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National Research Service Award Fellow: Studying the mechanisms of tumor-initiating cell … [Read more...] about Joseph Chen, PhD

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Fellowship: Investigating the role of OPN-CD44 in mechanosensitive … [Read more...] about Jason Coombes, PhD

DAAD/Marie Curie Postdoctoral Researchers International Mobility Experience (PRIME): Investigating … [Read more...] about Carmela Rianna, PhD

I work on projects that aim to understand and engineer the mechanisms that direct mechanosensitive … [Read more...] about Phillip Kang

NIH National Research Service Award Fellow: I am studying how stress fibers subpopulations regulate … [Read more...] about Stacey Lee

I am working on the development of intrinsically disordered protein (IDP) -based “smart” … [Read more...] about Ruoxing Lei

National Science Foundation Fellow: Understanding the mechanisms that influence the … [Read more...] about Paola Lopez

I am studying the role of mechanotransduction in neural stem cell differentiation and developing … [Read more...] about Eric Qiao

NIH National Research Service Award Fellow, National Science Foundation Fellow: Kayla is studying … [Read more...] about Kayla Wolf

manos.mavrakis@berkeley.edu Currently studying mechanics of single stress fibers. Institut … [Read more...] about Manos Mavrakis

tschaeffer@berkeley.edu Currently studying quantitative cell and tissue mechanics with a focus on … [Read more...] about Tilman Schäffer

Examining the impact of CD44 extracellular regions with the potential of exploring it's variant … [Read more...] about Caleb Choy

UC Berkeley College of Engineering, Bioengineering, Class of 2021 I am assisting Dr. Joe Chen … [Read more...] about Leslie Gomez

Undergraduate Research Assistant: Working with Joe and Kayla to develop microfluidic models of cell … [Read more...] about Gokul Kannan

I am assisting PhD candidate Ruoxing Lei in researching how external stimuli affect the physical and … [Read more...] about Kelly Wong