We are incredibly grateful to the funders who make our work possible.
Active Funding
- Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative, Exploratory Cell Networks to Decode and Program Cellular Behavior
- National Science Foundation, ENG CBET 2034495, RECODE: New technologies to illuminate and harness cadherins for the reproducible production of cortical tissue in human cerebral organoids
- National Science Foundation, ENG CMMI 1944734, CAREER: Establishing new insights into uterine smooth muscle mechanobiology with engineered tissue models
- National Institutes of Health, R01 HL153286, Engineering a microphysiological model of the infarct border zone to interrogate oxygen-dependent cell-cell communication in the myocardium
- National Institutes of Health, R01 MH136351, A multi-organoid-on-a-chip platform for interrogating human brain (dys) connectivity
- USC Research & Innovation, Alternative Methods to Animal Research Award Program, Reducing animals in neuroscience research by engineering a human visual system on a chip
Past Funding
- Additional Ventures, Expansion Grant, Establishing genotype-phenotype correlations and patient-specific drug responses for hypoplastic left heart syndrome with engineered heart-on-a-chip systems
- National Institutes of Health, R01 HL130172, Cxc12 Chemokine Signaling Regulates Synchronous Development of Coronary Vessels and Myocardium
- The Rose Hills Foundation, Innovator Grant Program, Engineering a Human-Relevant Model of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy on a Chip
- American Heart Association, Scientist Development Grant, Identifying Biomechanical Mechanisms of Dystrophic Cardiomyopathy in Engineered Human Stem Cell-Derived Cardiac Tissue
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association, Investigator Initiated Starter Grant, Engineering Robust and Functional Human Neuromuscular Junctions in a Dish for ALS Disease Modeling and Drug Screening
- National Institutes of Health, R21 EB025534, Establishing Mechanisms of Human Proximal Tubule Regeneration in an Engineered Organ on Chip Platform
- The Saban Research Institute, Team Science Grant, Regenerating Mammalian Cardiac Tissue with Lessons from the Zebrafish Heart
- Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation, Innovation Award, Identifying Mechanism of ALS Neuromuscular Junction Dysfunction Using iPSC-derived Motor Units
- Albert and Elaine Borchard Foundation, Research Grant, Engineering a Kidney on a Chip