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Esak Isaac Lee joined the Meinig School as an Assistant Professor in July 2019. He is a Nancy Peter Meinig Family Investigator in Life Sciences and specializes in Biomedical Engineering. Prior to joining Cornell, he worked as a postdoctoral fellow in bioengineering and tissue engineering at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University, and in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Boston University. His postdoctoral research concentrated on developing three-dimensional (3D) tissue-engineered organ-on-chip models to study lymphatic and cancer biology. He obtained his Ph.D. in Bioengineering from Johns Hopkins University, where he studied the roles of lymphatic and blood vessels in breast tumor growth and metastasis using cell biology and biochemistry methods with mouse models. At Cornell, Lee aims to create a nurturing community with a focus on discovery, scholarship, and leadership. His research program addresses understanding morphogenesis, homeostasis, and disease pathogenesis in lymphatic and blood vessels, while identifying new strategies for regenerative medicine targeting cancer and immune diseases. His laboratory is advancing novel 3D organ-on-chip systems and developing cellular and molecular tools to understand the mechanisms by which cells regulate response to biological and mechanical cues.
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