Microdevices
Overview
Our research is focused on designing and building hybrid materials and devices. Microscale soft biological constructs, which retain their unique biological functionalities, are being interfaced with robust synthetic components to develop two distinct technologies: (1) Active bionanomaterials and (2) Quantitative pharmacological devices.
Muscle on a chip
Primary Investigator: Anna Grosberg, Ph.D

The movie shows a 6 film “heart on a chip”, blue – flat film outline, red – projection tracking
Higher throughput muscle on a chip
Primary Investigator: Ashutosh Agarwal, Ph.D
Cardiac valve on a chip
Primary Investigator: Kartik Balachandran, Ph.D

What's New
Congratulations to John Ferrier for winning the 2017 LG UltraWide Festival October 18th, 2017
The DBG would like to congratulate one of our lab managers, John Ferrier, on winning the 2017 LG UltraWide Festival which was hosted by Linus Tech Tips and Austin Evans!
DBG Nanofibers Merge with Art by Carla Ciuffo August 23rd, 2017
The Disease Biophysics Group would like to congratulate and thank Tennessee based artist Carla Ciuffo in her efforts to integrate our nanofibers into her art exhibit “Cosmic Garden” at Tinney Contemporary, opening this Saturday.
“Tundra,” 2017, polished acrylic with floating museum back frame, 48×48 on display at Tinney Contemporary. (Photo: Photo courtesy of the gallery)
Thank you to our Summer Students! August 16th, 2017
Thank you to all the undergraduate students who spent time working in the lab over the summer. We wish you all the best this school year!
Jenny Wang, United States Military Academy at West Point
Daniel Gray, United States Military Academy at West Point
Nikita Pereverzin, United States Military Academy at West Point
Kathryn Dula, United States Military Academy at West Point
Daniel Drennan, Nicholls State University
Michael Ferris, James Madison University
Karla Rivera, Barry University
John Doyle, University of Massachusetts at Lowell
Madeleine Dahl, Salem State University
Nikita Budnik, McGill University
Karaghen Hudson, Harvard University
Sayo Eweje, Harvard University
Michael Peters, Harvard University
Gabriela Berner, Harvard University
Welcome Dr. Ardoña! August 15th, 2017
The DBG would like to extend a warm welcome to our newest postdoctoral fellow, Dr. Herdeline Ardoña. Herdeline recently completed her Ph.D. in Chemistry at Johns Hopkins University, where she was a part of Prof. Tovar’s lab. Welcome, Herdeline!
Welcome Dr. Liu! June 23rd, 2017
The DBG would like to extend a warm welcome to our newest postdoctoral fellow, Dr. Qihan Liu. Qihan completed his Ph.D. in Prof. Zhigang Suo’s lab here at Harvard University, where he focused on the mechanics and physics of soft materials. Welcome, Qihan!