The long-term goal of the Pannier Lab is to understand and design innovative biomaterials and gene delivery systems to advance biotechnology, diagnostics, fundamental understanding of embryology and tissue development, and regenerative medicine therapies. Research projects within the Pannier Lab are focused in three different themes including nonviral gene delivery, tissue engineering, and protein-cell-biomaterial interactions.
Within the nonviral gene delivery theme, our aim is to determine and understand the mechanisms that render cells responsive to the transfer of genetic material (e.g. DNA), concentrating on the cell microenvironment, the interaction between cells and biomaterials, and the intracellular processes and subsequent signaling involved during nonviral gene delivery. Within the tissue engineering theme, our objective is to develop biomaterial scaffolds and culture systems to understand and promote tissue, organ, and organism development, regeneration, and growth. Within the protein-cell-material interaction theme, projects aim to make use of a novel surface topographies, chemistries, and processing techniques and explore how these surface features affect cellular features, including adhesion, proliferation, podia indication, stem cell differentiation, and responsiveness to gene transfer.
The experimental approaches developed in the Pannier Lab provide valuable insights to the fields of gene delivery and biomaterials, with very promising potential for future scientific discovery and translation to therapeutic, biotechnological, and tissue engineering applications.
Nebraska Lecture with Dr. Angela Pannier
Talking research with Dr. Angela Pannier
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3Qy7yyk8Pw
Innovation in the Lab: Engineering New Ways to Treat Disease (Faculty 101 Podcast)