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Tissue Mechanics and Engineering Laboratory

The Tissue Mechanics and Engineering Laboratory is located in a cluster of bioscience laboratories at the Middleton VA Hospital (room G4). This facility is used for the analysis and evaluation of orthopedic connective tissues including mechanics of small soft tissues, histology, cell and tissue culture, and biochemistry. Shared facilities include cold rooms, molecular and cellular biology assay equipment, and confocal microscope.

a bath design to hold and hydrate a mouse medial collateral ligament while loading it in tension. Kristina Jensen makes some final adjustments before testing a mouse MCL. The miditester: an electro-magnetic servo operated testing machine designed to apply very low tensile loads(grams) to ligaments. Kelley Dwyer is dissecting a rat medial collateral ligament prior to mechanical testing.

Image 1 - a bath design to hold and hydrate a mouse medial collateral ligament while loading it in tension.

Image 2 - Kristina Jensen makes some final adjustments before testing a mouse MCL.

Image 3 - The miditester: an electro-magnetic servo operated testing machine designed to apply very low tensile loads(grams) to ligaments.

Image 4 - Kelley Dwyer is dissecting a rat medial collateral ligament prior to mechanical testing.

 

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