The Kiessling Laboratory
Faculty > Laura L. Kiessling
Laura L. Kiessling
Hilldale Professor of Chemistry
Laurens Anderson Professor of Biochemistry
kiessling@chem.wisc.edu
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Organ System/Disease Focus
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Aligned Research Focus
Basic stem cell biology
Research Description
We use chemical biology to understand and manipulate stem cells. We have developed high throughput strategies to synthesize and screen novel surfaces and biomaterials to identify substrates that can be used to promote stem cell proliferation and differentiation.
Selected References
B.P. Orner, R. Derda, R.L. Lewis, J.A. Thomson and L.L. Kiessling (2004). The Design and Fabrication of Arrays for the Combinatorial Exploration of Cell Adhesion, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 126, 10808-10809.
R. Derda, B.P. Orner, L. Li, R.L. Lewis, J.A. Thomson and L.L. Kiessling (2007). Defined Substrates for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Growth Identified from Surface Arrays, ACS Chem. Biol. 2, 347-355.