Expertise

Research Interests

  • Tissue Engineering/Biomaterials
  • Extracellular Matrix
  • Cell-Extracellular Matrix Biomechanics
  • Mechanotransduction
  • 3D Culture Systems
  • Bioimaging and Image Analysis

Areas of Research

  • Polymerizable collagen, engineered collagen polymeric materials, advanced collagen material and tissue fabrication technologies, tissue regeneration, therapeutic cell/drug delivery applications, mechanobiology, and computational modeling.

The laboratory of Dr. Sherry Voytik Harbin is a translationally-focused, multi-disciplinary lab that combines engineering and mechanobiology principles, advanced multi-scale analytical techniques, and small and large preclinical models, aiming to develop and translate next-generation implantable collagen-based materials to address today’s unmet tissue regeneration and restoration needs.


Research: Islet Function and Survival


Expertise:

  • Engineered Biomaterials and Biomechanics
  • Computational Biomedicine
Affiliations

Professor, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University
2015

Investigator, Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases, Centers and Institutes, Indiana University School of Medicine

Professor, Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, Purdue University

Past Affiliations

Bindley Bioscience Center, Discovery Park District, Office of Research, Purdue University (past)

Associate Professor, Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, Purdue University (past)

Assistant Professor, Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, Purdue University (past)

Associate Professor, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University (past)

Assistant Professor, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University (past)

Dept. Biomedical Engr/ Dept. Basic Med. Sci., Purdue University (past)

Communities
Biomedical Engineering
Degrees
PhD, Purdue University, Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology, 1992
MS, Purdue University, Electrical Engineering, 1989
BS, Indiana University, Biochemistry, 1987
Keywords
biomedical engineering