Systems Biology and Biomedical Engineering
In Biomedical Engineering, Professor Claudia Fischbach-Teschl focuses on biomaterials and drug delivery.
By creating a Department of Biomedical Engineering—one that builds on the strengths of physical sciences and engineering, Cornell’s College of Veterinary Medicine, and Weill Cornell Medical College—the Engineering College is focusing its efforts on systems biology and applications to human health. The vision for biomedical engineering is to develop a quantitative understanding of the human body across length and time scales. The ability to link quantitatively genomic and molecular level insights to whole organism physiology systems is key to engineering designs for improved therapeutic strategies for drug delivery, diagnosis of disease, and design of effective medical devices. Several unique capabilities support this effort, including Cornell’s strengths in micro- and nanofabricated systems and cellular and molecular imaging.
Research Topics
Biomaterials
A false-colored SEM image of a juvenille cat's tooth enamel, photo by Ellen Keene (Estroff)
Biomaterials and Drug Delivery
Using both traditional methods of synthesis and protein engineering strategies to develop biologically inspired polymers for therapeutic and diagnostic applications.
Biomedical Imaging
The pioneering work of determining the mechanisms of disease rely on the sophisticated imaging techniques designed by engineers.
Biomedical Mechanics
Members of the Biomedical Mechanics Area use expertise in mechanics to understand the function of biological tissues, organs, and systems.
Molecular, Cellular, and Tissue Engineering
Tissue engineering offers invaluable strategies to the recreation of tissues and to the modeling of systems for research or drug testing.
