Mechano-chemical modulation of axon outgrowth using a novel, high-throughput in vitro model system

To regrow a spinal cord

In her own words...

Spinal cord injury (SCI) is one of the most challenging life risks confronted by today’s society. SCI is often related to risky behaviour and mostly affects the healthy young male population, where a high number of the trauma-related SCI cases are accounted to motor vehicle accidents. Recent research suggests that an effective treatment strategy should combine multiple approaches. The long-term objective of this project is to broaden the understanding of regenerative abilities of central nervous system (CNS) neurons using an in vitro model that enables simultaneous mechanical and chemical stimulation of axons in a massively parallel fashion.

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