E. Michael Ostap: Elected as 2020 AAAS Fellow
Congratulations to Mike Ostap on his election as a 2020 AAAS Fellow in the section of Biological Sciences of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. His work was recognized for “distinguished contributions ...
Center for Engineering MechanoBiology Team Uses Magnetic Fields to Regrow Cartilage
Robert Mauck and Xuemei Cheng have collaborated on a recent study published in Advanced Materials that demonstrates how magnetic fields and hydrogels can grow new joint cartilage. The technique produces cartilage tissue that bonds with bone and may lead ...
Mechanobiology Collectionin Biophysical Journal
Center for Engineering MechanoBiology Director Vivek Shenoy has curated a collection of recent, cross-kingdom mechanobiology published papers in Biophysical Journal: In this collection we have selected papers published in Biophysical Journal during the past year that ...
When It Rains … It Swells
Elizabeth Haswell, PhD and professor of biology at Washington University in St. Louis and postdoctoral research scholar, Dabarati Basu have discovered the mechanosensitive ion channels in the plant’s cells that respond to swelling by ...
Ben Prosser to Co-Lead $6.5 Million Transatlantic Grant to Investigate Cytoskeleton’s Role in Heart Disease
Benjamin L. Prosser, PhD, an assistant professor of Physiology in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, will serve as the North American coordinator for a new, multi-institutional $6.5 million grant from ...
Motor proteins create more stable tracks to deliver much-needed materials in plant cells
From WashU's, The Source. June 2, 2020. As a plant grows, it moves cellular material from its version of manufacturing sites to the cell wall construction zone. Transporter proteins, called motor proteins, are ...
