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Department of Bioengineering

The Willett Lab

Musculoskeletal Regenerative and Rehabilitation Engineering

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OUR mission

Our mission is to develop regenerative therapies and engineering tools to address the unmet clinical needs of patients with complex musculoskeletal injuries and disease.

The musculoskeletal system is too often studied and treated as independent tissues rather than functionally integrated units. Our research takes a systems integration approach to musculoskeletal disease and regenerative engineering, applying novel imaging and engineering tools to mechanistic biology problems.

Research

Research in the Willett Lab integrates mechanics principles and analytical tools with molecular biology techniques to uniquely address the challenges of musculoskeletal disease and regeneration.

More about research in the Willett Lab

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People

Our Lab is committed to mentoring a diverse group of trainees, supporting their development as scientists and preparing them for successful careers in research and beyond.

Meet Our Lab Members

 

Willett Lab News

Knight Campus Building 2 opened to the public on Monday, March 30. Building 2 is part of the second phase of Knight Campus development, a 185,000-square-foot, multi-story bioengineering and applied science research facility.

Knight Campus research associate Kait Link provides large animal care and veterinary training abroad

Researchers from the Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact participated in the Cascadia Corridor Research Symposium in Seattle, highlighting the range of research taking place across the Knight Campus. 

The Willett Lab 

In 2022, the Willett lab relocated to the University of Oregon's Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact. The Willett Lab is situated within the Department of Bioengineering in Eugene, Oregon, where its research centers on musculoskeletal regenerative and rehabilitation engineering.