How Cellular Dysfunction Associated with Alzheimer’s Disease Arises in Microglia
April 17, 2025 | Categories: Core Faculty |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 about How Cellular Dysfunction Associated with Alzheimer’s Disease Arises in Microglia
New Platform for Tissue Engineers Reduces Guesswork in Bioink Formulation
April 11, 2025 | Categories: Core Faculty, Uncategorized |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 about New Platform for Tissue Engineers Reduces Guesswork in Bioink Formulation
Reh Lab Shows Conclusively that AAV-delivered Genes Can Regenerate Mammalian Retinal Neurons
March 24, 2025 | Categories: Core Faculty, Research, Uncategorized |Researchers in the Reh Lab have produced the clearest evidence yet that AAV-delivered genes can stimulate regeneration in the mammalian retina Read More about Reh Lab Shows Conclusively that AAV-delivered Genes Can Regenerate Mammalian Retinal Neurons
How Small Molecules Have a Big Impact on the Heart
October 23, 2024 | Categories: Core Faculty, Research |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 about How Small Molecules Have a Big Impact on the Heart
Modeling the Periodontal Ligament in 3D
October 22, 2024 | Categories: Core Faculty, Research |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 about Modeling the Periodontal Ligament in 3D
David Baker Receives Nobel Prize
October 9, 2024 | Categories: Award, Core Faculty |ISRCRM faculty member David Baker has been awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for computational protein design. Read More about David Baker Receives Nobel Prize
New Gene Therapy for Muscular Dystrophy Offers Hope
July 17, 2024 | Categories: Core Faculty, Research |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 about New Gene Therapy for Muscular Dystrophy Offers Hope
Kelly Stevens to Co-Lead NIH Funded Center to Foster New Ideas and Fight Inequity
June 27, 2024 | Categories: Core Faculty |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 about Kelly Stevens to Co-Lead NIH Funded Center to Foster New Ideas and Fight Inequity
Designed Proteins Guide Stem Cells to Form Blood Vessels
June 11, 2024 | Categories: Core Faculty, Research |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 about Designed Proteins Guide Stem Cells to Form Blood Vessels
Meet the 2024 Tietze Award Winners
May 24, 2024 | Categories: Award, Core Faculty |ISCRM Associate Director Nate Sniadecki, PhD, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Hichem Tasfaout, PhD, Acting Assistant Professor, Neurology have received prestigious awards from the John H. Tietze Foundation Trust that will help fuel promising research underway in their labs. Read More about Meet the 2024 Tietze Award Winners