{"id":1725,"date":"2016-07-27T10:52:42","date_gmt":"2016-07-27T10:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/biology\/?p=1725"},"modified":"2023-09-26T13:22:25","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T13:22:25","slug":"welcome-dr-kristin-fischer-to-the-h-sc-biology-department","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/biology\/2016\/07\/27\/welcome-dr-kristin-fischer-to-the-h-sc-biology-department\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome Dr. Kristin Fischer to the H-SC Biology Department"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dr. Kristin M. Fischer is very excited to return to her home state of Virginia and be the newest member of the H-SC Biology department. She earned her B.S in Biology at Virginia Tech and her interest in the medical field led her to pursue her graduate degrees from the Virginia Tech-Wake Forest School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences. Dr. Fischer focused on tissue engineering with the goal to replace or repair damaged tissue in the body by creating a scaffold structure for cells to grow on, culturing cells on the scaffold, and implanting a functional, new tissue into a patient.<\/p>\n

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Her graduate work at Virginia Tech and post-doctoral work at Rutgers University focused on creating a scaffold for skeletal muscle cells to grow on and culturing the skeletal muscle cells on it. The image below shows a scanning electron image of the polymeric scaffold on top and skeletal muscle cells fluorescently stained grown on it below. She completed a second postdoctoral position focusing on cardiac muscle tissue engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In addition to her research, Dr. Fischer has previously taught a variety of courses including physiology, tissue engineering, anatomy & physiology, and introductory biology. She is looking forward to teaching in the upcoming school year.<\/p>\n

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Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A, 2011. 99A(3): p. 493-499.<\/p>\n

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