December 19, 2012 – This week researchers from Professor Dan Fletcher’s lab presented exciting findings showing for the first time that mechanical forces alone can revert and stop the out-of-control growth of cancer cells.
Archives for December 2012
Amy Herr’s Lab has shrunk the Western Blot
December 10, 2012 – Bioengineering professor Amy Herr and BioE graduate student Alex Hughes have published a groundbreaking research in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Herr and Hughes have successfully created a microfluidic Western blot device which can run 48 assays in an hour or less.
Sanjay Kumar named Stem Cells Young Investigator
December 3, 2012 – Bioengineering Professor Sanjay Kumar has been named the 2012 STEM CELLS Young Investigator Award winner by AlphaMed Press.
CellScope featured in Economist
December 1, 2012 – The CellScope, a cellphone-powered diagnostic microscope pioneered by Professor Dan Fletcher’s laboratory, was featured in an article in The Economist.