One research focus is the fundamental and transformative study of stem-cell differentiation and interplay between cells and their microenvironments with a goal of generating clinically relevant tissues/organoids for disease modeling, drug discovery and cell-based therapy. The lab aims to understand cues and signaling critical for engineering functional organoids and to promote the maturation of tissues/organoids derived from stem cells.
Another focus is to mitigate global warming and climate change caused by environmental pollution. Food waste is an inevitable global problem. According to an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) report, food waste represents the largest component of US landfills, accounting for a quarter of the solid waste. Methane exhausted from the landfilled food waste is linked to global climate change and extreme weather. We aim to apply modern biotechnology and bioengineering approaches to convert food waste into ecofriendly value-added industrial/medical products.
Research Interests
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Stem cells engineering
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Proteomics and Bioinformatics
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Cell Signaling
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Environmental engineering
Contact the lab
Sha Jin
Professor/Undergraduate Director
Biomedical Engineering
