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Welcome to the Homepage of the
Research Group of Prof. Shastri


University of Freiburg

Institute for Macromolecular Chemistry




LAB NEWS


**** CONGRATULATIONS!! to Dr. Laurent Starck and Dr. Laura Herrera for successfully defending their doctoral work **** Discovery of a new Piezo1+/CD11b+ population of circulating monocytes **** Long-term stabilization of neovasculature using mechanically defined hydrogels **** Prof. Shastri delivered the 2021 EVONIK LECTURE at the University of Duisburg-Essen **** Prof. Shastri delivered the plenary talk at the Nanotexnology 2021 I3D conference in Thessaloniki ****


"Where Imagination can achieve the Impossible"
George M. Low, American Pioneer and Rensselaer Alumni    

The Shastrilab is committed to the training of the next generation of scientists in biomaterials, nanoscience, cancer biology and regenerative medicine. We welcome your support of our efforts. If you would like to sponsor one of our scientists or students and/or partner with us to address some of the most pressing challenges of our times then please contact us. 

We are a highly inter-disciplinary and international group comprising of materials scientists, polymer chemists, biomedical engineers, and molecular biologists, spanning various nations of Europe, Asia and North America.  Our objective is to make a difference through innovation in life sciences.  By asking fundamental questions and constructing hypotheses that go against the conventional wisdom, we have evolved and continue to evolve new paradigms in stem cell niche engineering, tumor biology, central nervous system physiology, regenerative medicine, targeted therapeutics and functional imaging. Our motto is “THINK BIG and DO IT NOW”.  By emphasizing a "learn it by doing" approach, we empower scientists and individuals at all levels, encouraging them to take ownership of their science, and to go after intractable and complex problems through a hypothesis driven approach to problem solving.  Copyright - Shastrilab, All Rights Reserved


Our Discoveries the Past 5 Years
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• 2019 – Mechanobiology paradigm in the stabilization of blood vessels • 2019 – Discovery of Piezo1+/CD11b+ circulating monocytes • 2019 – Autonomous-mechanobiology in regulation of chondrogenesis in human MSCs • 2018 – Hyperstimulation of calcium-sensing receptor controls mesenchymal stem cell fate • 2018 – Membrane stiffness controls Dynamin-mediated Endocytosis • 2017 - Low-PII- helix disordered conformation is critical for biomineralization • 2017 – Phosvitin in avian skeletal development • 2015 - Activation of MMP-9 by Cathepsin-K • 2014 - Discovery of Piezo-1 in neuron-astrocyte interaction • 2014 - Physicochemical paradigm for targeting Caveolae/Lipid Rafts • 2013 - Mechanobiology in apical-basal polarization of endothelial cells
Listen to the interview of Prof. Shastri on Radio Regenbogen and UniFm 88.4 click here

HOT PAPERS



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Mechanobiology in Angiogenesis - Mechanically-defined hydrogels  stabilize  blood vessels by recruiting Piezo1+/CD11b+/CD115+ cells. We are honored to receive the cover :) click here for the paper
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Autonomous-Mechanobiology in human MSC Chondrogenesis - Aggregating MSCs activate an intrinsic mechanobiology program involving N-Cad/Cav-1 signaling that promotes chondrogenesis even in absence of exogenous growth factors. click here for the paper
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Our Science Makes it to the Cover of University Science Magazine (Uni'wissen) - We are delighted to have Dr. Melika Sarem's doctoral work become the front-piece and main news article in Uni'wissen magazine. We hogged the first 4 images and pages of the issue 😎
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For a more complete list of publications please click here

​Biogenic Apatite -  Phosphoprotein Secondary Structure Matters - Low PII- secondary structure is key for biogenic apatite formation. Check out breakthrough paper in Advanced Materials.  phys.org 
MSC Fate Choices  - Calcium Sensing Receptor (CaSR)- Hyperstimulation of CaSR in MSCs leads to intramembranous bone via PTH1R signaling. Check out our paper in PNAS. 
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Stiffness Matters - Engineering the Tumor - Membrane stiffness promotes dynamin mediated endocytosis (DME) and  uptake of polymeric nanoparticles. Check out our paper in SMALL  
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BIOINKS - Lynchpin of 3D-Bioprinting -  Check out the next generation of BIOINKS that will drive clinical translation. Check out our paper in Advanced Healthcare Materials. 

Upcoming events:          
Macromolecular Colloquium Freiburg  2022

New openings in our lab: Internship

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