Department of Bioengineering
The Deku Lab
Biomaterials for Protein Delivery and Tissue Engineering
OUR mission
Our mission is to develop materials, devices, and therapeutic approaches for neural interfacing with a focus that is grounded in science and driven by the vision of developing treatments for specific unmet clinical needs.
We engineer thin-film materials and develops novel fabrication methods for creating chronically reliable neural interfaces, and studies their integration into the nervous system, including the brain and peripheral nerves.
Research
Our lab uses a variety of approaches, including directed evolution for protein delivery, cell-instructive biomaterials for bone repair and predictive bio-transport modeling.
People
We welcome new lab members from all backgrounds and recruit through a variety of science and engineering graduate and undergraduate programs at the University of Oregon.
Resources
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The Deku Lab
Founded in 2019, the Deku Lab is a biomaterial and protein engineering research group within the University of Oregon's Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact. Based in the Department of Bioengineering in Eugene, Oregon, the Hettiaratchi Lab design biomaterials to control protein delivery to injured tissues..