Author Archives: Yun Chen
Keva wins Provost’s Undergraduate Research Award (PURA)
We are very pleased to learn that Keva has been selected to receive Provost’s Undergraduate Research Award (PURA) for 2019. Keva has been working on the project of extreme cell motility with Matt’s supervision. Her work is also selected to … Continue reading
Halloween 2019
This year we dressed as princesses for Halloween at the weekly group meeting. Everybody felt pretty and shiny and empowered. Go MOBsters!
The iPSC-derived Cardiac Tissues Paper is Featured on World Heart Day
To bring awareness of cardiovascular disease, Wiley compiled a World Heart Day (September 29th) collection. Our paper “Mechanical Characterization of hiPSC‐Derived Cardiac Tissues for Quality Control” is featured in the collection. We are glad we are part of the efforts … Continue reading
End of Summer Group Lunch 2019
We had lunch after the group meeting to celebrate recent papers and the beginning of the Fall semester. More importantly, we bid goodbye to our amazing summer interns, Zheming, Zixian and Yuhan. They left us with fond memory of working … Continue reading
Seungman’s Force Measurement Paper is Accepted
Seungman’s methods paper “Versatile and High-throughput Force Measurement Platform for Dorsal Cell Mechanics” is accepted. Seungman not only came up with the idea for the paper but also did a terrific job training our beloved former undergrad research assistant Ed, … Continue reading
Welcome Junjie
We welcome Junjie Chen to be the newest addition to the Lab of MOBS. Junjie double-majored in Biomedical Engineering and Anthropology during his undergraduate study at Purdue University. We hope you will enjoy and excel in Mechanical Engineering as well. … Continue reading
Wei-Hung’s Curvature-Sensing Paper is Accepted
Wei-Hung’s paper “cell-cell adhesion and myosin activity regulate cortical actin assembly in mammary gland epithelium on concaved surface” is accepted to be published in Cells, a well-timed good news. It has been a long battle. Thanks for trooping on, Wei-Hung! … Continue reading
Summer Interns 2019
Yuhan Ju, Zixian Guo and Zheming Gou joined us as research interns this summer. We are very impressed by everything about them. They have been productive and creative in the lab, and learning cell mechanics with commendable enthusiasm. It’s been … Continue reading
Seungman’s Paper on Skin Mechanics is Accepted
Seungman’s paper “Economic, Modular and Portable Skin Viscoelasticity Measurement Device for in situ Longitudinal Studies” is accepted to be published in Molecules. We had fun building the device and measuring the skin properties on human volunteers and granny mice. Congratulations!
Deb’s Paper on Hydrostatic Pressure Changes in the Tissue is Accepted
Deb’s paper “Collagen Matrices Under Pressure and Hydraulic Resistance in Hydrogels” was accepted to be published in Soft Matter. Congratulations, Deb!