Micro and Nanoengineering of the Cell Microenvironment

Cell-based technologies have brought us to the brink of biomedical advances like artificial skin and organ tissue generation. Suitable for bioengineers, this work covers the microfabrication and material synthesis developments that are paving the way to a generation of diagnostic and therapeutic tools.

Ali Khademhosseini is an assistant professor of medicine and health sciences and technology at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School. Jeffrey Borenstein is a distinguished member of the technical staff and director of the Biomedical Engineering Center at Draper Laboratory, Cambridge, MA. Mehmet Toner is a professor of surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School and president of the Society for Cryobiology. Shuichi Takayama is an associate professor of biomedical engineering and macromolecular science and engineering at the University of Michigan.