CITE’s Mission : The mission of the Center for Integrated Tissue Engineering (CITE) is to provide experimental in vitro and in vivo three-dimensional (3D), human tissue models as research tools that recapitulate the complex tissue architecture and signaling networks present in human tissue in vivo.

What’s Unique at CITE : Through the fabrication and analysis of 3D tissues, CITE generates novel experimental paradigms that :

  1. Enable investigation into the complex interplay between multiple cell and tissue types in 3D tissue context
  2. Provide a more global picture of human disease-associated pathways and their local microenvironment
  3. Serve as human, “pre-clinical” or “surrogate” tissues to translate discoveries to the clinic.

Why CITE Now : CITE was established in 2005 by Dr. Jonathan Garlick to answer the need of scientists for broader access to experimental 3D tissues. CITE is now providing services in 3D tissue biology to a broad spectrum of industrial and academic scientists. CITE can now leverage its expertise in 3D tissue biology as a portal to discovery of pathways linked to human disease processes that serve as a paradigm for future clinical translation.