John M. Tarbell MS, PhD

Dr. John M. Tarbell, CUNY and Wallace Coulter Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering, is housed in 3500 ft² of space in Steinman Hall on the City College of New York campus. Dr. Tarbell’s group has pioneered in studies of fluid mechanical forces on vascular cells and the vascular transport barrier using in vitro, in vivo, and mathematical modeling approaches and continues to extend the boundaries of knowledge in these areas today. The laboratory contains extensive facilities for cell culture, molecular biology, small animal surgery, biomaterials, and microscopy that support a broad range of transport and biomechanics experiments. Core facilities at City College in the Biomedical Engineering Department and the Division of Science provide access to state-of-the-art confocal, multi-photon, and super-resolution light microscopy, atomic force microscopy, and a variety of electron microscopes and cryo-EM capabilities. Cell sorting, proteomics, nanofabrication, NMR, mass spec, and X-ray crystallography can also be found on campus. The resources of the New York Center for Biomedical Engineering, a consortium of seven of New York’s major medical schools and the BME department at City College that is directed by Dr. Tarbell, are also available to enhance the Coulter Lab’s research activities.