Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering
Microvascular Dynamics Laboratory
Led by Walter Lee Murfee · Biomedical Engineering
What we study
The lab studies how blood and lymphatic vessels form and function in tissues, using live experiments and computer models. Their work helps understand conditions like aging and tumors.
What working here is like
- Wet lab
- Computational
- Coding helps
- Papers
- 5
Recent papers, explained
- Estimation of 3D wall shear stress in new blood vessel sprouts using high-fidelity simulations
2026 · Biophysical Journal
- Translating cardiovascular ion channel and Ca 2+ signalling mechanisms into therapeutic insights
2026 · The Journal of Physiology
Reviews ion channel and calcium signaling in heart disease.
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- Experimentally Derived Microscale Blood and Lymphatic Vasculature Models for Applications to Radiopharmaceutical Dosimetry
2026 · Microcirculation
Builds 3D models of blood vessels to study radiation effects on tissue.
- Identification of shear stress as a potential vasoconduction signal across microvascular networks
2025 · Microvascular Research
Simulates how blood vessel constriction affects flow in microvascular networks.
- Paradoxical mitochondrial effects of nitric oxide synthase inhibition following oxygen–glucose deprivation–reoxygenation (OGD/R) in endothelial cells and neurons
2025 · British Journal of Pharmacology
Tests whether blocking nitric oxide synthase protects brain cells from damage.
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