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Welcome to the Lin Research Group in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis (IUPUI). We are interested in designing multifunctional polymeric biomaterials as platforms for releasing therapeutically relevant agents and for delivering adult and stem/progenitor cells for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine applications.

Our research is highly interdisciplinary and integrates knowledge from polymer chemistry and engineering, bioconjugate chemistry, biochemistry, cell and molecular biology, and immunology. Our current research projects are funded by the National Institutes of Health, Indiana Diabetes Research Center (IDRC) at IU School of Medicine, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, Biomechanics and Biomaterials Research Center (BBRC) and Department of Biomedical Engineering at IUPUI.

•Zach was selected as a UROP summer fellow and will continue his research in our lab this summer. Congrats!
•Asad’s thiol-ene gel degradation & cell morphogenesis paper was accepted to Macromolecular Bioscience. Congrats!
•Congrats to Hannie and Asad on successfully defending their MS thesis!
•Asad and Chang Seok’s pancreatic ductal epithelial cells in 3D hydrogel paper was accepted to Biomaterials. Congrats!

Recent Publications

•Raza A and Lin C*. The influence of hydrogel degradation and functionality on cell survival and morphogenesis in PEG-based hydrogels. Macromolecular Bioscience 2013(In press) doi:10.1002/mabi.201300044
•Raza A, Ki CS, and Lin C*. The influence of matrix properties on growth and morphogenesis of pancreatic ductal epithelial cell in 3D. Biomaterials 2013(34) 5117-5127
•Ki CS, Shih H, and Lin C*. Facile preparation of photodegradable hydrogels by photopolymerization. Polymer 2013(54) 2115-2122