Self-Assembled Materials Form Mini Stem Cell Lab
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by Megan Fellman
March 27, 2008
EVANSTON, Ill. --- Imagine having one polymer and one small molecule that instantly assemble into a flexible but strong sac in which you can grow human stem cells, creating a sort of miniature laboratory. And that sac, if used for cell therapy, could cloak the stem cells from the human body’s immune system and biodegrade upon arriving at its destination, releasing the stem cells to do their work.
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Self-Assembly of Large and Small Molecules into Hierarchically Ordered Sacs and Membranes
Ramille Capito, Helen S. Azevedo, Yuri S. Velichko, Alvaro Mata, Samuel I. Stupp; Science 319(5871), (2008) 1812-1816. |
Group Meetings
Wednesday, July 22, 5:00 p.m., Cook Hall 2058 - Short presentations from selected individuals
Friday, July 24, 5:00 p.m., IBNAM Searle Seminar Rm - Liam Palmer and Greg Darnell
Thursday, July 30, 4:00 p.m., Cook Hall 2058 - Ramille Capito and Tyson Moyer
Thursday, Aug 13, 4:00 p.m., Cook Hall 2058 - Undergraduate students
Monday, Aug 31, 4:00 p.m., IBNAM Gray Seminar Rm - Mark McClendon and Carson Bruns
Saturday, Sept 19, 11:00 a.m., Cook Hall 2058 - Josh Goldberger and Megan Greenfield
Saturday, Sept 26, 11:00 a.m., Cook 2058 - Jessica Lehrman and Saahir Khan
The Stupp Group 2008

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