Research interviews

Conversations with engineers building medicine’s next tools.

A professional interview series focused on the people, labs, and ideas shaping biomedical engineering research.

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Tissue Engineering

Bioprinting

Stem Cells

Biomaterials

Featured Interview / Tissue Engineering

Dr. Maya Chen

On designing scaffold systems that help cells organize into functional living tissue.

Tissue Engineering

Dr. Maya Chen

Wyss Institute, Harvard University

On designing scaffold systems that help cells organize into functional living tissue.

Tissue Engineering

Dr. Maya Chen

Wyss Institute, Harvard University

On designing scaffold systems that help cells organize into functional living tissue.

Bioprinting

Prof. Daniel Ruiz

MIT Synthetic Biology Center

How printing systems, hydrogels, and vascular design are changing what researchers can build.

Bioprinting

Prof. Daniel Ruiz

MIT Synthetic Biology Center

How printing systems, hydrogels, and vascular design are changing what researchers can build.

Stem Cells

Dr. Aisha Raman

Stanford Bioengineering

Why stem cell engineering depends as much on microenvironments as it does on molecular signals.

Stem Cells

Dr. Aisha Raman

Stanford Bioengineering

Why stem cell engineering depends as much on microenvironments as it does on molecular signals.

Biomaterials

Dr. Noah Kim

Northwestern Biomaterials Lab

On designing materials that communicate with cells rather than simply holding them in place.

Biomaterials

Dr. Noah Kim

Northwestern Biomaterials Lab

On designing materials that communicate with cells rather than simply holding them in place.

Living Systems

Prof. Leila Haddad

UC San Diego BioSystems Group

A conversation about control, uncertainty, and the challenge of engineering with biological matter.

Living Systems

Prof. Leila Haddad

UC San Diego BioSystems Group

A conversation about control, uncertainty, and the challenge of engineering with biological matter.

Regenerative Medicine

Dr. Theo Warren

Johns Hopkins Biomedical Engineering

How translational research teams think about moving engineered tissues from bench to clinic.

Regenerative Medicine

Dr. Theo Warren

Johns Hopkins Biomedical Engineering

How translational research teams think about moving engineered tissues from bench to clinic.