{"516151":{"#nid":"516151","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Bioengineering Seminar","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0022\u003Cem\u003EIn vitro\u003C\/em\u003E to \u003Cem\u003Ein vivo\u003C\/em\u003E Considerations in the Design of Synthetic-based Hydrogels for Applications in Tissue Engineering\u0022\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EStephanie J. Bryant, Ph.D.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAssociate Professor\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EChemical and Biological Engineering\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EUniversity of Colorado Boulder\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe overall research objective of this group is to combine novel cell scaffold development with mechanical cues to direct and guide tissue growth in the appropriate composition to yield a functional and integrated tissue. Tissues in the body are continually subjected to mechanical stresses. It is well known that cells detect and respond to mechanical stresses by metabolic alterations that are mediated through specific mechanotransduction pathways. Photopolymerized hydrogels offer a unique medium with which to design a wide array of scaffolds from different chemistries that exhibit a range of macroscopic properties and degradation profiles. They are interested in exploiting the hydrogel environment to study mechanotransduction pathways as well as developing novel scaffolds combined with mechanical conditioning for tissue engineering. In particular, the group is focused primarily on cartilage tissue engineering, but will soon be expanding into cardiac muscle tissue engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Bioengineering Seminar Series is a joint seminar series between the Petit Institute and the Biomedical Engineering department. Seminars are held on Tuesdays or Thursdays between 11am-12pm in Petit Institute, room 1128, unless otherwise indicated.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"\u0022In vitro to in vivo Considerations in the Design of Synthetic-based Hydrogels for Applications in Tissue Engineering\u0022 - Stephanie J. Bryant, Ph.D. - University of Colorado Boulder"}],"uid":"27959","created_gmt":"2016-03-22 07:49:56","changed_gmt":"2017-04-13 21:16:14","author":"Karen Ethier","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2016-04-14T12:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2016-04-14T13:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2016-04-14T13:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2016-04-14 16:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2016-04-14 17:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2016-04-14 17:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.colorado.edu\/bryantgroup\/","title":"Bryant lab website"},{"url":"http:\/\/petitinstitute.gatech.edu\/","title":"Petit Institute website"},{"url":"http:\/\/petitinstitute.gatech.edu\/bioe-seminars","title":"Bioengineering Seminar Series website"}],"groups":[{"id":"1292","name":"Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience (IBB)"},{"id":"65448","name":"Bioengineering Graduate Program"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"11877","name":"BioE Seminar"},{"id":"248","name":"IBB"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1789","name":"Conference\/Symposium"},{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"},{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFaculty host - \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:johnna.temenoff@bme.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJohnna Temenoff, Ph.D.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}