Mission Area

 

Research Topics

  • Biomaterials and biomechanics
  • Physiology
  • Tissue engineering

The Ankrum Lab focuses on developing bioengineering strategies to overcome challenges in delivery and control of cell phenotype after transplantation. 


 

Director

James Ankrum

James Ankrum, PhD

Title/Position
Director, Ankrum Lab
Associate Professor, Roy J. Carver Department of Biomedical Engineering

News

Research Grant

Ankrum, Sander awarded NIH grant to improve wound healing therapies

Thursday, August 31, 2023
Edward Sander, a University of Iowa professor of biomedical engineering and Robert and Virginia Wheeler Faculty Fellow in Engineering, and James Ankrum, UI associate professor of biomedical engineering, are co-principal investigators of the study sponsored by a new National Institutes of Health grant.