The Keck Center for Tissue Engineering  (KCTE) was established at the University of Utah by a generous grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation of Los Angles in the fall of 1998.  We are engaged in the development of a broad range of biomaterials related technologies that find use in the reconstruction, replacement, or repair of damaged tissue.  In particular, we are focusing on repair of central nervous system and vocal tissue.

The Center is built around an interdisciplinary facility located on the 1^st floor of the Biomedical Polymers Research building adjacent to the University’s medical school. The Center houses a number of laboratories that integrate various disciplines.  Within the core facility, a team of Ph.D. level scientists, engineers, and technicians work with  graduate students, undergraduates, visiting scholars, and volunteers in the Center’s research and development program.  Students from bioengineering, neuroscience, medicine and molecular biology conduct masters and Ph.D. research.  In addition, the Center’s staff is actively engaged in the teaching mission of the University, providing courses in cell and molecular biology, tissue engineering, as well as laboratory training through the College of Engineering’s Department of Bioengineering.