Jeff Burmeister
Academic Background
Duke University, Durham, NC, Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, 1995
University of Delaware, Newark, DE, B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1988
Teaching Interests
- Tissue engineering
Research Interests
- Biomaterials
- Cell adhesion
- Wound healing
Selected Publications
Burmeister, J.S., McKinney, V.Z., Reichert, W.M. and Truskey, G.A. (1999). Role of endothelial cell-substrate contact area and fibronectin-receptor affinity on cell adhesion to HEMA/EMA copolymers. J. Biomed. Mater. Res., 47, 577-584.
Burmeister, J.S., Olivier, L.A., Reichert, W.M. and Truskey, G.A. (1998). Application of total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy to study cell adhesion to biomaterials. Biomaterials, 19, 307-325.
Burmeister, J.S., Vrany, J., Reichert, W.M. and Truskey, G.A. (1996). Effect of fibronectin amount and conformation on the strength of endothelial cell adhesion to HEMA/EMA copolymers. J. Biomed. Mater. Res., 30, 13-22.
Burmeister, J.S., Truskey, G.A., Yarbrough, J.L. and Reichert, W.M. (1994). Imaging of cell/substrate contacts on polymers by total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy. Biotechnol. Prog., 10, 26-31.
Burmeister, J.S., Truskey, G.A. and Reichert, W.M. (1994). Quantitative analysis of variable angle total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy (VA-TIRFM) of cell/substrate contacts. J. Microsc., 173, Pt. 1, 39-51.