Larry A. Taber email: lat@wustl.edu Whitaker Hall 300E Phone: +1 (314) 935-8544 FAX: +1 (314) 935-7448 Department of Biomedical Engineering Washington University Campus Box 1097 St. Louis, MO 63130-4899

  Larry A. Taber
  Professor of Biomedical Engineering (Joined 1997)

• Ph.D., Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University, 1979
• M.S., Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University, 1975
• B.A.E., Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1974

 Research Interests:

• Biomechanics of Cardiovascular Development
  
  

 Post-Doctoral and Graduate Research Associates:

• Patrick Alford
• Dr. Kim Latacha
• Dr. Ashok Ramasubramanian
• Mathieu Remond

  Representative Publications:

• Latacha KS, Remond MC, Ramasubramanian A, Chen AY, Elson EL, Taber LA. " Role of actin polymerization in bending of the early heart tube. "   Dev Dyn. 2005 Aug;233(4):1272-86.
• Zamir EA, Taber LA. " Material properties and residual stress in the stage 12 chick heart during cardiac looping. "   J Biomech Eng. 2004 Dec;126(6):823-30.
• Gleason RL, Taber LA, Humphrey JD. " A 2-D model of flow-induced alterations in the geometry, structure, and properties of carotid arteries. "   J Biomech Eng. 2004 Jun;126(3):371-81.
• Voronov DA, Alford PW, Xu G, Taber LA. " The role of mechanical forces in dextral rotation during cardiac looping in the chick embryo. "   Dev Biol. 2004 Aug 15;272(2):339-50.
• Zamir EA, Taber LA. " On the effects of residual stress in microindentation tests of soft tissue structures. "   J Biomech Eng. 2004 Apr;126(2):276-83.

 Departmental Web Page: http://biomed.wustl.edu/faculty/lat/