COMING THIS FALL: New CEMB core course: “Integrative Plant and Animal Mechanobiology”
CEMB is excited to announce that our core course “Integrative Plant and Animal Mechanobiology” has been approved for the fall semester. It will be offered at UPenn and WUSTL on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:30-12:00 Eastern Time, ...
“Interstitium” may be shock absorber to many organs and tissues
A system of interconnected, fluid-filled compartments lies below the skin’s surface, lining the digestive tract, lungs and urinary systems, and around arteries, veins, and the space between muscles, according to a research team from ...
Matching material and cellular timescales enhances cell spreading on viscoelastic substrates
Congrats to CEMB PIs Vivek Shenoy, Jason Burdick, Paul Janmey, and Robert Mauck and their new publication on how matching material and cellular timescales effects cell spreading in viscoelastic substrates. Read more in the ...
Dixit Lab: Molecular Regulators Act as “Brakemen” to Transporter Proteins in Plant Cells
Two new publications from the lab of Ram Dixit at Washington University in St. Louis indicate how kinesin motor proteins and the microtubule tracks on which they move are regulated in plant cells. Kinesins ...
Erica Holzbaur to Co-Chair Cell Biology of the Neuron Gordon Conference
Dr. Erica Holzbaur is serving as a co-chair of an upcoming Gordon Conference titled "Cell Biology of the Neuron: Emerging Themes in Neuronal Trafficking, Homeostasis, Synapse Function and Disease Mechanisms." The conference, set for ...
Huh Lab Debuts “Eye-on-a-Chip” at AAAS Meeting
Biomemetic devices represent a promising technological advance in the way we research and test complex biological systems. Engineered technologies that imitate cells, organs and processes can provide a controlled, scientific platform as an alternative ...
