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Research Interests
- Bioprocess engineering
- Cellular Therapy
- Diabetes
- Biomaterials
Current Research Projects
- Development of a vascularized bioartificial pancreas for diabetes cellular therapy
- Surface modification of stents and other biomaterials to capture circulating endothelial progenitor cells and other regenerative cells
- Scale up of bioencapsulation processes
- Biomanufacturing of stem cell-derived organoids at clinically relevant scale
Tools and Expertises
- 3D printing of living cells (bioprinting)
- Surface modification – antibody and/or peptide immobilization (Capcyte Biotherapeutics spinoff company)
- Perfused culture and imaging of engineered tissues
- Bioreactors to culture human cells including stem cells