research
- Sharon (Huan) Wang shows that valvular interstitial cells will return to a quiescent phenotype after reducing the modulus of the substrate on which they are plated using the nitrobenzyl photochemistry the Anseth group brought into hydrogels. The
- Mark Tibbitt demonstrated controlled release of protein from photodegradable PEG microspheres. His work earned him the Outstanding Research Winner in the PhD category for the 9th World Biomaterials Congress in China.M.W. Tibbitt, B.W. Han, A.M.
- Pat Hume showed that immunosuppressive factors maintain their activity when tethered to a hydrogel and reduce markers of dendritic cell activation. The figure shows reduced levels of IL-12 expression in dendritic cells seeded upon hydrogels
- Cole DeForest shows the addition and removal of biologically active peptides using two orthogonal photochemistries. His work is highlighted on the cover of Angewandte Chemie-International Edition.C.A. DeForest and K.S. Anseth, "Photoreversible