Griffith Laboratory Research Collaborations

Our collaborators serve on thesis committees and host visiting students and postdocs for joint projects.

Off-Campus

Alan Wells, MD, PhD, Associate Chair of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center http://path.upmc.edu/divisions/wells-lab/wells.htm - biomaterials control of mesenchymal stem cell migration processes in wound healing; epderimal growth factor signaling and tissue engineering.

George Muschler, MD , Orthopedic Surgery, Cleveland Clinic http://www.lerner.ccf.org/bme/muschler/ -  integration of macroscopic and molecular cues in bone tissue engineering with marrow-derived stem and progenitor cells.  Projects are in collaboration with the Armed Forces Institute for Regnerative Medicine http://www.afirm-rccc.org/.  In this project we also collaborate extensively with Dr Sunil Saini at Therics, Inc (Integra) on fabrication of saffolds.

Rich Lee, MD, Professor of Cardiology, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital http://vascular.bwh.harvard.edu/rtlee/rtlmain.html  - protein engineering approaches for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine

Keith B. Isaacson, MD, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Harvard Medical School and Director of the Center for Minimally Invasive Gynecology Surgery, Newton Wellesley Hospital http://www.cimit.org/bios/isaacson.html - integration of systems biology and tissue engineering to analyze etiology of endometriosis.

Jeff Borenstein, PhD, Draper Labs http://www.cimit.org/bios/borenstein.html -  Microfabrication and microfluidics for tissue engineering.

Donna Stolz, PhD, Center for Biological Imaging, University of Pittsburgh http://www.cbi.pitt.edu/staff/index.html    liver tissue engineering, especially liver sinusoidal endothelial cells.

Ivan Rusyn, MD, PhD, Environmental Science and Engineering, School of Public Health, UNC http://genomics.unc.edu/rusyn/rusyn_dw.htm  - development of 3D tissue models for screening toxicity of environmental compounds.

Jerry Chan, MD, PhD, Obstectric and Gynecology, National University Hospital, Singapore.  - Migration and differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells.

Mary Chan, PhD, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Nanyang Tehnical University, Singapore. – development of microenvironments for stem cell culture and migration.

@ MIT

Moungi Bawendi (Chemistry)
Alan Grodzinsky (BE)
Paula Hammond (ChE)
Barbara Imperiali (Chemistry)
Roger Kamm (BE)
Doug Lauffenburger (BE)
Steve Tannenbaum (BE)

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