Faculty and Staff

Benjamin Cosgrove

Postdoctoral Fellow, SMIS Program Primary Mentor: Helen Blau, PhD Secondary Mentor: Sanjiv Sam Gambhir, MD, PhD

Education:	Ph.D. candidate, Bioengineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Biological Engineering, 2003- B.Bm.E., Biomedical Engineering, Summa cum laude, University of Minnesota, Department of Biomedical Engineering, 2003
Awards:	2008 Ben Trump Award and Fellowship - Aspen Cancer Conference 2003-2006 Graduate Fellowship in Biomedical Engineering - Whitaker Foundation Fall 1999-Spring 2003 Dean's List - Institute of Technology, University of Minnesota 1999-2003 National Merit Scholarship 1999-2003 U2000 Scholarship - University of Minnesota 1999-2003 Robert C. Byrd Scholarship - State of Minnesota 2002 Biomedical Engineering Department Scholarship - University of Minnesota
E-mail:	bcosgrov@mit.edu
Research Interests:	autocrine signaling control of cellular phenotypes data-driven modeling of cellular signal transduction networks multiplex noninvasive molecular imaging of cellular signal transduction

Recent Publications:

Cosgrove BD, Cheng C, Pritchard JR, Stolz DB, Lauffenburger DA, Griffith LG.. An inducible autocrine cascade regulates rat hepatocyte proliferation and apoptosis responses to tumor necrosis factor-alpha. Hepatology.2008; 48(1): 276-288.
Cosgrove BD, Griffith LG, Lauffenburger DA. Fusing tissue engineering and systems biology toward fulfilling their promise. Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering.2008; 1(): 33-41.