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j. the laboratory of lymphatic biology and bioengineering . brandon dixon is an assistant professor and leads gerard cote georgia institute of technology christian 200px tyler anish mukherjee nelson , iris lu , joshua hooks , j. brandon dixon mechanical engineering , biomedical engineering lymphatics united states nsf career award , outstanding bioe adviser j. brandon dixon
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j. brandon dixon

j. brandon dixon is a professor of mechanical and biomedical engineering at the georgia institute of technology .
he heads the laboratory of lymphatic biology and bioengineering -lrb- llbb -rrb- .
among his most recent publications , dr. dixon developed a tissue engineered in vitro model to recapitulate lipid uptake by intestinal lymphatics .
dr. dixon began at the georgia institute of technology in august 2009 as an assistant professor .
prior to his current appointment , he was a staff scientist at École polytechnique fédérale de lausanne -lrb- swiss federal institute of technology - lausanne -rrb- doing research on tissue-engineered models of the lymphatic system .
dr. dixon received his ph.d. from texas a&m in biomedical engineering while working in the optical biosensing laboratory , where he developed an imaging system for measuring lymphatic flow and estimating wall shear stress in contracting lymphatic vessels .
