The Abbott lab at Carnegie Mellon University works at the interface of materials science and regenerative medicine. We investigate how the 3D microenvironment affects tissue development and disease. Our current research focuses on adipose tissue engineering strategies, silk biomaterials and non-invasive tissue assessments to study obesity and it's link to type II diabetes. For more information about what we do, check out our current research projects, publications, and outreach events. To join our team please contact us!
Professor Abbott is featured on "My Future Tech Podcast!" Check it out!
Recent updates
12/2020 - Professor Abbott gives a keynote at the World Biomaterial Congress for the special symposium on "Engineered microenvironments in disease."
11/2020 - RegenerativeMedicine.net features work by Tahlia on 3D printing silk.
10/2020 - CMU publishes an article on Sean's computational work in the lab.
9/2020 - Congratulations to Megan for earning the Outstanding Poster Award at the CMU BME Forum. Her poster was on the use of non-invasive ultrasound for the degradation of silk biomaterials!
9/2020 - CMU publishes an article on Tahlia's work on 3D printing silk.
9/2020 - Congratulations to Megan for earning the Dowd Fellowship!
8/2020 - Congratulations to Liz for earning an NIH-T32 fellowship under the Biomechanics in Regenerative Medicine (BiRM) training program!