BIOE689J

Restriction: Permission of the Fischell Department of Bioengineering. Provides an introduction to the role of stem cells in tissue growth and development, and the engineering of stem cells and their environments for regenerative medicine applications, as well as disease modeling. Topics covered include basic stem cell biology and mechanobiology; experimental methods for growing, differentiating, studying, and characterizing stem cells; stem cell integration into engineered microenvironments (e.g., tissue scaffolds and biomaterials, organ-on-chip devices, 3D-printed biomaterials); stem cell engineering in clinical applications and disease models; and ethical, commercialization, and regulatory issues inthe field of stem cell engineering.