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Talk

"Sculpting Form and Function: Build, Learn, Repeat"

Dr. Chen has been an instrumental figure in the development of engineered cellular microenvironments to understand and control how cells build tissues. He is using these insights to engineer biomimetic cultures to model human tissues, physiology, and disease, as well as to engineer new approaches for regenerative medicine. He will discuss his latest work in this presentation.

About the Speaker

Christopher S. Chen (Boston University)

Christopher S. Chen, M.D., Ph.D., is the William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Boston University, Founding Director of the Biological Design Center, and Core Faculty of the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University. He serves as Deputy Director of the National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center in Cellular Metamaterials and Co-PI of the National Science Foundation Science and Technology Center for Engineering Mechanobiology. He is an Allen Distinguished Investigator, a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors, and is a member of the Faculty of 1000. He received his A.B. in Biochemistry from Harvard, M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from M.I.T., Ph.D. in Medical Engineering and Medical Physics from the Harvard-M.I.T. Health Sciences and Technology Program, and M.D. from the Harvard Medical School.

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When
December 18, 2024
Talk: 2:00 pm
followed by meet-the-speaker session

Where
BIH Center for Regenerative Therapies (BCRT)
Cranach Haus, Auditorium (0.0044/45)
Föhrer Str. 15, 13353 Berlin

Registration
Please contact: julia.mehl@bih-charite.de