Our precision porous scaffolds promote exquisite healing through the exclusive intermingling of specific T cells and M1-macrophage phenotypes that generate exosomes with unique miRNA and protein content capable of re-programming cells into desired tissue cells (trans-differentiation). NIH - 5R01GM128991-02.
Buddy D. Ratner, Ph.D.
Professor, Departments of Bioengineering and Chemical Engineering
Jay Heinecke, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Medicine
Functional Amyloid Formation in Bacteria
Biofilm are microorganisms entrapped in a 3D extracellular matrix (ECM) of their own making; the ECM comprises extracellular polysaccharides, DNA, and proteins, the latter mostly in the form of amyloid fibrils. This project analyses the mechanism of amyloid formation in both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria, introduces two different synthetic peptide design approaches to inhibit amyloid formation, and translates the results to clinically relevant models.