Christopher Jackman

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Education

  • Degree: PhD in BME, 2017 (Expected)
  • Advisor: Nenad Bursac
  • Research Project: Tissue engineering of cardiac muscle

Research Interests

PUBLICATIONS

  1. Jackman CP, Shadrin IY, Carlson AL, Bursac N. "Human Cardiac Tissue Engineering: From Pluripotent Stem Cells to Heart Repair" Curr Opin Chem Eng. 2015 Feb; 7:57-64.
  2. Bian W*, Jackman CP*, Bursac N. "Controlling the structural and functional anisotropy of engineered cardiac tissues" Biofabrication. 2014 Jun; 6(2):024109.

 

POSTERS

  1. Jackman C, Bursac N. "Hypertrophy of Neonatal Cardiomyocytes in 3D Engineered Cardiac Tissue Induced by Activation of mTOR Signaling" Circulation. 2015; 132: A18758. AHA Scientific Sessions; Orlando, FL.
  2. Madden L, Jackman C, Wang J, Karus W, Truskey G, and Bursac N. "Novel In Vitro Exercise Model of Engineered Human Skeletal Muscle." Tissue Engr Pt A. 2015; 21(S1):S46. TERMIS World Congress; Boston, MA.
  3. Jackman C, Bursac N. "Dynamic Culture Increases Cardiomyocyte Hypertrophy and Contractile Force Generation in Engineered Cardiac Tissues." NCTERMS annual meeting; Durham, NC; 2014
  4. Jackman C, Bursac N. "Mechanical stretch induces cardiomyocyte alignment and functional electrical anisotropy in engineered cardiac muscle pathes". NCTERMS annual meeting; Winston-Salem, NC; 2013

 

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

  1. Jackman C, Burac N. "Growth and maturation of functional engineered cardiac tissues as contractile grafts to remuscularize the heart". Invited speaker at Duke Biomedical Engineering Annual Retreat; Wilmington, NC; 2015
  2. Jackman C, Bursac N. "Electrically Stimulated Heart Microbundles as a 3D Model of Neonatal to Adult Cardiac Cardiac Tissue Maturation". Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Annual Meeting; San Antonio, TX; 2014
  3. Jackman C, Zhang D, Bursac N. "Engineered Myocardial Tissue Patches with Functional Properties Comparable to Native Adult Ventricles". BMES Annual Meeting; Atlanta, GA; 2012

 

AWARDS

  1. NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, Award recipient (2013-2016)
  2. Duke BME Teaching Assistant Award, Honorable Mention (2015)
  3. Duke CBTE Kewaunee Poster Session Award (2015)
  4. NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, Honorable Mention (2012)