Weiyuan John Kao Professor Address/E-mail Program Affiliations Education Fields of Interest

Contact Information

7123 Rennebohm Hall 777 Highland Ave Madison, WI 53705

Tel: 608/263-2998 Fax: 608/262-3397 E-mail: wjkao@pharmacy.wisc.edu

Program Affiliations

• Biomedical Engineering

• Biomedical Engineering Center for Translational Research
• School of Pharmacy

Education

• Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Biomedical Engineering, postdoctoral researcher, 1997-1998
• California Institute of Technology, Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, postdoctoral researcher, 1996-1998
• Case Western Reserve University, Macromolecular Sciences, PhD, 1996
• Case Western Reserve University, Biomedical Engineering, MsE, 1994
• The Johns Hopkins University, Biomedical Engineering, BsE, 1991

Fields of Interest

• mechanisms of cell adhesion and activation on biomaterials: to elucidate the material-modulated molecular mechanisms of cell adhesion and signal transductions leading to phenotypic expressions and cellular activation.
• biomaterial biocompatibility and biodegradation: to analyze material/tissue interfacial phenomena as mediated by material chemicophysical properties, cytokines, and ligand-receptor interactions.
• novel materials for tissue engineering: to develop novel biomaterial constructs of specific biofunctions in manipulating biological responses for therapeutic applications.

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