West Lab at Rice University

Recent Publications (Last Updated: Friday, May 2, 2008)


1.	Lee SH, Moon JJ, West JL. "Three-dimensional micropatterning of bioactive hydrogels via two-photon laser scanning photolithography for guided 3D cell migration." Biomaterials. 2008 Apr 21. PMID: 18433863, Related Articles: (PubMed, HubMed)
2.	Bellows CF, Jian W, McHale MK, Cardenas D, West JL, Lerner SP, Amiel GE. "Blood vessel matrix: a new alternative for abdominal wall reconstruction." Hernia. 2008 Jan 31. PMID: 18235999, Related Articles: (PubMed, HubMed)
3.	Bernardi RJ, Lowery AR, Thompson PA, Blaney SM, West JL. "Immunonanoshells for targeted photothermal ablation in medulloblastoma and glioma: an in vitro evaluation using human cell lines." J Neurooncol. 2008 Jan; 86(2):165-172. PMID: 17805488, Related Articles: (PubMed, HubMed)
4.	Miller JS, West JL. "Biomimetic hydrogels to support and guide tissue formation." A Chapter in Micro and Nanoengineering of the Cell Microenvironment, edited by Khademhosseini, Borenstein, Toner, Takayama. 2008:627 pages.
5.	Moon JJ, West JL. "Vascularization of engineered tissues: approaches to promote angio-genesis in biomaterials." Curr Top Med Chem. 2008; 8(4):300-10. PMID: 18393893, Related Articles: (PubMed, HubMed)

Extracellular Matrix-mimetic Polymers	Nanotechnology for Medical Applications	Polymer Scaffold for Osteoinduction	Tissue Engineered Vascular Grafts
Mike Cuchiara (grad) Christy Franco (grad) Jordan Miller (grad) Stephanie Nemir (grad) John Slater (post-Doc) Jean Stephens Altus (post-Doc) Shann Yu (undergrad)	Emily Day (grad) Jennifer Garner (grad) Neha Kamat (undergrad) Nima Rohani (grad) Philip Wingert (post-Doc)	Chih-Wei Hsu (grad) Ronke Olabisi (post-Doc)	Alicia Allen (undergrad) Julie Leslie (grad) Melissa McHale (grad) Jaehyun Moon (grad) Maude Rowland (grad) Jennifer Saik (grad) April Smith (grad)
Lab Manager: Marcella Estrella
Alumni: Nicole Bergmann (post-Doc), Malavosklish Bikram (post-Doc), Kristyn Bohl-Masters (grad), Solitaire DeLong (grad), Wafa Elbjeirami (grad), Andr� Gobin (grad), Andrea Gobin (grad), Anjelica Gonzalez (post-Doc), Mariah Hahn (post-Doc), Leon Hirsch (grad), Marcos Hung (undergrad), Wonhee Jang (post-Doc), Jeremy Joseph (undergrad), Ho-Wook Jun (grad), Sadaf Khan (undergrad), Ingar Lau (grad), Soo Hong Lee (post-Doc), Elizabeth Lipke (grad), Amanda Lowery (grad), Brenda Mann (post-Doc), Heather Myler (grad), Kytai Nguyen (post-Doc), Allison Rader (undergrad), Julian Restrepo (undergrad), Katie Ruffino (undergrad), Rachael Schmedlen (grad), Scott Sershen (grad), Celestine Shih (undergrad), Lakeshia Taite (grad), Eva Wang (undergrad), Rachel Whitmire (undergrad), Peter Yang (undergrad)