Dr. Christopher Chen is the principal investigator at the Tissue Microfabrication Lab. The lab’s projects include vascular, cardiac, and stem cell biology and engineering. Goals of the lab include building biomimetic tissues as experimental models and to direct tissue remodeling and regeneration through understanding how adhesive, mechanical and biochemical interactions drive cell and tissue function.
This year, Dr. Chen’s REU project is Engineering Vascular Beds that Connect to Ex Vivo Tissue.
Previous REU/RET Projects include:
• Optimizing a 2D Culture Device for Characterization of iPSC-derived Cardiomyocytes (2022)
• Exploratory Study of Contractile Force in Cardiomyocytes (2018)