Department of Bioengineering
The Dalton Lab
Advanced biomedical manufacturing for the benefit of humanity
OUR mission
Our mission is to use advanced manufacturing to create biomedical materials that benefit humanity.
The Dalton Lab makes discoveries in advanced manufacturing so that new biomedical materials can be made to treat injuries or diseases. We perform basic science and push the limits of manufacturing but maintain the regulatory framework as our guardrails so that our products translate into application as quickly as possible. Rather than seeing the regulatory process as a barrier to translation, we see it as a source of innovation. By taking a holistic and fundamental approach to technology-based research, we challenge ourselves to change perceptions of what the future of manufacturing could look like. Our laboratory is turning the innovation cycle upside down by first manufacturing impossible materials, then applying them to meet clinical challenges.
Research
We specialize in transformative research that is applied to a spectrum of tissues and diseases, to create new objects with distinct properties that outperform existing gold standards.
Resources
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The Dalton Lab
In 2021, the Dalton Lab relocated to the University of Oregon's Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact. Based in the Department of Bioengineering in Eugene, Oregon, the Dalton Lab uses advanced manufacturing to create biomedical materials that meet clinical challenges and benefit humanity.