Science Features - Mechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore

Forces: Acting Far and Wide

How local forces induce distant effects on actin remodeling

By Management|2020-03-05T16:08:31+08:00Apr 26th, 2015|Categories: Science Features, Shivashankar Lab|Comments Off

Surviving Immune Attack

How does Salmonella thrive in the acidic macrophage?

By Management|2020-03-05T16:09:08+08:00Apr 14th, 2015|Categories: Kenney Lab, Science Features|Comments Off

Lipid Anchors Sustain Life

A role for GPI-anchored proteins in epithelium integrity

By Management|2020-03-05T16:10:15+08:00Mar 25th, 2015|Categories: Science Features, Zaidel-Bar Lab|Comments Off

Biology in a Twist

Deciphering the origins of cell behavior

By Management|2020-03-05T16:10:42+08:00Mar 23rd, 2015|Categories: Bershadsky Lab, Featured Research, Science Features, Tee YH Research|Comments Off

Why do Cells Stretch?

Cyclic stretching helps soft tissues spread and grow

By Management|2020-03-05T15:45:58+08:00Feb 23rd, 2015|Categories: Science Features, Sheetz Lab|Comments Off

Modeling Concentration Gradients

Clustering drives formation of subcellular morphogen gradients

By Management|2020-03-05T15:47:00+08:00Feb 10th, 2015|Categories: Saunders Lab, Science Features|Comments Off

Forcing Wounds Closed

A cellular tug-of-war mechanically drives gap closure

By Management|2020-03-05T15:48:07+08:00Jan 22nd, 2015|Categories: Ladoux Lab, Lim CT Lab, Science Features, Toyama Lab|Comments Off

Defining Adhesion Clusters

Visualizing the building blocks of cell-cell adhesion

By Management|2020-03-05T15:48:39+08:00Jan 16th, 2015|Categories: Featured Research, Kanchanawong Lab, Science Features, Zaidel-Bar Lab|Comments Off

Epithelial Tube Contraction

A new feedback mechanism for regulating contractility

By Management|2020-03-05T15:49:27+08:00Dec 19th, 2014|Categories: Featured Research, Science Features, Zaidel-Bar Lab|Comments Off

Mapping the Interactome

Proteomics reveals the E-cadherin interaction network

By Management|2020-03-05T15:50:16+08:00Dec 2nd, 2014|Categories: Science Features, Zaidel-Bar Lab|Comments Off

Theories and Milestones

The field of mechanobiology has grown dramatically in the past decade. With this growth came ground breaking experiments, and findings that challenged the foundations of cell biology.

By Management|2020-03-05T15:50:44+08:00Oct 30th, 2014|Categories: Science Features, Sheetz Lab|Comments Off

How Cells Repair Wounds

Collaborative study identifies new mechanism for wound healing

By Management|2020-03-05T15:51:27+08:00Aug 3rd, 2014|Categories: Ladoux Lab, Science Features|Comments Off

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