Force sensing in cells at the single molecule level

Professor Yan Jie and his team from the Mechanobiology Institute collaborated with Professor Liu Xiaogang from the Department of Chemistry, NUS, to determine the exact force needed to activate Piezo1, via a DNA-based approach.

By Yee Shu Brenda|May 5th, 2026|Categories: News, Yan Jie Lab|Comments Off on Force sensing in cells at the single molecule level
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MBI Hosts Students from Raffles Girls School!

MBI hosted students from Raffles Girls School on 28 April 2026, for an outreach session designed to spark curiosity about mechanobiology and research careers.

By Yee Shu Brenda|Apr 29th, 2026|Categories: MBInsights, News|Comments Off on MBI Hosts Students from Raffles Girls School!
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Cristina Bertocchi

Alumni, -2018

Principal Investigator

Pakorn Tony Kanchanawong

Research Interests

Molecular Mechanisms of Mechanobiology

By Management|2018-08-30T15:08:56+08:00Apr 18th, 2017|Categories: Alumni, Kanchanawong Alumni|Comments Off on Cristina Bertocchi

MBI

Decoding the living machine

At the Mechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore, our goal is to develop the world’s leading centre for mechanobiology research and education. Our research aims to interrogate biological systems from a physical and mechanical perspective at the molecular, cellular, and tissue level, with the eventual goal to leverage basic science discoveries in mechanobiology into biomedical innovations.

MBI gratefully acknowledges support from:

National University of Singapore

National Research Foundation Singapore

Ministry of Education Singapore

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Mechanobiology Institute (MBI)

National University of Singapore
    T-Lab, #10-01
    5A Engineering Drive 1
    Singapore 117411

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  mbi.nus.edu.sg
  mbi@nus.edu.sg
  +65 6601 5424

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About the Mechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore

About MBIOne of four Research Centres of Excellence at NUS, MBI is working to identify, measure and describe how the forces for motility and morphogenesis are expressed at the molecular, cellular and tissue level.
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