Research Program and Theme
- Program: Cancer Engineering and Biological Systems
- Theme: Comparative and Engineered Oncology Models
Research Focus
Brendan Harley’s lab focuses on developing biomaterials that present microenvironmental (biophysical and biomolecular) signals to regulate cell behavior for applications in musculoskeletal regeneration, dynamically, hematopoietic stem cell biomanufacturing, and models of invasive brain cancer. His lab employs a broad range of tissue engineering technologies to track cell responses within biomimetic materials at the single-cell and cell-population levels, thereby gathering the data required to support multi-scale modeling modalities. Harley’s cancer research efforts explore the invasive spreading and treatment of glioblastoma (GBM), the most common and deadly form of brain cancer. Learn more about Brendan Harley’s lab.
Other Campus Affiliations
- Professor, Bioengineering
- Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
- Professor, Micro and Nanotechnology Lab
- Professor, Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
- Program Leader, Cancer Center at Illinois, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation