• Cell mechanics studied using atomic force microscopy 

    Sun, Mingzhai, 1979- (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
    Cholesterol plays an indispensable role in regulating the properties of the cell membrane. In particular, lipid rafts, specific membrane domains, which are thought to be required for a number of cell functions, such as ...
  • From developmental biology to tissue-engineering: printing blood vessels 

    Norotte, Cyrille, 1983- (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
    Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of death and often requires vascular reconstruction. However, the use of synthetic materials and scaffold-based approaches has shown several limitations for small-diameter blood ...
  • Physical mechanisms of cell rearrangements: from tissue liquidity to artificial organ structures 

    Jakab, Karoly Robert, 1974- (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
    This research presents a study of biological self-assembly in which we create 3D living functional tissue structures by exploiting the self organizing capacity of cells and tissues. Tissues composed of adhesive and motile ...
  • Quantitative biological studies at cellular and sub-cellular level 

    Hosu, Basarab Gabriel, 1968- (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
    We developed a translational magnetic tweezers for quantitative measurements at cellular and sub-cellular level. In the cellular studies, multiple membrane tethers were extracted simultaneously under constant force transduced ...