The NIH-sponsored MGH Burn Research Center and Training Program are
closely associated with the MGH Center for Engineering in Medicine
(CEM). The CEM is a unique and internationally recognized Center of
Excellence that trains MDs, PhDs and predoctoral students in biomedical
engineering while bringing the discipline and tools of bioengineering
to the forefront of biomedical research and patient care. The CEM
initiative during the early 1990’s had grown out of these NIH
programs in the Burns and Trauma Division of the MGH Surgical Services
and became fully approved in 1995. In 1996, the Whitaker Foundation
recognized the MGH as one of its nine Centers of Excellence in Biomedical
Engineering, and the MGH as the only hospital-based center and provided
a development award in addition to the designation. In 1997, the Harvard
Medical School (HMS) approved a Council in Training Program and this
council was charged with oversight of bioengineering faculty development
at HMS as well as the development of an academic program in bioengineering
at HMS.
The CEM headquarters features the CEM Microscale Engineering Core
Facility (μECF) organized into four laboratories:
BioMEMS Resource Center
Genomics and Proteomics Laboratory
Biophotonics Laboratory
Microscopy and Image Analysis Laboratory
The Bio-MicroElectroMechanical Systems (BioMEMS) center is a unique
hospital-based facility that ties the power of microelectronics and
integrated circuit technology to develop novel microdevices that incorporate
living cells. Technologies under development within BioMEMS include
living cell biosensors, high-density DNA microarrays, miniaturized
blood separators microengineered tissue units, and microdevices. The
Genomics and Proteomics Lab integrates engineering, physiology and
cell biology to monitor gene and protein expression, characterization
and function in high-throughput formats.
The
Biophotonics Lab contains state-of-the art instrumentation to study
living cells and biological systems. This laser facility also contains
instruments for microscopic imaging, spectroscopic analysis and
flow cytometry. The Microscopy and Image Analysis Lab includes capabilities
to study cellular and subcellular structures using a wide variety
of microscopic tools, including real-time microscopy, electromicroscopy,
and epi-fluoresence and polarization microscopy.
The CEM μECF — merging the tools of microelectronics with
life sciences — is available to our research fellows to probe
the phenotypic and cellular behavior of blood cells in burns and
trauma.
The NIH-sponsored MGH Burn Research Center and Training Program are
closely associated with the MGH Center for Engineering in Medicine
(CEM). The CEM is a unique and internationally recognized Center of
Excellence that trains MDs, PhDs and predoctoral students in biomedical
engineering while bringing the discipline and tools of bioengineering
to the forefront of biomedical research and patient care. The CEM
initiative during the early 1990’s had grown out of these NIH
programs in the Burns and Trauma Division of the MGH Surgical Services
and became fully approved in 1995. In 1996, the Whitaker Foundation
recognized the MGH as one of its nine Centers of Excellence in Biomedical
Engineering, and the MGH as the only hospital-based center and provided
a development award in addition to the designation. In 1997, the Harvard
Medical School (HMS) approved a Council in Training Program and this
council was charged with oversight of bioengineering faculty development
at HMS as well as the development of an academic program in bioengineering
at HMS.
The
Biophotonics Lab contains state-of-the art instrumentation to study
living cells and biological systems. This laser facility also contains
instruments for microscopic imaging, spectroscopic analysis and
flow cytometry. The Microscopy and Image Analysis Lab includes capabilities
to study cellular and subcellular structures using a wide variety
of microscopic tools, including real-time microscopy, electromicroscopy,
and epi-fluoresence and polarization microscopy.