R. C. Bretherton

This paper designs modular protein hydrogels with tunable viscoelasticity by controlling molecular parameters and demonstrates their use both intra- and extracellularly.

This study shows that targeting p38 in cardiac fibroblasts can reverse fibrosis and improve cardiomyocyte function in a mouse model of dilated cardiomyopathy.

This paper develops magnetically propelled fecal surrogates to study the impact of solid-induced shear forces on colonic epithelial cells, finding that these forces modulate mucus production and cytokine secretion without harming cell viability.