Laboratory Listing
Name: Timothy
A. Miller, MD
Laboratory: Plastic Surgery
Research Laboratory
Lab Location:
VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
16111 Plummer Street
Bldg 7, Rm C5-2
North Hills, CA 91343
T: 1-818-891-7711 x 7325
E-mail: wbhuang@ucla.edu
Lab Facilities:
Facilities include the Animal Biology Section laboratory, the Molecular Biology Section Laboratory and the Bone Cell Physiology Laboratory, housed in building 7 at the Sepulveda VA Campus. Together, these laboratories provide over 2500 square feet of research space. Equipments include two Lamina tissue culture hoods, two CO2 tissue culture incubators, two -80oC freezers, one Real-time PCR machine, one Nikon inverted photomicroscope [phase contrast and fluorescence capabilities, connected to a computerized digital image analysis system (BioQuant)], one mCT scanner (Scanco Medical), one quantitative imaging system (for chemiluminescence). Adjacent VA Core facilities include FACS analysis and histology; a fully accredited animal research facility is housed in building 103. UCLA core facilities are also available, including Microarray analysis.
Animal Facilities: Yes
Type: Rabbits
Type of Research:
Bone and Skin Tissue Engineering using Novel Bio-scaffolds.
Funding: VA
Merit Review
Research Fellowship
Available: Yes
Investigator's Name:
Timothy A. Miller, MD, Professor, UCLA Div. of Plastic
Surgery
Project Title:
Bone Tissue Engineering Using Mineralized Collagen-GAG Scaffolds
Brief Description:
Our research is focused on bone tissue engineering. We are comparing the ability of various biomaterials to support new bone formation in a rabbit cranial defect model and searching for the elements that are responsible for bone inducing activity of certain biomaterials. We are also investigating the molecular mechanism underlying the difference between 2-D and 2-D cultures in supporting new bone formation. We are currently expanding the lab's investigations into wound healing and bioengineered skin replacements..
Opportunity for
student degree program: No
Funding available
from supervisor
PARTIAL funding available. Student must obtain additional funding.
Other Requirements (i.e.
background, MD degree, etc.)
Please specify: Prefer prior
cell culture/molecular biology experience.
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