Mark Karver

Mark Karver is a Research Assistant Professor of Medicine and Director of the CRN Peptide Synthesis Core at Northwestern University. He specializes in molecular design and chemical synthesis of custom-modified peptides for applications in regenerative medicine and therapeutic development.

• Collaborates with Stupp and Sharma laboratories at CRN
• Collaborates with Melina Kibbe and Nick Tsihlis at University of Virginia

His research focuses on peptide-based therapies targeting:

• Non-compressible torso hemorrhage prevention
• Restenosis prevention
• Atherosclerosis treatment
• Smoke-induced acute lung injury
• Spinal cord injury
• Inflammatory bowel diseases