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About us

The Anseth group specializes in developing biomaterial scaffolds with highly-controlled architectures and chemistries for three-dimensional cell culture, tissue regeneration, and biological assays. We are particularly interested in understanding how cells receive information from their surroundings and designing materials that allow us to study these processes. 

Our approach exploits classical engineering principles and modeling to control cell behavior on time scales ranging from seconds to months and affecting changes on the molecular and macroscopic scales. The methods we use include the design of biomaterial niches that permit cell function, as well as bioactive environments that dynamically promote or suppress specific cellular responses, including proliferation, differentiation, and extracellular matrix production.

Our research spans a spectrum of fundamental studies to better understand the role of biomaterial environments on cell function. We use sophisticated chemical crosslinking schemes to create cell carriers targeted for clinical application, rapid detection of biological molecules, and models to study cellular pathology.

The Anseth Research Group is proud to be part of the BioFrontiers Institute

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Latest News

First author papers from Dilara, Ali, and Connor...and more new publications!
Michael and collaborators introduce PhASE-ExM for super-res imaging of organoids
New articles! Jason and Arda publish in Biomaterials, Ben and Max publish in Biofabrication
Cierra, Megan, and Brian review sex differences in cardiac cells in JMCC
Cierra elucidates mechanical contributions to epigenetic changes in aortic valve disease in Nature BME
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Anseth Research Group

Chemical & Biological Engineering Department  & The BioFrontiers Institute
University of Colorado, Boulder
Jennie Smoly Caruthers Biotechnology Building
3415 Colorado Ave, Boulder, CO, 80303
kristi.anseth@colorado.edu
(303)-735-5336

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