Principal Investigator
Personnel
Principal Investigator
work
Rochester
NY
14627-0168
office: Goergen Hall 308
p
585-273-2698
benoit@bme.rochester.edu
Research Focus:
Therapeutic Biomaterials
Postdoctoral Fellow
work
Rochester
NY
p
585-276-4196
Kanika_Vats@urmc.rochester.edu
Research Focus:
Programmable Biomaterials
Graduate Student
work
Rochester
NY
baranell@che.rochester.edu
Research Focus:
Use of Polymer Micelles to Enhance Cancer Therapeutics (Supported by an NSF graduate research fellowship)
Graduate Student
work
Rochester
NY
michael.hoffman@rochester.edu
Research Focus:
Tissue Engineered Periosteum Approaches to Heal Bone Allograft Transplants (Supported by an NIH T32 training grant 'Training in Orthopaedics')
Graduate Student
work
Rochester
NY
b.horev@rochester.edu
Research Focus:
Controlled Release In situ of Antibiofilm Agents via pH-Activated Nanoparticle Carriers
Graduate Student
work
Rochester
NY
cschmit3@u.rochester.edu
Research Focus:
Bone Homing Polymer Therapeutics
Graduate Student
work
Rochester
NY
Andrew_Shubin@urmc.rochester.edu
Research Focus:
Developing hydrogels for the regeneration of salivary glands
Graduate Student
work
Rochester
NY
amyvanhove@gmail.com
Research Focus:
Therapeutic Biomaterials for Wound Healing Applications (Supported by an HHMI Med-Into-Grad Fellowship)
Undergraduate Student
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Rochester
NY
Research Focus:
Mechanical characterization of PEG-based hydrogel systems
University of Rochester, Biomedical Engineering Undergraduate Student
work
Rochester
NY
lbauer2@u.rochester.edu
Research Focus:
Peptide Synthesis and Analysis
University of Rochester, Biomedical Engineering Undergraduate Student, Xerox Fellow
work
Rochester
NY
ebux@u.rochester.edu
Research Focus:
Optimizing long-term stability of drug-loaded nanoparticles
University of Rochester, Biomedical Engineering Undergraduate Student
work
Rochester
NY
achen25@u.rochester.edu
Research Focus:
Therapeutic Biomaterials for Treating Bone Remodeling Disorders
University of Rochester, Biomedical Engineering Undergraduate Student, Xerox Fellow
work
Rochester
NY
cchen52@u.rochester.edu
Research Focus:
Understanding how the small molecule drug 6-bromoindirubin-3'-oxime (BIO) works cooperatively through Wnt and Notch Signaling pathways to enhance mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) proliferation
University of Rochester, Chemical Engineering Undergraduate Student, Eisenberg Fellow
work
Rochester
NY
mfan3@u.rochester.edu
Research Focus:
Understanding the effect of IgM on blood rheology and viscosity while creating a flow apparatus to study the capture of IgM with nanoparticle constructions
Loyola University, Biology Undergraduate Student, Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow
work
Rochester
NY
Research Focus:
Comparing PEGDA hydrogels and PEG-based thiol-ene hydrogels with respect to mechanical properties, mesh sizes, surface topography, hydrophobic pockets and cell adhesion
Undergraduate Student
work
Rochester
NY
khardin2@u.rochester.edu
Research Focus:
The effect of hydrogel mechanical properties and topography on cell adhesion and differentiation
University of Rochester, Biomedical Engineering Undergraduate Student, McNair Fellow
work
Rochester
NY
imarozas@u.rochester.edu
Research Focus:
Polymer therapeutics for osteoporosis treatment
Renssalaer Polytechnic Institute, Biomedical Engineering Undergraduate Student, Summer Scholars Fellow
work
Rochester
NY
Research Focus:
Development of biomimetic hydrogels for cell-dictated peptide release
University of Rochester, Biomedical Engineering Undergraduate Student, Xerox Fellow
work
Rochester
NY
claire.winchester@rochester.edu
Research Focus:
Developing responsive drug-loaded nanoparticles to treat Waldenstrom's
Recent Publications
- (2013 May 02). Dynamic Manipulation of Hydrogels to Control Cell Behavior: A Review. Tissue Eng Part B Rev. In press.
- (2013 Apr 01). Agonism of Wnt-β-catenin signalling promotes mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) expansion. J Tissue Eng Regen Med. In press.
- (2013 Mar 19). Nanoparticle-mediated Gene Silencing Confers Radioprotection to Salivary Glands In Vivo. Mol Ther. In press.
