Bioengineering Living Systems
News & Events
February 7, 2024
Tony B. Academic Award
Chao was awarded the Tony B. Academic Award to attend the SLAS 2024 International Conference and Exhibition!
October 13, 2023
BMES2023
Seattle, WA
Dr. Ma gave a talk on CAR T-on-a-Chip in the session of "Cancer Immunoengineering, Immunomodulation and Immunothearpy II" of the BMES 2023 in Seattle, WA.
October 13, 2023
BMES2023
Seattle, WA
Dr. Ma co-chaired the session of "Hepatic Tissue Engineering I" of the BMES 2023 in Seattle, WA.
July 1, 2023
Grand Opening
Vertically Integrated Project (VIP)
We are welcoming undergraduate students to join our 'Smart Microphysiological System for Precision Medicine' Vertically Integrated Project (VIP) team.
Underprivileged and underrepresented groups and First-gen students are mostly encouraged to apply!
Please check VIP team website for more information.
May 1, 2022
NSF I-Corps Progam
Our CAR-T Chip project (Bioengineered Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) Chips for Screening CAR T-Cell Immunotherapy) was funded by NSF I-Corps program!
Dr. Chao Ma will be the Entrepreneur Lead.
February 1, 2022
Tony B. Academic Award
Chao was awarded the Tony B. Academic Award to attend the SLAS 2022 International Conference and Exhibition!
January 27, 2022
Leukemia-on-a-chip: The Future of Preventing Therapy Resistance?
In this interview for SLAS 2022, Chao shared about his groundbreaking 'leukemia-on-a-chip' technology and its future within therapy resistance.
January 2, 2022
2022 CMBE Travel Award
Chao was awarded the Post-Doctoral Researcher Travel Awards. He gave a talk at the 2022 BMES CMBE conference in Indian Wells, California.
October 12, 2021
Disease Models & Mechanisms Conference Travel Grant
Chao was awarded the Disease Models & Mechanisms Conference Travel Grant from the Company of Biologists’ to attend the 2021 BMES Annual Meeting!
July 21, 2021
CRI Irvington Fellowship
Chao was funded by Cancer Research Institute to research CAR T cell therapy using organ chip technology!
October 30, 2020
Leukemia-on-a-chip
Chao's paper of leukemia-on-a-chip published in Science Advances!
June 8, 2020
scRNA-seq Mapping of B-ALL Bone Marrow Niches
Our collaborative study (Witkowski et al. 2020) of scRNA-seq mapping of B-ALL bone marrow niches was selected as a Cover in Cancer Cell!
November 7, 2016
Heterotypic 3D tumor culture in a reusable platform using pneumatic microfluidics
Our reusable chip (Liu et al. Lab Chip) for formation of heterotypic tumor was selected as a Cover in Lab on a Chip!
July 21, 2016
Pneumatic micro-molding
Chao's paper of pneumatic micro-molding was selected as a Cover in Lab on a Chip!
January 27, 2016
Liver lobule-on-a-chip
Making liver tissue in the lab for transplants and drug screening