Molly Shoichet
Regenerator
Professor and Director, Division of Biomolecular Sciences
Boundless
HOPE
The problems are so complex, but working to solve them is so exhilarating. That is why there is so much potential, so much promise.
Using stem cells to treat injuries and diseases affecting the brain, eye and spinal cord is at the frontier of technology and medicine. Yet remarkably, Dr. Molly Shoichet and her research team are pushing that frontier a little further. Using stem cells, polymers and innovative delivery techniques they are able to direct medications to exactly where stroke patients need them; this targeted treatment process is comparable to parking therapeutic drugs directly in cancerous cells–without damaging surrounding healthy cells.
As a world authority in regenerative medicine, polymers, hydrogels and cutting edge cancer fighting techniques, Dr. Shoichet receives speaking invitations from around the world, has published more than 200 papers and patents and has founded two spin-off companies from the research conducted in her lab. As a teacher and mentor, she has graduated 88 researchers over the last 16 years – each of whom can boast of having his or her lab coat “retired in the rafters” of The Shoichet Lab.
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Making everyday electronics more energy-efficient.
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Practicing nursing in a global context
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Targeting medical treatments
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Sustaining cultures by preserving language
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Making computers useful for the people who need them most.
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Using the brain’s billions of neurons as a model for machine learning
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Looking to the history of thought for the future of happiness.
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Giving sight to the blind, healing the sick, reading the human mind.
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Here comes the sun, and the nanotechnology to harness it efficiently.
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Shedding new light on a lost age
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Searching for new worlds and the life they might support
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Steering cities' futures by fostering citizens' creativity
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Defeating malevolent molecules through early detection.
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Shining a spotlight on Internet censorship
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Giving voice to the voiceless
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Micro solutions for macro challenges
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Adding physical weight to digital items
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Eyeing the weather for hundreds of millions of years
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An unconventional academic builds a world-class business school
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Helping the world from lab to village.
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Bringing health and compassion to the most challenging places on earth.
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