Excited to share our work on iPSC-derived 2D cardiac muscle bundles. Accessible and reproducible contractile assessment, insights on cardiac development, disease modeling. Read Nature Communications rdcu.be/cz3pD Baker Lab Dr. Lori L. Isom yuweiwu_imb U-M Health Frankel CVC

Baker lab's inaugural orchard trip to stuff our faces with cider donuts followed by a highly competitive pumpkin carving contest! Somehow, my masterpiece "Mechanotranspumpkin" only managed to place 2nd :(

Interested in a BME PhD? Please join UMich BME faculty and students for an informative workshop geared towards strengthening your grad apps! Registration here: forms.gle/CXKSQ3Kq4Frmpy…

Excited to announce that PhD student Christopher Davidson will be completing his dissertation defense this Friday, December 10th at 1:00pm ET! If you are interested in joining via Zoom, please fill out this form and you will be sent a registration link: forms.gle/A4qXaEYQ4hW67Q…

Reminder about Christopher’s defense TODAY at 1:00pm ET. Be sure to register if you are interested in joining via Zoom!

Reminder that WCB 2022 abstracts are due tomorrow! Please submit to the mechanics of musculoskeletal growth and development track that I am co-chairing with Baker Lab. Fantastic speakers Karl Lewis, PhD and Paula Murphy! Virtual option available.

FRESHly back from an awesome workshop at CMU hosted by the Feinberg lab @RegenBio where we built our very own bioprinter! Excited to incorporate bioprinting into the lab's repertoire. Cells n' gels!!!

I am very honored to share that we have received an U.S. National Science Foundation CAREER award to support our research on engineering instructive single stem cell niches. I appreciate all the current and former lab members for their contributions to building our team. UIC Pharmacology UIC Engineering

Taking the opportunity to share our recent work as my first tweet :). Great work by Hongyan Long and our collaborators Brendon Baker Lab, Timo and Bart BetzLab ow.ly/a3yJ50I31Rc

It feels good to come home! #graduation2022 ⁦U-M BME⁩ ⁦Ariella Shikanov⁩ ⁦Michigan Engineering⁩

So proud of my freshly minted PhD, Dr. Daniel Matera!!

We invite you to submit an abstract for SFB 2023 in San Diego, CA! The abstract submission deadlines are October 14th (Early Bird $25) and November 1st (Extended $50)! 2023.biomaterials.org

Check out Bobby's new paper at Advanced Functional Materials on GF releasing microgels and composite fibrous hydrogels for recruiting tendon progenitors! doi.org/10.1002/adfm.2… Many thanks to Alice Huang, @megankillian, Ariella Shikanov, and JW Shin for help with this project!

SFB 2023 abstract deadline coming up in a few weeks! Will be an awesome meeting, no doubt. Please consider submitting an abstract to the "Biomaterials to Engineer Tissue Morphodynamics" session organized by Loebel Lab and me if you're working in this space.

"The most important factor in survival is neither intelligence nor strength but adaptability." Check out Harrison's work on cellular adaptations to matrix stiffness and fiber density that result in a diversity of migratory modes. authors.elsevier.com/a/1fvZ66CFjZMP…

Inaugural Loebel-Baker Labs Mixology Competition and the experienced PIs nearly sweep. Brendon takes two categories of non-alc dairy and alc non-dairy; Claudia wins alc-dairy with her "Brown Ukrainian"; and Madeline wins alc-non diary. Excited for next year's competition!

Super excited to share our paper using matrix-templating fibrous hydrogels in Bioactive Materials! Claire Tomaszewski Shikanov Lab Baker Lab Bioactive Materials U-M BME #biomaterials #follicles sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Interested in applying for a U-M BME PhD? Join us on 11/2/23, from 1-4 p.m. ET in a live webinar to learn about the application process. Use the QR code or register here to get the link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

So proud of my two freshly minted PhDs, Drs. Harrison Hiraki and Samuel DePalma! Congratulations!