Core Research Interests in this Field:

Cell-matrix interactions in heart failure models, corneal wound healing and breast cancer
(Kathleen Doane, Associate Professor, NEOUCOM).

Interaction of mineral and organic matrix in vertebrate calcified tissues
(William J. Landis, Professor, NEOUCOM)

Regenerative medicine and tissue engineering of calcified tissues
(William J. Landis, Professor, NEOUCOM) 

Recent Publications:

Jennifer E. Naugle, Erik R. Olson, Xiaojin Zhang, Sharon E. Mase, Charles F. Pilati, Michael B. Maron, Hans G. Folkesson, Walter I. Horne, Kathleen J. Doane, and J. Gary Meszaros.  
Type VI collagen induces cardiac myofibroblast differentiation: implications for postinfarction remodeling. 
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 290: H323-H330. 2006.
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Noritaka Isogai, M.D., Ph.D., Hirohisa Kushuhara, M.D., Ph.D., Yoshito Ikada, Ph.D., Hitoshi Ohtani, B.S., Robin Jacquet, B.S., Jennifer Hillyer, M.S., Elizabeth Lowder, B.S., and William J. Landis, Ph.D. 2006.
Comparison of Different Chondrocytes for Use in Tissue Engineering of Cartilage Model Structures.
Tissue Engineering, Volume 12, Number 4.
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William J. Landis, Frederick H. Silver and Joseph W. Freeman.
Collagen as a scaffold for biomimetic mineralization of vertebrate tissues.  2006.
Journal of Materials Chemistry, 16:1495-1503
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