Diane Hoffman-Kim

Diane Hoffman-Kim is Associate Professor of Medical Science and Engineering in the Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology, and Biotechnology, Brown Institute for Brain Sciences, and the Center for Biomedical Engineering at Brown University, USA.

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01/25/2016 | Charlotte Barker, William Aryitey, Michael Schubert, James Strachan, Karim Dabbagh, Ann Hayes, Thomas Conrads, Anthony Quinn, Niclas Nilsson, Eric Topol, Benoit Arveiler, Didier Raoult, Ewan McNay, Tamara Minko, Jennifer Van Eyk, Cathy Merry, Diane Hoffman-Kim, Robert Coffin, Helen Lambert , Julian Solway, Richard Holland, Jan Johannessen, Ameeta Parekh, Bradley Hyman, Michela Gallagher

Research Field Neuroscience

Bargain Brains

01/22/2016 | Diane Hoffman-Kim

In some ways, we biomedical engineers are really just control freaks. By designing our own small world in a dish, we can stage manage every aspect and push the boundaries in a way that’s not always possible in an animal model.