Academic Year 2012-2013

A Biomimetic Membrane System to Dissect the Role of TNF-α in Inflammatory Disease [pdf]

  • Rebecca Bader (Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering)
  • Martin B. Forstner (Department of Physics)

Surface micro- and nano-mechanics of hydrogel polymers used in contact lenses: Adhesion, friction, modulus and viscoelasticity during dehydration [pdf]

  • Jeremy L. Gilbert (Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering)
  • Julie M Hasenwinkel (Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering)

How Cells Deal with (Mechanical) Stress [pdf]

  • Jay Henderson (Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering)
  • Martin B. Forstner (Department of Physics)

How do cells move in response to mechanical changes in their environment and interactions with other cells? [pdf]

  • Jay Henderson (Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering)
  • Lisa Manning (Department of Physics)
  • Cristina Marchetti (Department of Physics)

Gradients Smart Materials (GradSmarts) [pdf]

  • Jay Henderson (Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering)
  • Patrick Mather (Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering)
  • Mark Bowick (Department of Physics)

Interplay between tissue mechanics and biochemical signaling during spinal cord development [pdf]

  • Kate Lewis (Department of Biology)
  • Lisa Manning (Department of Physics)

What controls surface tension and cell sorting in tissue formation and morphogenesis? [pdf]

  • Lisa Manning (Department of Physics)
  • Cristina Marchetti (Department of Physics)

Soft Nanostructured Interfaces [pdf]

  • Mathew Maye (Department of Chemistry)
  • Mark Bowick (Department of Physics)
  • Radhakrishna Sureshkumar (Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering)

Single-molecule detection of biomolecules using engineered nanopores [pdf]

  • Liviu Movileanu (Department of Physics)
  • Phillip Borer (Department of Chemistry)

Biomimetic and bioactive bone templating materials and additives to bone cement based on magnesium and calcium phosphates [pdf]

  • Karin Ruhlandt (Department of Chemistry)
  • Julie Hasenwinkel (Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering)

Probing mechanisms of bacterial infection through computer simulations [pdf]

  • Radhakrishna Sureshkumar (Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering)
  • Dacheng Ren (Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering)
  • Shikha Nangia (Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering)

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