{"id":6546,"date":"2025-09-24T14:08:55","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T18:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cell-met\/?page_id=6546"},"modified":"2025-09-24T14:15:03","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T18:15:03","slug":"chen-lab","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cell-met\/research\/opportunities\/labs-research\/chen-lab\/","title":{"rendered":"Chen Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Christopher Chen<\/a> is a professor of biomedical engineering at Boston University and the College of Engineering Director of materials science engineering at the Biological Design Center. One of the world\u2019s leading experts on regenerative medicine, Chen investigates tissue engineering and mechanobiology, which combines engineering and biology to study how physical forces and changes in cell or tissue mechanics affect development, physiology, and disease.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Chen Lab seeks <\/span>to understand how adhesive, mechanical, and biochemical interactions drive cell and tissue function, <\/span>to use this knowledge to build biomimetic tissues as experimental models of disease and physiology, a<\/span>nd <\/span>to direct tissue\u00a0 remodeling and regeneration.\u00a0<\/span> \"\"Prof. Chen is studying how the cooperation between adhesive, mechanical and biochemical signaling drives tissues to organize during development, adapt to physical stresses, and devolve during disease. Dr. Chen\u2019s laboratory examines these questions through the development and application of innovative technologies to control how cells interact with their surroundings, advancing numerous technologies from microfluidics, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), nanofabrication, mechanobiology, biomaterials, and synthetic and stem cell biology. Dr. Chen\u2019s research applies insights from these efforts to the biology and engineering of stem cells, tissue vascularization, cardiac tissue, and cancer.<\/span><\/p>\n

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