Engineering Cells & Their Microenvironments
The Engineering Cells & Their Microenvironments Special Interest Group concentrates on technologies and approaches focused at the single cell level and encompassing engineering cell microenvironments, biomaterial-induced cell signaling, stem cell manufacturing and differentiation, immunoengineering, and biomaterials for cell-based detection and diagnosis.
Objectives
- Engage members at the annual Society For Biomaterials meeting by guiding and sponsoring forums
- Promote networking through social events held at the annual meeting
- Share resources to support students and members
Officers
Chair: Chelsea M. Magin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus
2115 N Scranton St, Suite 3010
Aurora, CO 80045
t: (303) 724-3344
e: chelsea.magin@cuanschutz.edu
Vice-Chair: Kyle Lampe, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
University of Virginia
385 McCormick Road
Charlottesville, VA 22903
t: (434) 982-6921
e: lampe@virginia.edu
Secretary/Treasurer: Taimoor H. Qazi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Purdue University
206 S. Martin Jischke Dr
West Lafayette, IN 47906
t: (765) 494-8816
e: tqazi@purdue.edu
Program Chair: Julianne Holloway, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Arizona State University
PO Box 876106
Tempe, AZ 85287
t: (480) 727-3843
e: julianne.holloway@asu.edu
Web Contact: Marley Dewey, Ph.D.
University of California, Santa Barbara
e: marleydewey@ucsb.edu
Social Media Representative: Lucia Nash, Ph.D.
Texas A&M Biomedical Engineering
e: lnash@tamu.edu
Student Contact: Yu-Chung Liu
University of Pennsylvania
25 N. 38th Street, 10th Fl.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
t: (734) 205-7377
e: yuchungl@umich.edu
Industry Representative: TBD
Biomaterials Forum Reporter: Silvia Zustiak, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
St. Louis University
e: silviya.zustiak@slu.edu
Journal Advocate: Brian Kwee, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
University of Delaware
e: bkwee@udel.edu
Past Chair: Janet Zoldan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
University of Texas at Austin
107 W. Dean Keeton St.
BME 4.202D
Austin, TX 78712
t: (512) 471-4884
e: zjanet@austin.utexas.edu