Lectures related to Tissue Mechanobiology: Vertex Models and ECM Fibers

Tissue Patterning: Engineering Complex Organ Patterns

Explores tissue patterning, focusing on complex organ patterns through cell interactions and morphogen gradients.

Extracellular Matrix and Cell Communication

Explores the extracellular matrix, cell-ECM interactions, and bacterial systems.

Extracellular Matrix: Structure, Function, and Engineering

Discusses the structure and function of the extracellular matrix and its engineering for tissue applications.

Tailoring Biomaterials for Stem Cell Biology

Explores engineering artificial stem cell niches, biomaterial screening, and microarrayed niche fabrication.

Extracellular Matrix: Structure, Function, and Proteins

Explores the extracellular matrix, collagen, fibronectin, laminin, proteoglycans, adhesive proteins, and mechanical properties.

Artificial ECMs: Design, Applications, and Challenges

Delves into artificial ECMs, synthetic biomaterials, and challenges in tissue engineering.

Mechanobiology of Cell Growth

Explores the mechanobiology of cell growth, focusing on essential components, force curve-based sample characterization, and the impact of turgor pressure on growth.

Engineering Artificial Cells and Organs: A Biological Perspective

Covers the engineering of artificial cells and organs, emphasizing material applications in biological systems.

Gene Regulatory Networks

Explores how gene regulatory networks encode changes in cell development and the importance of interactions between different regulatory networks.

Rules of Development

Delves into the rules of development, emphasizing the role of signals and morphogens.

Immune Cell Engineering: Targeting Checkpoint Inhibitors

Explores immune cell engineering for cancer therapy, emphasizing checkpoint inhibitor targeting through innovative delivery methods.

Organoids: Model Systems in Tissue Engineering

Explores the development and applications of organoids in tissue engineering and disease modeling using miniature in vitro constructs.

Active Matter: Cell Dynamics and Modeling

Explores cell dynamics in active matter, focusing on motility, polarity, and signaling pathways in biological systems.

Oxygen Consumption: Validation Calculations

Covers the validation calculations for oxygen consumption in Excel.

Cytoskeleton and Tensegrity

Explores the structure and functions of the cytoskeleton components for cell support and movement.

Structural Mechanics: Beam Bending and Boundary Conditions

Explores the moment-curvature relation for beams, emphasizing stress distribution and typical boundary conditions.

Macro-materials for Tissue Engineering

Covers the use of macro-materials in tissue engineering, including key components, scaffold classification, bioresorbable polymers, and hydrogel applications.

The Cytoskeleton

Explores the structure, functions, and dynamics of the cytoskeleton, focusing on filament properties, growth processes, and mechanical requirements.

Proteins and Cell Structures

Covers proteins' structures, cell functions, cytoskeleton, tissue engineering, and ligands.

Immune Tissue Engineering: Mechanisms and Applications

Explores immune tissue engineering, focusing on cell manipulation, immune cell types, and adaptive immune response levels, highlighting the importance of engineering immune cells for targeted therapies.