCLA

[Leonardo Morsut @LeonardoMorsut]

Have you ever stared at your cell (or organoid) culture wanting the cells on the right to express gene X, and the cells on the left to express gene Y, and your cells are like

[USC Laboratory for Living Systems Engineering @mccainlab]

Wonderful day celebrating the accomplishments of our @uscbme PhD students Natalie @natalienkhalil, Nina, Stephanie, Alisa, Mher, and James at the Grodins Research Symposium

[USC Laboratory for Living Systems Engineering @mccainlab]

Thank you @iefimov for delivering our @uscbme Fred S. Grodins Keynote Lecture for 2023! We were all inspired by your creative and impactful innovations in cardiac devices. It was a pleasure to host you with @peteryingxiao

[USC Laboratory for Living Systems Engineering @mccainlab]

Honored to be inducted into @aimbe during an inspirational meeting in DC for scientific advocacy, diversity, and impact. Great to spend time with old colleagues @RegenBio, new colleagues @peteryingxiao, and the stunning cherry blossoms! 🌸 @uscbme

[USC Laboratory for Living Systems Engineering @mccainlab]

Super excited for our very own @meganrexiushall and her well-deserved award from @nih_nhlbi! @uscbme

[USC Research and Innovation @ResearchAtUSC]

Megan Rexius-Hall has been awarded the Pathway to Independence Award by the NIH.

Rexius-Hall is a postdoc in the McCain Laboratory using “Heart-on-a-Chip” technology to research cardiac damage post-heart attack: https://t.co/YAdcWW09yi

[USC Laboratory for Living Systems Engineering @mccainlab]

Listen to us now on the BBC!

[BBC Digital Planet @digitalplanet]

More than 8m unregistered SIM cards are blocked in Ghana @Thomas_Naadi explains. @mccainlab @meganrexiushall @uscbme @USCViterbi create a #heart attack on a chip to better treat patients + could it be the end of hard copy games? @DJChrisBerrow reports.
https://t.co/bIfE0u1TZg

[USC Viterbi School @USCViterbi]

Approx every 40 seconds , someone in the US will have a heart attack, says @American_Heart . @uscbme researchers have developed a "heart attack on a chip,” that may become a testbed for personalized drugs to save lives. https://t.co/JUs7e72f8H

[USC Laboratory for Living Systems Engineering @mccainlab]

Postdoc @meganrexiushall engineered cardiac tissue on top of microfluidic gas channels to fabricate a "heart attack on a chip" - check it out today in @ScienceAdvances! 🫀🔬👩‍🔬 https://t.co/Qzhas1L8U6

[USC Laboratory for Living Systems Engineering @mccainlab]

Enjoying the beach at the @USCStemCell retreat! 🌞🌴🧫🔬

[USC Laboratory for Living Systems Engineering @mccainlab]

Incredibly grateful and excited for this transformative gift to @uscbme !

[USC Viterbi School @USCViterbi]

Exciting news for our school & a step towards "goal of ending illness.” .@uscBME is now the Alfred E. Mann Dept. of Biomedical Engineering. Gift will grow our talented faculty, & strengthen ties to @keckmedusc Thank you to all who made this a reality. https://t.co/mLhYIEWIOo

[USC BME @uscbme]

USC BME is hiring! See link for details - https://t.co/URQv0eyyd7

[USC Laboratory for Living Systems Engineering @mccainlab]

Congrats to all five of our @uscbme PhD students for stellar presentations at a fantastic @BMESociety #BMES2022!

[USC Laboratory for Living Systems Engineering @mccainlab]

Mher Garibyan will present our collaboration with @LeonardoMorsut in Room 006A, 1-2:30pm, "Activating synthetic notch receptors by a patterned surface for spatial control of differentiation."

[USC Laboratory for Living Systems Engineering @mccainlab]

Last day of #BMES2022! Check out our two presentations today:

[USC Laboratory for Living Systems Engineering @mccainlab]

James Eichenbaum will present our collaboration with @GiorgiaQuadrato at poster 262, "Rapid prototyping and fabrication of perfusable connected neural organoid culture devices." James will be there 9:30-10:30am.

[USC Laboratory for Living Systems Engineering @mccainlab]

#BMES2022 Day 2! Check out @natalienkhalil Natalie Khalil's poster "Engineering microfluidic devices from 3-D printed templates to elucidate oxygen-dependent phenotypes in human cardiac fibroblasts", poster 357. Natalie will be there 2:30-3:30pm

[USC Laboratory for Living Systems Engineering @mccainlab]

@BMESociety Nina Maxey presenting "Oxytocin-induced calcium transients in engineered human uterine muscle tissue depend on matrix stiffness and cell alignment", 3:30-5pm, Room 212B

[USC Laboratory for Living Systems Engineering @mccainlab]

We made it to San Antonio! We will be presenting tomorrow at the Annual @BMESociety Meeting, details below: