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ERI: Understanding the Fallopian Tube's Shape and Physical Environment to Improve Embryo C — NSF Award to San Francisco State Univ

This Engineering Research Initiation (ERI) project investigates how the fallopian tube provides the physical environment that supports fertilization and the earliest stages of embryo development. Although embryo culture has improved through advances in chemical conditions, much less is known about the shape and mechani

Award titleERI: Understanding the Fallopian Tube's Shape and Physical Environment to Improve Embryo C
Award ID2553055
AwardeeSan Francisco State University
CitySAN FRANCISCO
StateCA
Amount obligated$200,000
Principal investigatorMojtaba Azadi Sohi
ProgramBMMB-Biomech & Mechanobiology
Start date07/01/2026
AbstractThis Engineering Research Initiation (ERI) project investigates how the fallopian tube provides the physical environment that supports fertilization and the earliest stages of embryo development. Although embryo culture has improved through advances in chemical conditions, much less is known about the shape and mechanical behavior of the healthy Fallopian tube, even though that environment guides transport, contact, and early development. As a result, widely used culture surfaces remain far simp
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