First artificial scaffolds for studying plant cell growth
CEMB researchers have developed the first artificial scaffold to study plant cell growth. The scaffolds, made of polyvinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene copolymers, mimic the properties and structure of the plant’s cell wall and make it possible ...
Elizabeth Haswell Lab Paper in Science!
Elizabeth Haswell Lab Paper in Science! (From The Record on 8/4/21) Biologists led by CEMB faculty member Elizabeth Haswell discovered that so-called PIEZO channels are not found along the plasma membrane in plant cells ...
2021 UExB program in full swing!
The UExB summer students are immersing themselves in St. Louis and Philadelphia as they near completion of the 2021 UExB program! At Washington University in St. Louis, students toured the Cortex Innovation District. Cortex ...
Center for Engineering MechanoBiology awards four trainee pilot grants
The CEMB has awarded four trainee pilot grants for the 2021 cycle. The trainee pilot award program awards up to $15,000 to trainees with bold and innovative ideas in mechanobiology. This year saw ...
Ghiska Ramahdita wins Audience Choice Award
May 4, 2021- CEMB graduate student, Ghiska Ramahdita (Genin and Huebsch labs, WUSTL) won the Audience Choice Award at the STC Reach Out Challenge, hosted by the Museum of Science. Using captivating imagery, videos, ...
Xuemei May Cheng Appointed Dean of Graduate Studies at Bryn Mawr College
CEMB member Xuemei May Cheng, PhD, Professor of Physics at Bryn Mawr College, has been appointed to the position of Dean of the Graduate Studies. May joined the faculty at Bryn Mawr College in ...
