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Biomaterials

Innovations in Regenerative Medicine: Focusing on Endometrium, Muscle, and Wound Healing

An optogenetically regulated cell-based hydrogel patch for accelerated wound healing

Thursday, October 12, 2023

8:30 AM – 8:45 AM PDT

Location: 337 (Center, Level 3)

Presenting Author(s)

Elizabeth Kelley (she/her/hers)

Ph.D. Student
Rice University
Houston, Texas, United States

Co-Author(s)

CS

Christian Schreib, PhD

Rice University, United States
MP

Matthew Parker

Rice University Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, United States
SF

Samantha Fleury

Ph.D. Candidate
Rice University, United States
SG

Samuel Gershanok

Carnegie Mellon University, United States
LW

Liyang Wang

Carnegie Mellon University, United States
JR

Jacob Robinson, PhD

Rice University Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, United States
TC

Tzahi Cohen-Carni

Carnegie Mellon University, United States
SB

Stephen Badylak

University of Pittsburgh, United States

Primary Investigator(s)

Omid Veiseh, PhD (he/him/his)

Professor of Bioengineering, CPRIT Scholar in Cancer Research
Rice University
Houston, Texas, United States

There is a hole in the advanced wound healing market for a therapy that is dynamic and complex just like the wound environment itself. With our light-activated, cytokine-secreting wound healing patch, we have demonstrated the potential to significantly accelerate wound healing and generate healthy, functional skin with little to no scarring.