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David T. Corr

David Corr
David T.
Corr
Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
corrd@rpi.edu

Using a novel direct-writing method at RPI, Dr. Corr is fabricating combinatorial libraries of scaffold, biomolecule, and stem cell constructs with single-cell spatial resolution. These tissue-constructs, with varying composition and geometry, will define stem cell properties, leading to custom-designed tissue replacements built with autologous cells. The lab is working to characterize effects of physical/ biochemical stimuli on stem cells, and how these factors direct their differentiation and development to build stem cells into improved prototype tissue replacement constructs.

Select Publications: 

Aarimaa V, Rantanen J, Best T, Schultz E, Corr D, Kalimo H. Mild eccentric stretch injury in skeletal muscle causes transient effects on tensile load and cell proliferation. Scan J Med Sci Sports 2004; 14(6):367-372.

Best TM, Shehadeh SE, Leverson GE, Michel JT, Corr DT, Aeschlimann D. Analysis of changes in mRNA levels of myoblast- and fibroblast-derived gene products in healing skeletal muscle using quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. J Orthop Res 2001; 19:565- 572.