Graduate Student
University of Illinois Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Vedant is currently pursuing his doctorate in biomedical engineering in the Microfabricated Tissue Models Laboratory at the University of Illinois at Chicago. His research interests involve using engineering technologies, such as micropatterning and microfluidics, along with primary and pluripotent stem cell-derived cells to create liver tissue surrogates that can be used for applications in drug toxicity, disease modeling, and regenerative medicine. Prior to joining UIC, Vedant earned his bachelor's in biochemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where his undergraduate research involved characterizing molecular mechanics of selectin interactions with cancer cells for the purpose of biomimetic cell separation.
Engineering Strategies to Expand and Re-differentiate Primary Human Hepatocytes for Drug Screening
Friday, October 13, 2023
9:00 AM – 9:15 AM PDT
Friday, October 13, 2023
9:15 AM – 9:30 AM PDT