@BilliarLab

Tissue mechanics and mechanobiology, heart valve, cell traction

 Worcester, MA
wp.wpi.edu/billiarlab/
Joined April 2014
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.@WPI_BME faculty are playing multiple roles at #BMES2022! First up, meeting co-chair Kris Billiar (@BilliarLab) and track chairs Jeannine Coburn (@FuncBioMatLab) and George Pins (@Georgedpins)!
Dark red banner at the top with the WPI seal and “Worcester Polytechnic Institute” in white lettering. Check out WPI BME in Leadership at 2022 BMES Annual Meeting: Dr. Kris Billiar – Co-Chair Dr. George Pins – TrackChair, Biomaterials Dr. Jeannine Coburn – TrackChair, Advance Biomanufacturing

ALT Dark red banner at the top with the WPI seal and “Worcester Polytechnic Institute” in white lettering. Check out WPI BME in Leadership at 2022 BMES Annual Meeting: Dr. Kris Billiar – Co-Chair Dr. George Pins – TrackChair, Biomaterials Dr. Jeannine Coburn – TrackChair, Advance Biomanufacturing

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Kristen Billiar, professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, was awarded the Chairman’s Exemplary Prize. wpi.today/3cSIbz5 @WPI_BME #WPITrusteeAwards @BilliarLab
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Check out today’s presenters from @WPI_BME! Mahvash Jebeli (@MahvashJebeli) and Kianoosh Ghazi will be in the 9-10AM open Q&A session and chat. Both are doctoral students in our program. Mahvash works in @BilliarLab with Prof. Billiar & Kianoosh works in Prof. Ji’s lab. #BMES2020
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Fun fact! Current @WPI_BME department chair, Dr. Kris Billiar (@BilliarLab), was Dr. Sacks' first PhD student at University of Pennsylvania.
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Senior student Leigh Whitehorn presents on how heart valve cells on soft substrates spread and reorient in response to cyclic stretch. Leigh works with Dr. Kris Billiar (BME) to determine how the mechanical environment directs cell behavior in normal and disease conditions. 5/9
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Senior Zhijie Dong presents her work with Dr. Kris Billiar (BME) & Dr. Ying Lei (BME) on creating and assessing a tissue engineered heart valve created from fibrin and hyaluronic based hydrogels. These materials help reduce valve retraction and improve valve success. 8/9
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Good morning #BMES2019! #WPIBME is ready to go! Stop by our booth #343/345, and check out some great posters from our research labs! @BMESociety @BilliarLab @GaudetteLab
Listing of Thursday poster presentations for WPI BME research laboratories at BMES 2019.

ALT Listing of Thursday poster presentations for WPI BME research laboratories at BMES 2019.

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Follow my department’s new page! We’ve got great things to share about our students, faculty, and staff!
WPI Biomedical Engineering Department@WPI_BME9 Oct 2019
We're live! The Biomedical Engineering department @WPI is finally on Twitter! We look forward to sharing all of the great things going on in our department and supporting our university and our colleagues outside of WPI.
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