The Quest for a Heart Attack Cure
“Our dream is to build a cure for heart attacks,” says David Bishop, a materials scientist and director of CELL-MET. Read about the astounding progress coming out of the NSF CELL-MET ERC. Read more
Category: Research
Growing Tissue and Engineers
A new article was published about the CELL-MET ERC summer programs which has broadened the pipeline of research engineers. Read more
New Miniature Heart Could Help Speed Heart Disease Cures
The interdisciplinary team at CELL-MET engineered a tiny living heart replica, nicknamed the miniPUMP. While no bigger than a US postage stamp, this device packs a punch. The team says the innovation will allow them to better analyze the impact of heart disease, and test the potential effectiveness and side effects of new treatments. Read […]
NSF ERC CELL-MET REU and RET Applications are now open for summer 2021!
The summer 2021 National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center CELL-MET’s Research Experiences for Undergraduates and Research Experiences for Teachers programs application pages are now open. Application deadlines are March 15, 2021 for the REU program and April 6, 2021 for the RET program.
CELL-MET ERC PhD Student Jessie Song’s Nasal Swabs for Use in Covid-19 Fight Featured in New Video in The Brink
CELL-MET ERC Ph.D. student Jessie Song is developing alternative nasal swabs for use in the Covid-19 fight. Her work is featured in a new video in The Brink. Read more
A swifter way towards 3D-printed organs (Wyss Institute press release featuring Jennifer Lewis)
This video shows the SWIFT bioprinting process, including forming dense organ building blocks of living cells, printing and evacuating of sacrificial gelatin ink, and creating cardiac tissue that successfully beats like a living heart over a seven-day period. A swifter way towards 3D-printed organs from September 6, 2019. Sacrificial ink-writing technique allows 3D printing of […]
Christopher Chen explains the importance of Allen Institute’s cell lines in “Cell Shorts” video
Christopher Chen, from Boston University’s Tissue Microfabrication Laboratory, used the Allen Institute’s publicly available human cell lines to study the structure that gives our heart muscle the ability to contract and pump blood. In the video below, he explains the importance of this resource and it’s relevance to the goals of CELL-MET. “We are really […]
University Of Michigan Engineers Develop Nano-fibers Inspired By Polar Bear Fur, Gecko Feet.
Animal fur and gecko feet inspire new high-tech sticky and insulating surfaces. By Harry Pettit For Mailonline Published: 14:00 EST, 15 November 2018 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6394639/High-tech-carpets-inspired-polar-bear-fur-lead-new-sticky-insulating-surfaces.html High-tech carpets inspired by polar bear fur and gecko feet could lead to new sticky or insulating surfaces. Engineers have developed a cutting edge way to make arrays of nano-fibres inspired […]
Cost Effective 3-D Printing Techniques Aids in Advancing Materials Research for CELL-MET
At Florida International University, some exciting alteration to an extrusion type 3D printer may lead to a cost-effective methodology for building scaffolds for cardiac tissue growth. This past summer, Tony Thomas, a postdoctoral associate working on CELL-MET research led efforts along with undergraduate researcher Briana Canet, one of the FIU undergraduates participating as an NSF […]