Executive Committee | Person Categories | Center for Engineering Mechanobiology

Elizabeth Haswell, PhD

By Patience on January 18, 2018 in Executive Committee, Mission Directors, Principal Investigators, Working Group 1, Working Group 2, Working Group 3,

Keywords: mechanosensitive ion channels, mechanosensitivity, cell signaling, programmed cell death, biochemical and molecular genetic approaches, live-imaging, electrophysiology; mechanobiology

Rebecca Wells, MD

By Patience on January 15, 2018 in Executive Committee, Mission Directors, Principal Investigators, Working Group 2, Working Group 3, Working Group 4

Keywords: Hepatic stellate cells, liver fibrosis, TGF-ß, portal fibroblasts, biliary atresia, liver mechanics, fibronectin; mechanobiology

Treena Arinzeh, PhD

By Patience on January 15, 2018 in Executive Committee, Mission Directors, Principal Investigators, Working Group 2, Working Group 3, Working Group 4,

Keywords: tissue engineering; cell-biomaterial interaction; biomaterials processing; surface characterization and modification of biomaterials; materials testing; stem cell therapy; tissue-engineering scaffolds and biomaterials for the repair of bone and other related musculoskeletal tissue; nerve tissue regeneration utilizing stem cells and other cell types; mechanobiology

Guy Genin, PhD

By Patience on January 15, 2018 in Executive Committee, Principal Investigators, Working Group 2, Working Group 3, Working Group 4

Keywords: biophysical methods; biophysics; cell biology; extracellular matrix; substrates; periplasm configuration; cell adhesion and spreading; auxin; arabinogalactins; electrical signalling; mechanobiology

Christopher Chen, MD, PhD

By Vince on September 18, 2017 in Executive Committee, Principal Investigators, Working Group 1, Working Group 2, Working Group 3, Working Group 4,

Keywords: cell interaction with environment and subsequent effect on cell function; cell signalling; angiogenesis; stem cell biology; cell adhesion; cell mechanics; micro- and nanofabrication tools; molecular tools; mechanobiology

Richard Assoian, PhD

By Vince on September 18, 2017 in Executive Committee, Principal Investigators, Working Group 2, Working Group 3

Keywords: extracellular matrix; microenvironment; adhesion receptor signaling; mechanotransduction; integrins; cadherins; actin; cytoskeleton; focal adhesions; matrix remodeling; deformable substrata; micropatterning; cell cycle; proliferation; cyclin-dependent kinases; mouse modeling; tissue mechanics; cardiovascular biology; progeria; mechanobiology