Using mechanotransduction to regulate stem cell fate in heart tissue [ 2016 - ]

Research Grant

Researchers: Dr Yu Suk Choi (Principal investigator) ,  A/Pr Adam Engler ,  Prof KunLiang Guan

Brief description Emerging new interdisciplinary field, mechanotransduction, combines efforts from biology, engineering, and material science to understand how cells sense/feel their surroundings mechanically e.g. soft vs. stiff and transfer these signals to biochemical signalling to initiate cellular changes. This project aims to develop high-throughput hydrogel platform with stiffness patterns to study cellular mechanosensing mechanism and to generate better heart muscle cells for heart stem cell therapy.

Funding Amount $385,983.00

Funding Scheme Project Grants

Notes Standard Project Grant