Eda Yildirim-Ayan, PhD
Dr.Yildirim-Ayan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Bioengineering at the University of Toledo. She is a director of Engineered Biosystem Laboratory. Her research group focuses on understanding how mechanical loading can be used to modulate innate immune cell response, fibroblast-to-myofibroblast differentiation, and mesenchymal stem cell differentiation using three-dimensional tissue analogs (in vitro) and ex-vivo organ culture models for mechanome-guided musculoskeletal tissue healing.