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 inducing cell death — potentially to protect the rest of the plant. The discovery — reported by Haswell and Debarati Basu, postdoctoral research scholar in the Haswell lab, in the June 11 issue of Current Biology — provides insight into how plants sense and respond to mechanical signals, such as cell swelling, rather than chemicals signals, such as nutrients or growth factors. READ MORE.
E. Michael Ostap: Elected as 2020 AAAS Fellow
01 December 2020
Congratulations to Mike Ostap on his election as a 2020 AAAS Fellow in the section of … Read more
Hold the Date – Annual Symposium – January 28, 2021
12 November 20203rd Annual Mechanobiology Symposium
The focus of the symposium will be "Engineering … Read more
CEMB Team Uses Magnetic Fields to Regrow Cartilage Tissue
11 November 2020Robert Mauck and Xuemei Cheng have collaborated on a recent study published in Advanced … Read more
Mechanobiology Collection in Biophysical Journal
25 June 2020CEMB Director Vivek Shenoy has curated a collection of recent, cross-kingdom mechanobiology … Read more
Ben Prosser to Co-Lead $6.5 Million Transatlantic Grant to Investigate Cytoskeleton’s Role in Heart Disease
22 June 2020Benjamin L. Prosser, PhD, an assistant professor of Physiology in the Perelman School of … Read more
Motor proteins create more stable tracks to deliver much-needed materials in plant cells
12 June 2020From WashU's, The Source.
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As a plant grows, it moves cellular material from its … Read more
New COVID-19 Research Project from CEMB Postdoctoral Research Trainees
26 April 2020“Engineered lung alveolar organoids to probe fibrotic remodeling in COVID-19 induced lung … Read more
Derrick Dean: ASU Professors Join COVID-19 Fight
22 April 2020Two Alabama State University professors have joined the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic by … Read more
DIY Origami Face Masks For COVID-19
22 April 2020Seed Grant recipient Shu Yang, Ph.D., has developed a novel approach to developing home-made … Read more
Four trainee teams awarded CEMB Pilot Grants
02 March 2020Congratulations to the 2020 Pilot grant awardees!
Four trainee teams were awarded pilot funding … Read more