Cells Control Their Own Fate by Manipulating their Environment
As stem cells differentiate into functional specialized cells, the process is controlled through signals from their surroundings. In a recent paper published in Nature Materials, this CEMB study suggests that cells may have more ...
Dan Huh Wins 2018 Lush Science Prize for Organ-on-a-Chip Work
The Lush Prize is a major initiative aiming to bring forward the day when safety testing takes place without the use of animals. It focuses pressure on toxicity testing for consumer products and ingredients, ...
Vivek Shenoy receives Heilmeier Research Award
Heilmeier Awards Committee in Penn Engineering has selected Professor Vivek Shenoy from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering as the recipient of the 2019 Heilmeier Research Award. This award is named for our late ...
A Partnership to Advance Useful Knowledge
The CEMB is dedicated to connecting its research to a wide audience across the biomedical community, especially to those in the biomedical industries. This is part of the ‘knowledge transfer mandate’ from NSF’s Science ...
When Cells Go Rogue: Pathak wins NIH MIRA grant to study cell group behavior and role in metastasis
(News item prepared by Patience Graybill, Wash U) Researchers have thought that cancer begins when a single cell goes rogue in the body then begins to grow and multiply. Now, they are investigating evidence ...
Successful Summer: CEMB Summer Undergraduate Research Program at Washington University in St. Louis
(News item prepared by Patricia Widder, Wash U) The Washington University in St. Louis cohort of the CEMB Undergraduate Research Program had a productive and successful summer, with a full schedule of research, education, ...
