Research in our group is funded primarily by grants from the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and include the following projects:

• Hydrogel Niches that Promote hMSC Migration and Differentiation with Applications in Bone and Cartilage Regeneration

• Tunable Microenvironments for 3D VIC Culture and Heart Valve Regeneration

• Bioactive Gels that Promote Long-Term Islet Survival and Function

• Quantitative Analysis of Tumor Cell Migration in Three Dimensional Matrices

• Spatiotemporal Regulated Hydrogels for 3D Cell Culture