C. Forbes Dewey, Jr., PhD
Teaching Highlights
Our lab was the first to demonstrate the time-course with which endothelial cells reorganize and reorient in the direction of fluid flow.
Staff
Research:
The primary medical problem that my research group investigates is atherosclerosis. The lumen of the arterial wall is lined with endothelial cells that respond to the mechanical forces of blood flowing through the arteries. The endothelium protects the artery wall from inflammatory reactions that result in atherosclerosis. Our lab was the first to demonstrate the time-course with which endothelial cells reorganize and reorient in the direction of fluid flow, and we continue to use microscopy to probe the fundamental mechanisms of this response.
Biography:
Prof. Dewey holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Yale University, Master of Science from Stanford and a PhD from Caltech. He joined the faculty of MIT as an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering in 1968 and was a Member of the faculty Health Sciences & Technology, Harvard and MIT 1983-2003. Prof. Dewey has held Visiting positions at many international academic institutions, including Institut für Plasmaphysik, Garching, Germany, Imperial College, London, and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.