Prof. Adam Feinberg | Biomedical Engineering | Materials Science & Engineering | Carnegie Mellon University
We have published a review article entitled “Engineered skeletal muscle tissue for soft robotics: fabrication strategies, current applications, and future challenges” in the journal WIREs Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology. Authors are graduate student Rebecca Duffy and Prof Adam Feinberg.
Prof. Feinberg is the lead author on a new publication in the journal Stem Cell Reports describing the functional comparison of cardiac muscle engineered from neonatal mouse cardiomyocytes versus cardiomyocytes derived from mouse embryonic stem cells. The study highlights the functional immaturity of stem cell derived cardiomyocytes in terms of electrophysiology and contractility at the tissue scale.
On a recent visit to Carnegie Mellon University, U.S. Commerce Under Secretary for Economic Affairs Mark Doms received a demonstration of the technology we have been developing on the 3D printing of biological soft materials, led by doctoral student T.J. Hinton.
We have published a book chapter entitled “Nanofiber Biomaterials” in the Springer Handbook of Nanomaterials covering the fabrication, characterization and application of nanofiber biomaterials. Congratulations to Rachelle, Yan, Ling, John and Quentin!
Prof. Feinberg is a co-inventor on the recently issued US Patent No. 8,492,150 entitled “Engineered cell growth on polymeric films and biotechnological applications thereof.”
We are pleased to welcome four undergraduates working in the lab this summer on a range of projects. Anshul Dhanker and Rahul Kurl have both received the highly competitive Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship from the Undergraduate Research Office at CMU. Shigeto Ono has received funding from the Summer Undergraduate Research Program through the BME Department. Danny Shue is a rising sophomore gaining research experience.
Congratulations to TJ Hinton, who recently graduated and received his Maters of Science degree in Biomedical Engineering from CMU. We are also excited that TJ will be continuing on in the group as a PhD student and expanding upon his research in the area of 3D bioprinting.
Congratulations to Quentin Jallerat and John Szymanksi for receiving the BME Department’s 2012-2013 Teaching Award for excellence. They share this award for their hard work as TA’s in the Tissue Engineering course, where they received outstanding evaluations from the students.
Congratulations to John Szymanski for winning the Best Presentation Award at the Biomechanics in Regenerative Medicine (BiRM) T32 Annual Progress Meeting. John presented his exciting work on using monodisperse nanofibers to elucidate the mechanical properties of fibronectin.
We have published a new article in the journal Acta Biomaterialia on tissue engineered skeletal muscle entitled “Optimizing the Structure and Contractility of Engineered Skeletal Muscle Thin Films.” Congratulations to Yan, Rebecca and Ashley for publishing the second research paper from the group!