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Awarded by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

Athanasios Papoulis Award

American Institute for Medical & Biological Engineering : Fellow

Scientific Advisory Board, AcelleRx Therapeutics, Inc. : Member.

Targeting of the Pulmonary Capillary Vascular Niche Promotes Lung Alveolar Repair and Ameliorates Fibrosis

PEG-Immobilized Keratin for Protein Drug Sequestration and pH-Mediated Delivery

A Parallel-Plate Flow Chamber for Mechanical Characterization of Endothelial Cells Exposed to Laminar Shear Stress.

Platelet-Derived SDF-1 Primes the Pulmonary Capillary Vascular Niche to Drive Lung Alveolar Regeneration

Divergent Angiocrine Signals from Vascular Niche Balance Liver Regeneration and Fibrosis

Dr. Rabbany is currently doing research in the field of cellular and tissue engineering as applied to the vascular system. One of the major obstacles in engineering vascularized tissue is induction of endothelial vessel networks. To this end, his research applies engineering principles to the advancements being made in the differentiation of embryonic stem (ES) cells toward engineering vascularized tissue. The focus of the research is to expand pure populations of stem cells in vitro, and influence their cell fate decisions to direct differentiation into vascular cells including functional transplantable endothelial (EC) and smooth muscle (SM) cells. Understanding the mechanistic basis of ES cell differentiation into functional ECs is critical to various aspects of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. In addition, tissue explants generated by these vascular cells can be introduced in vivo to restore function by augmenting vessel growth, in the ischemic myocardium or limbs of patients after heart attacks or diabetic vascular diseases. The projects range from elucidating the role of physical forces such as cyclic stretch, simulated microgravity, and shear stress on vascular cells and engineering of vascularized constructs. In the past, he has done research in the areas of cardiovascular Mechanics and Biosensors, and cell & receptor biomechanics.

Cellular and Tissue Engineering

Biomedical Engineering

Bioengineering

Biomechanics

Stem Cell Biology

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Dr. Sina Rabbany, Hofstra University - Restoring Damaged Organs

Blood vessel cells can repair, regenerate organs

Lung regeneration closer to reality with new discovery by Weill Cornell Medical College researchers

Dean, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Professor of Engineering

Dr. Sina Rabbany, acting dean of the Fred DeMatteis School of Engineering and Applied Science, talks about the Bioengineering program at Hofstra University. (2014)

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