Seminar: Preservation and Assessment of Transplanted Organs and Tissues

Shannon N. Tessier

Investigator at the Center for Engineering in Medicine & Surgery
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School & Massachusetts General Hospital

February 28, 2024
10:00 AM
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Shannon N. Tessier, Ph.D
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School & Massachusetts General Hospital

Shannon Tessier, Ph.D., is an Investigator at the Center for Engineering in Medicine and Surgery at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. She received her Ph.D. in molecular biology and biochemistry from Carleton University where she studied natural suspended animation across diverse phylogeny including rodents, primates, squids, frogs, and turtles. In 2014 as a Postdoctoral Fellow, she focused on translating these lessons from nature to human cells that are important for diagnostics and therapeutics. Currently, Dr. Tessier is leading a research profile aimed at overcoming barriers in regenerative medicine and organ transplantation, including introducing a new model system to interrogate mechanisms of ischemic injury, developing new approaches to limit ex vivo organ injury, and creating solutions for quantitative assessment of organ viability. The overall goal of her research program is to increase access to organ transplantation using biologically inspired engineering approaches.

https://www.massgeneral.org/surgery/cems/faculty-and-staff/shannon-tessier