{"303471":{"#nid":"303471","#data":{"type":"news","title":"McDevitt, Garcia, and Lu labs\u0027 Publication Featured in Special Edition of the Journal Nature","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EProfessors McDevitt, Garcia,and Lu, of the Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, are featured in the journal\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nature.com\/nature\/focus\/reprogramming\/index.html?WT.mc_id=TWT_NATURE_1406_REPROGRAMMING#nature\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003E Nature\u0027s\u003C\/em\u003E special edition on \u003Cem\u003ECellular Reprogramming\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E. Cellular reprogramming, the ability to convert somatic cells to pluripotent cells, or to a different developmental lineage, holds great promise for stem cell-based therapy. In \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nature.com\/nature\/focus\/reprogramming\/index.html?WT.mc_id=TWT_NATURE_1406_REPROGRAMMING#nature\u0022\u003Ethis online edition on\u003Cem\u003E Cellular Reprogramming\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Cem\u003ENature\u003C\/em\u003E brings together a selection of articles from Nature Publishing Group that highlights the molecular mechanisms underlying reprogramming and the challenges to efficiently and reliably obtain clinically-relevant cell types.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETodd McDevitt is the Carol Ann and David D. Flanagan Associate Professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering and the founding Director of the Stem Cell Engineering Center at Georgia Tech. McDevitt\u2019s research program focuses on directed differentiation of stem cells for regenerative medicine, models of development and disease, and diagnostic applications.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAndr\u00e9s J. Garc\u00eda is the Rae and Frank H. Neely Chair in Mechanical Engineering, George W. Woodruff Professorship, and Regents\u0027 Professor of Mechanical Engineering, with joint appointments in the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering and the Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering. Garc\u00eda and his lab members\u0027 research centers on, stem cell and genetic engineering; tissue engineering; and bio-inspired surfaces, including micropatterned substrates.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHang Lu is a Professor in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and the Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering. Lu\u0027s lab research is in the areas of microfliuidics, neuroscience, cell biology, and lab-on-a-chip microsystems.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"McDevitt, Garcia, and Lu labs\u0027 Publication Featured in Nature\u0027s Special Collection on Reprogramming"}],"uid":"27863","created_gmt":"2014-06-17 09:41:14","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:16:37","author":"Christa Ernst","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-06-17T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-06-17T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"303451":{"id":"303451","type":"image","title":"Hang Lu Special Edition","body":null,"created":"1449244609","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:56:49","changed":"1475895007","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:50:07","alt":"Hang Lu Special Edition","file":{"fid":"199615","name":"hlu_lab_microfluidics.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/hlu_lab_microfluidics_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/hlu_lab_microfluidics_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":273228,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/hlu_lab_microfluidics_0.jpg?itok=x0drzT9f"}},"303461":{"id":"303461","type":"image","title":"Todd McDevitt in Lab","body":null,"created":"1449244609","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:56:49","changed":"1475895007","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:50:07","alt":"Todd McDevitt in Lab","file":{"fid":"199616","name":"mcdevitt_lab.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/mcdevitt_lab_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/mcdevitt_lab_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":571770,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/mcdevitt_lab_0.jpg?itok=s5IMn3OK"}}},"media_ids":["303451","303461"],"groups":[{"id":"1271","name":"NanoTECH"}],"categories":[{"id":"140","name":"Cancer Research"},{"id":"141","name":"Chemistry and Chemical Engineering"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"},{"id":"149","name":"Nanotechnology and Nanoscience"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"150","name":"Physics and Physical Sciences"}],"keywords":[{"id":"95561","name":"adhesive materials"},{"id":"14219","name":"Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering"},{"id":"12701","name":"Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology"},{"id":"95571","name":"journal feature; special edition"},{"id":"13419","name":"Mechanotransduction"},{"id":"4282","name":"microfluidic devices"},{"id":"2194","name":"nanomedicine"},{"id":"167130","name":"Stem Cells"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39441","name":"Bioengineering and Bioscience"},{"id":"39451","name":"Electronics and Nanotechnology"},{"id":"39471","name":"Materials"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":["christa.ernst@ien.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}