Overall the three interlinked aims in my laboratory will be:
1. Tissue Engineering & Dynamic Tissue Systems: To develop realistic tissue engineered model systems that mimic skin diseases and normal skin function.
2. Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms: To elucidate the important molecular players and molecular mechanisms involved in skin development and skin diseases.
3. Therapeutic Engineering: To develop strategies and platforms for the intervention and perturbation of the identified molecular mechanisms in 2 for treatment of skin diseases.