Department of Biomedical Engineering (ND20)
Lerner Research Institute
Cleveland Clinic
9500 Euclid Ave.
Cleveland, Ohio 44195
Tel: (216) 444-5857
Fax: (216) 444-9198

Takao Sakai, M.D., Ph.D.

Takao Sakai, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Staff

Department of Biomedical Engineering / ND20
Lerner Research Institute
9500 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44195
Telephone: (216) 445-3223
Fax: (216) 444-9198

Areas of general research interest:

  • Cell-extracellular matrix interactions during development, tissue repair, and carcinogenesis
  • Tendon biology and tissue engineering

Current program:

  • Extracellular matrix remodeling in response to adult injury
  • Role of transcription factor Scleraxis in tendon tissues

Personnel:

  • Eunny Bae, Ph.D. (Research Fellow)
  • Hiromitsu Hayashi, M.D., Ph.D. (Research Fellow)
  • Kei Moriya, M.D., Ph.D. (Research Fellow)
  • Keiko Sakai (Senior Research Technician)

Collaborators:

  • Thomas Egelhoff, Ph.D., Department of Cell Biology, The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland , OH
  • Harihara Baskaran, Ph.D., Department of Chemical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
  • William Landis, Ph.D., Goodyear polymer Center, University of Akron, Akron, OH
  • Ronen Schweitzer, Ph.D., Shriners Hospital for Children, Research Division, Portland , OR.