The Systems Medicine Seminar welcomes Dr. Ashlee Ford Versypt, hosted by Dr. Helen Moore.
Presenter: Ashlee N. Ford Versypt, Professor, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Affiliation: University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
Title: Systems Biomedicine and Pharmaceutics: Multiscale Modeling of Tissue Remodeling and Damage
Abstract: Dr. Ford Versypt leads the Systems Biomedicine and Pharmaceutics Lab, which develops and uses multiscale systems engineering approaches including mathematical modeling and computational simulation to enhance understanding of the mechanisms governing tissue remodeling and damage as a result of diseases and infections and to simulate the treatment of those conditions to improve human health. The lab specializes in (a) modeling mass transport of biochemicals through heterogeneous porous materials—primarily extracellular matrices and engineered biomaterials—that change morphology dynamically due to the influence of chemical reactions and (b) modeling dynamic, multi-species biological systems involving chemical, physical, and biological interactions of diverse, heterogeneous cell populations with these materials and the chemical species in tissue microenvironments. In this seminar, vignettes of research from the lab will be highlighted: bone remodeling impacts from hormonal and dietary interventions and lung fibrosis due to infection or chronic inflammation. This work is currently supported by a NIGMS R35 MIRA and NIA R21 grants.
Date: Tuesday, January 27, 2026, at 4:00 PM Eastern Time
Venue: This presenter will be conducting the seminar virtually via Zoom. Join by Zoom or in MSB Room M-434, the LSM Conference Room.