Prof. Milica Radisic
Fellow
Current Employer
University of Toronto
Election Year
2017
Academy
Academy of Science
Discipline
Engineering
Department
Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry
Keywords
cardiac tissue engineering, cardiomyocyte electrostimulation, tissue vascularization, Biomedical Engineering
RADISIC, Millica - Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto
Milica Radisic is a global leader in cardiac tissue engineering, building living heart tissue in the laboratory using cells and biomaterials. Dr. Radisic successfully tackled the field’s most difficult problem - immaturity of human pluripotent stem cell derived cardiomyocytes - maturing these cells to unprecedented levels with electrostimulation. She was also the first to achieve direct surgical connection of the branching vascular bed, engineered in vitro, to the host circulation.
Milica Radisic is a global leader in cardiac tissue engineering, building living heart tissue in the laboratory using cells and biomaterials. Dr. Radisic successfully tackled the field’s most difficult problem - immaturity of human pluripotent stem cell derived cardiomyocytes - maturing these cells to unprecedented levels with electrostimulation. She was also the first to achieve direct surgical connection of the branching vascular bed, engineered in vitro, to the host circulation.