Congratulations! to CELL-MET postdoc Josh Javor, PhD candidate Sam DePalma, and HBS student Tanner Swanson on recently winning 1st place in the CELL-MET Perfect Pitch Competition!

(2/2): Their company is based on the commercialization a novel magnetic sensor (nature.com/articles/s4137…), invented by Josh Javor and Professor David Bishop, for detection of cardiac magnetic fields.

#HappyNewYear2022

CELL-MET Publication Update: "Effect of Electrical Stimulation on Spontaneously Beating Dynamics of Cardiac Tissues: An Analysis Using Digital Image Correlation" Authors: Lihua Lou, Alberto Sesena Rubfiaro, Jin He, Arvind Agarwal FIU onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

Please join us on Feb 17th for the Columbia BME & Columbia Medicine Engineering in Medicine Symposium... with lots of exciting new work on the Heart & Lung, Cancer, Brain, Musculoskeletal System & Women’s Health! Register here: bit.ly/3Kzc0Eg

Beyond the first 30 d after infection, individuals with COVID-19 are at increased risk of incident cardiovascular disease spanning several categories... nature.com/articles/s4159…

Congratulations! Dr. Darryl Dickerson (Workforce Development and Education Director, CELL-MET) for receiving NSF CAREER AWARD!! Dr. Darryl Dickerson FIU CELL-MET ERC #careeraward #NSF #tissueengineering #heart

Congratulations! Dr. Trina Fletcher for receiving NSF CAREER AWARD!! @trinalfletcher

After quietly developing a method of regenerating liver tissue, Chris Chen and sangeeta bhatia (same on bsky) have launched a startup to scale up the technology to treat human patients suffering from severe liver disease. Read the Boston Globe's coverage: bit.ly/3jZUahu

Director of Biological Design Center, Boston University and deputry director of CELL-MET ERC Chris Chen, along with cofounder sangeeta bhatia (same on bsky), has launched Satellite Bio, a startup that will scale new technology for regenerating liver tissue. ANNOUNCEMENT>>businesswire.com/news/home/2022…

Our new study “A multi-organ chip with matured tissue niches linked by vascular flow” was published today in Nature Biomedical Engineering! We describe a system for culturing up to 4 engineered human tissues & studying drug toxicity #OrganonaChip Columbia BME Columbia Engineering nature.com/articles/s4155…

With its plug-and-play design, this chip can be tailored specifically to the biological question being asked. Here, we cultured liver, heart, bone, & skin engineered tissues, separated by an endothelial barrier for 4 weeks, maintaining their tissue-specific structure & function.

In the same issue of Nature Biomedical Engineering, we have a fantastic perspective by Richard Zhuang Bobbie Lock & Bohao Liu on lessons learned & future directions for engineering human heart tissue models! Check it out: nature.com/articles/s4155…

Research| @MTorrescnic lab generate a detailed 3D+t atlas of #HeartTube #development (E7.5–E8.5), combining confocal images and computational surface mapping, and reveal early #LeftRightAsymmetry, regulated by the Nodal signaling. CNIC 👉rdcu.be/cNMic

Congratulations! to our CELL-MET Trainees LIHUA LOU, Mukesh Roy, PhD, & Marshal Ma for serving as Guest Editors for the Journal of Visualized Experiments.

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The rational design of hydrogel patches allows them to withstand the demanding mechanics of dynamic organs such as the lung or heart. The bi-layered auxetic patches, developed Juliane Nguyen, can be used to treat puncture wounds. Find out more: ow.ly/SRZf50KmA3S