• Royce Fellowship
Morcos
Nakhla

Concentration 

Biology

Award Year 

2018
Characterizing Viability of 3D Self-Assembled Microtissues

A major challenge of tissue engineering is the fabrication of large constructs with a high density of living cells. Morcos’s project will center on the development and characterization of novel 3D in vitro models to assess the viability of self-assembled engineered tissue constructs. Specifically, it will investigate the viability of fibroblast-derived microtissues using the spheroid as a model to characterize "nemosis," a process of programmed cellular necrosis in fibroblasts involving the cyclooxygenase pathway. 

Advisors: Jeffrey Morgan and Kenneth Miller