CELL and MATERIAL TECHNOLOGIES

Tringides Lab
We develop materials that can mimic biological systems, to enable improved biological interfaces. Part of our lab develops, characterizes, and assembles new soft materials to create fully viscoelastic implantable devices. The other part uses these materials for in vitro culture systems, to create physiologically-mimicked platforms. Our goal is to understand mechanisms of neural function, and advance the treatment and diagnosis of neurological disorders.
Research Areas

Soft Material Development and Characterization
Materials fabrication, materials processing

Tissue-Like Materials
Hydrogels, scaffold, cell-material interactions, functional materials

Physiologically Mimicked Multimaterial Platforms
Microphysiological systems, development, disease

Ultraconformable Viscoelastic Electrode Arrays
Implantable devices, disease, neuromodulation