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Marisa Sylvester

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Advisor: Buddy Ratner

Department/status: Bioengineering/1st year

Project overview:
The proteoglycan decorin is being evaluated as a means of reducing foreign body capsule formation around implants through its binding and inactivation of transforming growth factor beta, a profibrotic cytokine. This research will focus on the development of a decorin surface coating and evaluation of the in vitro and in vivo properties of this coating.

Relevant honors or funding:
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship