Category Archives: Research

Our Viscosity Paper is Featured in Nature Physics News and Views

Our paper “Membrane ruffling is a mechanosensor of extracellular fluid viscosity (PDF version: https://go.nature.com/3oyIXXB)” published today is also highlighted at the Nature Physics News and Views article “Ruffled in water, smooth in honey” . We thank Drs. Laura M. Faure … Continue reading

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Seungman’s paper about how cancer cells use force to achieve immunosuppression is accepted

We are pleased to be notified that Seungman’s paper “Force-Dependent Trans-endocytosis by Breast Cancer Cells Depletes Costimulatory Receptor CD80 and Attenuates T Cell Activation” has been accepted for publication in Biosensors and Bioelectronics. This project was to investigate how cancer … Continue reading

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Wei-Hung’s Paper about Biophysical Characterization of the Tumor Microenvironment is Accepted

Wei-Hung’s paper entitled “Force-Dependent Extracellular Matrix Remodeling by Early-Stage Cancer Cells Alters Diffusion and Induces Carcinoma-Associated Fibroblasts” has been accepted to be published in Biomaterials  . This project is a long time coming. We are pleased that it finally has … Continue reading

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Grand Opening

The lab of Mechanochemistry And Functional Imaging Applications is open now.   Hurray!

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