Damir B. Khismatullin

I am working in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Duke University as a Senior Research Scientist. My current work focuses on cellular biomechanics, particularly, on computational and in vitro studies of leukocyte (white blood cell) adhesion cascade. The leukocyte adhesion cascade is the multistep process of leukocyte recruitment to the site of inflammation. It consists of leukocyte margination (drift to the blood vessel walls), initial contact of the leukocyte with the activated endothelium, leukocyte rolling, firm adhesion and activation, and transendothelial migration. My current research interests are also in cardiovascular engineering and physiology (atherosclerosis, sickle cell anemia), medical ultrasound (shock-wave lithotripsy, contrast-enhanced ultrasound imaging), and drug and gene delivery by liposomes and microbubbles.

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