Research Focus

Influence of mechanical, chemical and electrical stresses on connective tissue metabolism, growth, remodeling, repair and pathology; Cartilage tissue engineering; effects of mechanical forces on cellular regulation of gene expression, synthesis and degradation of extracellular matrix macromolecules; Molecular, cellular, and tissue biomechanics; Diagnostics and therapeutics for arthritis; Electromechanical and physicochemical properties of connective tissues and polyelectrolyte-based biomaterials. Electrically controlled hydrogel membrane permeability for drug delivery and separation processes. Fundamental study and modeling of electrical, mechanical and chemical energy conversion in natural and synthetic membranes, and in biological tissues.

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