Our research areas span the diverse field of Molecular, Cellular and Tissue Engineering, with both biomedical and biochemical applications. Our research efforts are enhanced by active collaborations with faculty in Biological Sciences, the School of Medicine, and Rosewell Park Cancer Institute.
Graduate students are often co-advised.
Gene therapy using recombinant retroviruses, mathematical modeling of retroviral transduction kinetics, gene transfer to epidermal stem cells. Tissue engineering of skin, wound healing, effects of growth factors on epidermal cell growth and differentiation. Transport phenomenon in biological system, Molecular transport in tissue, cell-cell communication via biological pores, biosensors. While the above faculty have primary research interests in bioengineering, several others have at least ongoing projects in the field of bioengineering. Resources The Engineering Biotechnology Laboratory is the primary bioengineering research facility in the Chemical Engineering Department.