Center for Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence Focused on Therapy Response

2009 Annual CCNE-TR Symposium

Jennifer R. Cochran, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Bioengineering
Stanford University

Jennifer R. Cochran, Ph.D., is presently a professor at Stanford University School of Medicine, department of Bioengineering. Her research interests are Molecular Bioengineering, Protein Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Cell and Tissue Engineering.

The Cochran laboratory uses interdisciplinary approaches in chemistry, engineering, and biophysics to study complex biological systems. Their main goals are to develop new technologies for basic science and biomedical applications. Clinical applications of their research involve bone and wound healing, biomimetic corneas, neural cell regeneration, and cancer imaging and therapy. Their research is driven by the philosophy that in order to control physiological processes it is necessary to understand the molecular mechanisms that drive these processes. They are interested in elucidating molecular details of receptor-mediated cell signaling events; at the same time developing protein and polymer-based tools that will allow us to manipulate cellular processes on a molecular level. For biomedical applications, they are combining rational design and combinatorial methods to create designer protein therapeutics and diagnostic agents.

Dr. Cochran completed her Ph.D. at MIT Biological Chemistry and her postdoctoral fellow at MIT Biological Engineering.

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