Action and Reaction
07 Nov 2024 under Features
Siddharth Jhunjhunwala’s lab seeks to uncover how immune cells drive health and disease Our body’s first line of defence, the innate immune system, consists of specialised cells that orchestrate processes such as inflammation. Siddharth Jhunjhunwala, Associate Professor in the Department of Bioengineering (BE), studies two such types of cells: neutrophils and macrophages. His lab uses […]
4D Printing for Artificial Blood Vessels
06 Sep 2024 under Highlights
3D printing is like building a sand castle – adding material layer by layer until your digital blueprint turns into a physical object. While this allows precise design, the static nature of the objects created makes it a poor choice for applications such as scaffolds that can support the growth, organisation and functioning of cells […]