Heart disease kills seven million people each year. Despite advances in biomedical research, we still cannot cure it, nor can we fix damaged human heart tissue.
The CELL-MET community aims to change this.
Creating lab grown heart tissue that is functional and
clinically significant
Growing a robust workforce to tackle future challenges in synthetic tissue engineering
Every summer, the Photonics Center hosts undergraduates from around the country to participate in a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program. While the students gain invaluable experience in state-of-the-art laboratories across Boston University’s campus, they also get to live in the heart of the city, carving out an unforgettable summer experience for themselves––and leaving an […]
Dr. David Bishop was awarded the 2026 Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Physics Prize for his innovative "experiments that uncovered the role of vortices in the superfluid phase transition in helium films and observed anyonic braiding statistics of quasiparticles in the fractional quantum Hall effect, thus establishing the significance of topological excitations in two-dimensions." We […]
Dr. Chris Chen joined just 2,500 other people in being elected into the National Academy of Medicine. He was elected for his “pioneering contributions and leadership in cell and tissue engineering, particularly in the micro-nano-bio engineering of cell and tissue assembly, structure, mechanics, and function. By offering technical innovations motivated by biomedical questions, he has […]
The manufacturing technique known as 3D printing, now being used everywhere, from aircraft manufacturers to public libraries, has never been more affordable or accessible. Biomedical engineering has particularly benefited from 3D printing as prosthetic devices can be produced and tested more rapidly than ever before. However, 3D printing still faces challenges when printing living tissues, […]
Novel algorithm successfully improves microscopy resolution through pixel reassignment Novel algorithm successfully improves microscopy resolution through pixel reassignment
On September 26th, Dr. Joi Mondisa hosted a presentation by Dr. Becky Wai-Ling Packard. Dr. Packard is a Professor of Psychology and Education at Mount Holyoke and has over two decades of experience in leadership and team training. This talk was full of valuable scientifically-backed, actionable strategies to have more productive conversations with co-workers, mentors, and […]
There are only so many ways to heal a broken heart, at least medically speaking. But thanks to new research, a promising treatment may be on the way. Just ask FIU postdoctoral researcher Lihua Lou, who has been named the 2023 Early Career Stop Heart Disease Researcher of the Year by the Florida Heart Research […]
The mini-PUMP is a project led by Dr. Christos Michas, a CELL-MET trainee alumnus, and enabled by many CELL-MET collaborations. It is a microscale replica of a heart chamber poised to change the future of medicine and organ engineering. The mini-PUMP – made from nanoengineered parts and human heart tissue - can help scientists better […]