Department of Biomedical Engineering

Geometric designhuman modelingvirtual reality

The Ankrum Lab is focused on engineering mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) based therapeutics, often...

Geneticsbioinformatics and computational geneticsmacular degeneration

Bioinformatics, computational biology, genome sequence analysis, software tools for human...

Medical image processingmathematical modeling of physiological processes

Spinal biomechanics, Total joint arthroplasty, Patient/subject-specific model development,...

Computational biologybioinformaticsgenomics of microbial organisms and evolution of their proteins

Spine biomechanicseffect of mechanical loads on the cellular activities in the intervertebral...

Live cell imaging, modeling biochemical reaction pathways in living cells

Biomechanics of aneurysms and endovascular graftsMechanics of biological and engineered soft...

Pulmonary image analysiscardiovascular imaging3-D medical imaging

Wound healing, skin tissue engineering, microvessel formation in engineered skinmultiscale...

Alternative splicingregulation of gene expressiondisease gene identificationmolecular genetics...

Next generation theory and tools for biomolecular x-ray crystallographyprediction of the...

Coronary blood flow dynamicsHeart valve mechanicsCardiovascular implant design and analysisRBC...