Polacheck Lab

The Polacheck Lab is an interdisciplinary team of scientists and engineers who build microfluidic models of human tissues. Researchers use these human microtissue models to study how cells interact with their environment and how these interactions are disrupted in diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, and fibrosis. The lab’s long-term objectives are to translate the technology and techniques developed to build microtissues into tissue-engineered therapies for organ replacement and regenerative medicine.