Musculoskeletal Tissue Regeneration Laboratory Principal
Investigator: Joseph W. Freeman, PhD, Assistant Professor
Welcome to the MTR Laboratory
The
Musculoskeletal Tissue Regeneration (MTR) Laboratory is a part of the Virginia Tech-Wake Forest
School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences (SBES). The MTR
Laboratory is located in the ICTAS Building
on the campus of Virginia Tech.
We primarily focus on the repair and regeneration of tissue, mainly
musculoskeletal tissue, through the use of tissue engineering
techniques. We also investigate mechanisms of tissue damage and
healing,
and molecular modeling of structural proteins.
The
MTR Laboratory is also a part of Virginia Tech's Bio-Based Materials
Center (BBMC), a part of the Institute for Critical Technology and
Applied Science (ICTAS).
The
ICTAS Building
is located at the corner of Stanger and Turner Streets in Blacksburg,
Virginia, and it is the headquarters
of ICTAS and the new home of SBES.
Dr. Joseph Freeman
Assistant Professor
Recent News: 10.14.09 Paper accepted into the Journal of Theoretical Biology 10.10.09 Tea gave a podium presentation at the BMES 2009 meeting in Pittsburgh, PA 10.7.09 Paper published online in the Journal of Applied Polymer Science
8.11.09 Dr. De Vita, Dr. Freeman, & Dr. Barrett awarded NSF Grant
6.17.09 Lee gave a podium presentation at the ASME 2009 meeting in Palm Desert, CA
See "What's
New" for details and additional news items
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