Deconstructing and Reconstructing Human Tissues

ONLINE CBE SEMINAR

All Fall 2020 CBE Seminars will be hosted online via Zoom. RSVP to receive zoom link by emailing info@bioengineering.ucsb.edu.

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Speaker

Kelly Stevens, Ph.D. 
Assistant Professor
Department. of Bioengineering
University of Washington

Abstract

Human development involves the complex assembly of billions of cells. I will describe our work in shedding light on and harnessing how nature builds tissues. Specifically, we have develop methods to attain structural and transcriptomic maps - or blueprints -  of human tissues. We have leveraged these blueprints to build artificial human tissues, in which both structural and genetic wiring can be controlled. We are working to translate our work into new therapies for patients with liver and heart disease.

BIO

Dr. Kelly Stevens is an Assistent Professor of Bioengineering, and Laboratory Medicine & Pathology at the University of Washington. Dr. Stevens' research focuses on mapping and building artificial human tissues to treat liver and heart disease. She has made contributions to improve human cell sourcing, vascularization, structure and physiology of human bioartificial tissues. Dr. Stevens has received several awards in recognition of this work, including the NIH New Innovator Award, BMES CMBE Rising Star Award, John Tietze Stem Cell Scientist Award, and Gree Foundation Scholar Award.