"No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess" Isaac Newton
Chou Collective was established in 2017. We are a multidisciplinary and highly skilled team that works at the interface of biology, tissue engineering, biomedical engineering and materials science to develop novel solutions in the treatment and understanding of diseases.
The group uses engineering principles from biology to develop new engineering innovations that will transform medicine and create a more sustainable world.
Chou Collective works at the interface of biomaterials, cell mechanics, physics and cell biology, seeking to understand how physical properties and biological function affect each other in different cellular systems and diseases. These basic mechanical processes have profound effect in health (organ growth, heart/lung development) and diseases including cancer and osteoporosis.
Dr. Joshua Chou
Dr. Joshua Chou is a Senior lecturer in the School of Biomedical Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering & IT.
Working with an international multidisciplinary team of engineers, biologists, and physicists from Harvard and MIT, the team seeks to understand physical properties of the living cell and their impact in health and disease.
Launching Australia's FIRST Research Mission to the International Space Station
Support our research mission on kickstarter !!
News Update from the Collective
Chou Collective publishes in "Cell"
Dr. Chou officially recognized as crazy scientist
Weekend Retreat for Professional Development
Partnership microgravity research with UQ AIBN
Space cancer research featured on ABC 7:30 Report
Our research featured on German news, DW.com
Paper accepted into Materials Today !!
Ipek presenting at the UTS Three Minute Thesis Competition.
Dr. Chou interviewed by ABC 7:30 Reports
Carin presenting at the FEIT showcase. Well done!!
Dr. Chou presenting at the Australian Museum
Launching Australia FIRST microgravity device
Introducing the Team
Jessica Domingo
Development of automated cell culture space module
Chelsea Ly
Characterization of "Bone-On-Chip" as in-vitro bone model
Hanjie Wu
The effects of microgravity in breast cancer function
Sajad Bazaz
Development of 3D printed Organ-On-Chips
Carin Basirun
Next-generation 3D bioprinting for tissue regeneration
Hakim Wazir
Development of 3D printed bone implants
Andrew Shehata
Development of bone-like stiffness bone implants
Rachel Muir
Proteomic Characterization of Osteocytes in Microgravity
John Bactol
Spinal cord regeneration
Jessie Fu
3D Bioprinted Spheroid Cancer Model
Parker Liang
Development of Assistive Exoskeleton System