Author: Melissa Mendoza

Conventional tissue culture substrates do not accurately emulate in vivo surface conditions. This project involves the development and characterization of a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) substrate for cell culture. PDMS is an important biomaterial due to its optical transparency, biocompatibility, and variable elastic modulus. ADSCs and HUVECs were used to analyze spreading and proliferation on PDMS-based substrates of…

As seen in prior NRG post, ozone treated samples recover over about 24 hours. However, recent experiments at Gaborski Lab show high variability when using the Corona wand to treat samples with ozone.  The goal of this experiment was to determine the contact angles of PDMS samples when exposed to ozone treatment. PDMS samples were…