Yale E. Goldman: 2020 recipient of the Kazuhito Kinosita Award in Single-Molecule Biophysics
Congratulations to Yale E. Goldman for winning the Biophysical Society’s 2020 Kazuhito Kinosita Award in Single Molecule Biophysics. This award is in recognition of Yale’s seminal contributions in measuring and understanding orientations, rotations, and ...
Remembering Barbara G. Pickard
With great sadness, we share the loss of our friend, Prof. Barbara G. Pickard of Washington University in St. Louis. Barbara passed on December 6, 2019, from complications related to hip surgery. She served ...
Organ-Level Function on a Chip: Bile Duct-on-a-Chip
In a recent paper published in Hepatology, CEMB’s Rebecca G. Wells, reports on creating the first bile duct-on-a-chip, making it possible for more-complete research to be conducted without the need for human or animal ...
Plant Cell Mechanobiology Blossoming at WashU
Plant biologist Lucia Strader in the School of Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis discovered a cellular transporter that regulates root initiation and progression. Roots anchor plants in place and allow ...
Replicating fetal bone growth process could help heal large bone defects
From Penn Today: June 6, 2019: To treat large gaps in long bones, like the femur, which result from bone tumor removal or a shattering trauma, researchers Joel Boerckel’s group and the University of Illinois ...
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, ...
