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Professor, Biomedical Engineering Professor, Macromolecular Science and Engineering 2115 Carl A. Gerstacker Building 2200 Bonisteel Boulevard Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2099 Phone: (734) 615-5539 Fax: (734) 936-1905 Email: takayama@umich.edu Website: www.bme.umich.edu/labs/mnmbiotech/ More Info: Professor Takayama's research group focuses on constructing microscale models of the body. Much of our body is comprised of small vessels, tubes, ducts and channels. In other words, our body is a sort of microfluidic circuit. The Takayama lab borrows tools from the microelectronics industry to create man-made microfluidic circuitry with living cells inside of them. The lab also utilizes aqueous two phase systems and nanochannels created by fracture fabrication to analyze proteins, disease biomarkers, DNA, and chromatin. Specific applications include construction of artificial blood vessels to study breast cancer metastasis, generation of engineered small airways to study lung disease, and enhancing in vitro fertilization treatments by making artificial oviducts to manipulate sperm, eggs, and embryos. The lab also develop tools for high throughput drug testing and multiplexed disease biomarker assays. More fundamental research such as dissecting cell signaling networks, analyzing cell chemotaxis, and manipulating bacterial communities is also performed utilizing microfluidic technologies. Research Areas: Bio-MEMS and Microfluidics, Bio-Nanotechnology, Biofluids, Biomaterials, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine. |
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Jointly Appointed Faculty
Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering 2636 Bob and Betty Beyster Bldg 2260 Hayward Ann Arbor, MI 48109-212 Phone: (734) 764-8722 Email: gthurber@umich.edu Website: che.engin.umich.edu/people/thurber.html Research Areas: Biomedical Computation and Modeling, Drug Delivery and Therapeutics, Functional and Molecular Imaging. |
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