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09.15.09
McDevitt appointed as a Petit Faculty Fellow in the Institute for Bioengineering & Bioscience

09.01.09
McDevitt featured in Georgia Trend magazine (more)

08.01.09
McDevitt laboratory awarded R01 from NIGMS
(more)

07.01.09
Priya Baraniak awarded a post-doctoral fellowship from the American Heart Association (more)

05.01.09
McDevitt elected Chair of Cell/Organ Therapies Special Interest Group within the Society for Biomaterials (more)

04.10.09
Melissa Kinney & lab alumni Geoffrey Berguig receive NSF Graduate Research Fellowships (more)

03.10.09
McDevitt laboratory featured on Atlanta Fox 5 News (more)

03.10.09
Scott Seaman selected as College of Engineering & Department of BME Undergraduate Research Award winner (more)

Upcoming

BMES Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA - October 7-10, 2009 (more)

AIChE Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN - November 8-13, 2009 (more)

BME Department seminar at Vanderbilt University - November 10, 2009

The McDevitt ESCT Laboratory at Georgia Tech

Engineering Principles Applied to Stem Cell Biology to Advance Regenerative Medicine and Cell Diagnostic Technologies

The McDevitt laboratory is focused on the engineering of innovative technologies to translate the regenerative potential of stem cells into effective cellular and molecular therapies for the treatment of degenerative diseases and traumatic injuries.  By developing controlled systems approaches to engineer
the microenvironment of
stem cells, we aspire to improve the efficiency and yield of directed stem cell differentiation strategies. 
We also seek to develop
novel regenerative molecular therapies based on the morphogens produced by stem cells.  Efficient scalable bioprocesses will require the development of enabling tools and technologies to facilitate the production of stem cell technologies. The combination of directed stem cell differentiation and derivation of stem cell biotherapeutics will yield fresh insights into stem cell biology and facilitate new regenerative therapies.

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ESCT Lab Research Themes

		Engineering the Stem Cell Microenvironment Spatiotemporal control of biochemical and mechanical cues in the extracellular stem cell microenvironment can be used to direct cell phenotype. (more)
		Stem Cell Bioprocessing Engineering controlled systems for the scalable efficient production of stem cells requires the development of novel enabling tools and technologies. (more)
		Regenerative Stem Cell Molecular Therapies Morphogenic factors produced by stem cells can induce endogenous repair of injured and diseased tissues, independent of cell differentiation. (more)
		Stem Cell Biology & Related Projects The ever-expanding landscape of stem cell biology continues to create new avenues of research and collaborative opportunities to pursue. (more)