Tissue Regeneration and Repair
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Post-doctoral fellow University of California Los Angeles, 2010 PhD Pennsylvania State University, 2002 M.S. Pennsylvania State University, 1998 B.S. Konkuk University, 1992 In the Lab Mesenchymal Stem Cells (MSCs) are powerful multipotent progenitor cells that are present in many tissues, such as blood, bone, adipose tissue, muscle, and cartilage. MSCs exist during embryonic development and…
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Ph.D., The University of Georgia M.S., Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia B.S., Bangalore University, Bangalore, India In the Lab Carbohydrates are an important and often underappreciated class of biological macromolecules that play important roles in development, and in repair and regeneration post-injury. Defects in carbohydrate biosynthesis and alterations in carbohydrate composition are known to result in…
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Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Pathologists PhD (1986) The University of Georgia DVM (1978) Michigan State University In the Lab Waterfowl are considered the natural reservoir of low-virulence Newcastle disease viruses (loNDVs) and low-pathogenic avian influenza viruses (LPAIVs). The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of co-infections with loNDV and LPAIV on…
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In the Lab Blood/material interaction is critical to the success of implantable medical devices, ranging from simple catheters, stents and grafts, to complex extracorporeal artificial organs which are used in thousands of patients every day. There are two major limiting factors to clinical application of blood contacting materials: 1) platelet activation leading to thrombosis, and…
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In the Lab Tissue engineering research aims to develop biological substitutes for damaged or diseased tissues, most often using a combination of autologous cells obtained from healthy patient tissue and biomaterial scaffolds that support cell growth and subsequent tissue formation. A large proportion of tissue engineering research is focused on bone tissue engineering to yield…
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In the Lab Throughout its lifetime, adult skeletal muscle will undergo several bouts of damage and repair. However, adult skeletal muscle, which is terminally differentiated, has access to a pool of stem cells, also called satellite cells,that facilitate muscle recovery after injury. Work in our lab is directed toward discovering the critical mechanisms of muscle…