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User-Friendly 3D-Printed Device Will Allow Researchers to Model Human Tissue With Increased Control and Complexity

April 30, 2025 | Categories: Core Faculty, Research, Uncategorized | Tagged: , ,

The device known as STOMP, developed by researchers from the Sniadecki and Theberge Labs, is small enough to fit on a human fingertip and is compatible with existing tissue engineering technology. Read More

Diagram showing cellular trafficking pathways involving SORL1, VPS26a, and VPS26b between the trans-Golgi network, early endosome, and lysosome, with notes on how SORL1 loss affects neurons and microglia.

How Cellular Dysfunction Associated with Alzheimer’s Disease Arises in Microglia  

April 17, 2025 | Categories: Core Faculty | Tagged: ,

New research from the lab of ISCRM faculty member Jessica Young sheds light on the relationship between loss of SORL1 and Alzheimer's disease risk specifically in microglia. Read More

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New Platform for Tissue Engineers Reduces Guesswork in Bioink Formulation

April 11, 2025 | Categories: Core Faculty, Uncategorized | Tagged: , ,

The Stevens Lab has unveiled a game-changing system to simultaneously screen dozens of varying compositions of bioinks for tissue and organ printing Read More

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Reh Lab Shows Conclusively that AAV-delivered Genes Can Regenerate Mammalian Retinal Neurons

March 24, 2025 | Categories: Core Faculty, Research, Uncategorized | Tagged: , , ,

Researchers in the Reh Lab have produced the clearest evidence yet that AAV-delivered genes can stimulate regeneration in the mammalian retina Read More

Color-coded diagram of a protein structure with labeled regions: Upper 50 kDa (blue), Lower 50 kDa (light blue), Actin Binding Sites (green), Regulatory Loops (red), N-Terminal Domain (purple), Relay Helix (red), Converter Domain (orange).

How Small Molecules Have a Big Impact on the Heart

October 23, 2024 | Categories: Core Faculty, Research | Tagged: , , ,

Researchers at UW and UCSD use a multiscale modeling tool show how small infusions of myosin can have a big impact on the whole heart. Read More

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Modeling the Periodontal Ligament in 3D

October 22, 2024 | Categories: Core Faculty, Research | Tagged: ,

A new 3D modeling tool developed by the Sniadecki Lab and Dr. Tracy Popwics in the School of Dentistry could lead to regenerative therapies for periodontal diseases. Read More

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David Baker Receives Nobel Prize

October 9, 2024 | Categories: Award, Core Faculty | Tagged:

ISRCRM faculty member David Baker has been awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for computational protein design. Read More

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New Gene Therapy for Muscular Dystrophy Offers Hope

July 17, 2024 | Categories: Core Faculty, Research | Tagged: , ,

A new gene therapy treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) shows promise of not only arresting the decline of the muscles of those affected by this inherited genetic disease, but perhaps, in the future, repairing those muscles. Read More

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Kelly Stevens to Co-Lead NIH Funded Center to Foster New Ideas and Fight Inequity

June 27, 2024 | Categories: Core Faculty | Tagged: ,

Kelly Stevens and Lola Eniola-Adefeso at the University of Michigan are co-leaders of a new NIH-funded center that will spur biomaterials translational solutions and bring together traditional, nontraditional, and historically excluded biomaterials researchers. Read More

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Designed Proteins Guide Stem Cells to Form Blood Vessels

June 11, 2024 | Categories: Core Faculty, Research | Tagged: , ,

UW researchers have used computer-designed proteins to direct human stem cells to form new blood vessels in the lab, offering new hope for repairing damaged hearts, kidneys, and other organs. Read More