Sasha Bakhru: A Leading Researcher on Stem Cells

Author bio: Guest post was written by Sasha Bakhru, a principal researcher of stem cells.  In order to learn more information about him and his work, check out his website.

Sasha Bakhru is an important figure in science and medicine today.  He serves as an adjunct assistant professor of medical science at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.  Sasha Bakhru did his graduate studies in biomedical engineering and mechanical engineering.  He specialized in materials science and as a student he explored the fundamentals of the design of materials as well as the fabrication.  He also spent a lot of time studying tissue engineering.

With his academic achievements in tow, Bakhru co-founded a specialty pharmaceuticals company named Perosphere Inc.  He also serves as the VP and the CTO of the company.  Among other things, Perosphere utilizes drug designs for what are often called “rescue drugs.”  They are working to revolutionize the way drugs are delivered.  Currently, they have many pending patents on their unique drug delivery technology.

As if those contributions weren’t significant enough, Sasha Bakhru has also been very important to the field of stem cell research.  Bakhru was able to encapsulate neutral rat stem cells in order to research them.  He was able to discover the influence that functionalized 3D microenvironments have on substrate-adherent, pluripotent cells.  His research will soon be published for the public.

Among some of his most significant projects was his ability to use a methylated collagen, first set by esterification of small amounts of carboxylic acid groups of glutamic and aspartic acid deposits.  These deposits were placed on native porcine collagen (polycatonic), and synthetic terpolymore, poly (HEMA: MAA: MMA)(polyanionic) in order to make microcapsules.