{"id":318,"date":"2026-08-25T14:57:48","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T18:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mubest-lab\/cutheme-homepage\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T11:28:48","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T15:28:48","slug":"cutheme-homepage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mubest-lab\/","title":{"rendered":"Multi-scale Biomechanics and Engineering of Soft Tissue (MuBEST) laboratory"},"content":{"rendered":"    \n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-max  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n                    \n                    \n            \n    <div class=\"cu-wideimage relative flex items-center justify-center mx-auto px-8 overflow-hidden md:px-16 rounded-xl not-prose  my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 bg-opacity-50 bg-cover bg-cu-black-50 py-24 md:py-28 lg:py-36 xl:py-48\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mubest-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/284\/mubest_background3.png); background-position: 50% 50%;\">\n\n                    <div class=\"absolute top-0 w-full h-screen\" style=\"background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.600);\"><\/div>\n        \n        <div class=\"relative z-[2] max-w-4xl w-full flex flex-col items-center gap-2 cu-wideimage-image cu-zero-first-last\">\n            <header class=\"mx-auto mb-6 text-center text-white cu-pageheader cu-component-updated cu-pageheader--center md:mb-12\">\n\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold mb-2 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] cu-pageheader--center text-center mx-auto after:left-px\">\n                        Multi-scale Biomechanics and Engineering of Soft Tissue (MuBEST) laboratory\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                            <\/header>\n        <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"welcome-to-mubest-lab\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Welcome to MuBEST lab!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In MuBEST lab,&nbsp; we pursue fundamental research related to two biological tissues constituting the musculo-skeletal system: the articular cartilage and the skeletal muscle. Our&nbsp;<strong>research vision<\/strong>&nbsp;is to develop mechanistic understanding of how injury\/disease affects tissue functions and how tissue repair occurs. We approach the research questions with insights gained from tissue, cell, and molecular length scales. Through the fundamental understanding of the degenerative processes, various strategies can be developed for prediction of injury risk to the biological tissues, and for treatment and rehabilitation of the affected biological tissues. For more information, see&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mubest-lab\/overview\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The MuBEST lab at Carleton University is located on the traditional unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishnaabeg people. 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On the sarcomere non-uniformity<\/a>\n            <\/h3>\n\n            <\/header>\n\n\n                            <p class=\"text-base text-cu-black-700\">\n                                            We are pleased to announce that our work on investigating the origin of sarcomere non-uniformity at the myofibril level is now published in the Frontiers&hellip;\n\n                                    <\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n                                        \n\n<li class=\"cu-listing not-prose relative overflow-hidden @container bg-white p-6 md:p-8 !my-0\">\n    <div class=\"flex flex-col @lg:md:flex-row gap-5 @lg:md:gap-7 h-full\">\n                    <figure class=\"flex-none max-w-[30%] @sm:md:max-w-[25%] hidden md:block aspect-[3\/2]\">\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.carleton.ca\/truth\/images\/1919\/article-print.jpg\" alt=\"Pre-selected placeholder image\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/>\n   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work on investigating the reinforcement of hydrogels by melt-electrowritten (MEW) mesh is now published in the Journal of&hellip;\n\n                                    <\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n                                        \n\n<li class=\"cu-listing not-prose relative overflow-hidden @container bg-white p-6 md:p-8 !my-0\">\n    <div class=\"flex flex-col @lg:md:flex-row gap-5 @lg:md:gap-7 h-full\">\n                    <figure class=\"flex-none max-w-[30%] @sm:md:max-w-[25%] hidden md:block aspect-[3\/2]\">\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mubest-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/284\/govt-funding-cartoon-600x400.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/>\n            <\/figure>\n        \n        <div class=\"flex flex-col flex-1 gap-3\">\n                        \n                <header class=\"flex flex-col gap-3 \">\n        <div class=\"flex flex-row w-full gap-1\">\n            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Ankush Deol, Mikhail Chizhov, Kangkan Sarkar, and Yazan Zeidat join as undergraduate research assistants. Abdelaziz&hellip;\n\n                                    <\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n                            \n            <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n        \n                                    \n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to MuBEST lab! In MuBEST lab,&nbsp; we pursue fundamental research related to two biological tissues constituting the musculo-skeletal system: the articular cartilage and the skeletal muscle. Our&nbsp;research vision&nbsp;is to develop mechanistic understanding of how injury\/disease affects tissue functions and how tissue repair occurs. 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