• Mesoporous silica rods

    Mesoporous silica rods

    Credit: Aileen Li, James Weaver

  • Viscoelastic surface electrode array

    Viscoelastic surface electrode array

    Credit: Christina Tringides

  • Encapsulated mesenchymal stem cell in alginate microgel

    Encapsulated mesenchymal stem cell in alginate microgel

    Purple: alginate, yellow: actin, blue: nucleus. Credit: Angelo Mao.

  • APC-ms

    Antigen-presenting cell-mimetic scaffolds

    Credit: Alex Cheung, David Zhang

  • Tough Gel

    Tough gel adhesives

    Credit: Ben Freedman, Max Rousseau, Wyss Institute

  • Cryogel Scaffold

    Cryogel scaffold

    Credit: Alex Najibi

Welcome!

The Mooney lab focuses on making therapies more effective and practical. Our research involves exploiting our understanding of cell and molecular biology to design biomaterials that effect and potentiate specific cell functions. The lab members consist of post-doctoral fellows, graduate and undergraduate students, research fellows, and visiting scholars from diverse academic backgrounds.

For more information, please visit our publications page, and for any inquiries, please visit our contact page.

Latest News

Mooney lab undergraduates present research

July 28, 2022
Mooney Lab Undergrads Summer 2022

Congrats to all Mooney lab undergraduates on a productive summer! Great to see such a wide breadth of projects ranging from T-cell development to ultra tough hydrogel adhesives.

Pictured from left: Chelsea Xia, Haley Jeffers, Ella Serrano-Wu, Mikayla Jackson, Rea Tresa

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