McKay Orthopaedic Research Laboratory

Welcome to Heo Laboratory

The Heo Lab is focused on nuclear mechanobiology and tissue engineering to develop new therapeutic strategies for musculoskeletal repair and regeneration. Our research team explores the feedback between the biophysical environment and cell biology in the context of musculoskeletal tissue remodeling (with development, disease, degeneration, or repair). We also develop innovative methods to enable precise control of the cellular microenvironment, and to address our fundamental questions about how biophysical cues regulate cellular behaviors. In addition, our team aims to expand our findings and knowledge to engineer complex functional tissue constructs for regenerative medicine applications.

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What's New

Welcome to The Heo Lab, Saeed Ahmed!
November 02, 2020
Welcome to our Research Engineer Saeed Ahmed

Welcome to The Heo Lab, Dr. Se-Hwan Lee!
October 15, 2020
Welcome to our Post-Doctoral Fellow Dr. Se-Hwan Lee

Welcome to The Heo Lab, Yujia (Ellen) Zhang!
October 01, 2020
Welcome to our Biotechnology grad student Yujia (Ellen) Zhang!

Congratulations to The Heo Lab for being awarded the "Seed Project Award" from the CEMB!
September 07, 2020
Congratulations to The Heo Lab for being awarded the "Seed Project Award" from the CEMB (Center for Engineering MechanoBiology) at UPenn

Congratulations to Heo Lab!
August 01, 2020
Congratulations to Dr.Heo and Heo Lab for being awarded NIH/NIAMS R21 Grant Award for 2020-2022!

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