BiofluidicsLab

How do cells squeeze their large nucleus through tight spaces? In work now published at @J_Cell_Sci, we show that cancer cells can use contraction of the rear cortex to generate pressure in the back and push the nucleus during confined #migration: journals.biologists.com/jcs/article-ab…

A very very narrow path forwared, cancer cells decide 'pushing' is the way to go. See beautiful work from the @LammerdingLab . Thanks for including us on the ride. The rear cortex: a backseat driver for the nucleus during cell migration journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/13…

A preview on how a cell push a stiff nucleus through a narrow channel from the @LammerdingLab . journals.biologists.com/jcs/article-ab…

Celebrate incredibly beautiful academic career and life of Yves Couder in a photo gallery and conference in Paris(yves-couder.u-paris-sciences.fr).

Happy May 1st! With summer around the corner, algal bloom will follow soon. Work from our former group member, Fangchen Liu, sheds light on this problem. nature.com/articles/s4159…

Winter, summer or both in Ithaca, NY! Our lab ventured out for a first hike of the year, defying gravity!

Durotaxis demonstrated at a high school class. All you need is two springs of different stiffness and a student who can skate. By @MiquelBoschP following the cartoon by @RaimonSunyer @IBECBarcelona

Interested in measuring forces generated by cells or tissues in 3D fiber nework? Read the tutorial put together by the Leggett and Wu labs, the result of a true collaborative work. annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.114…

Tiny bacterium keeps providing cues on how to live sustainably. Congratulations to Sean and Buz for this creative work. news.cornell.edu/stories/2023/1…

Happy holidays from Wu lab in Ithaca NY. Photo credit Brian Cheung, and the incredible material collagen.

Can synthetic biology help with building a sustainable environment, see Sean's recent work on engineering bugs to separate rare earth element! nature.com/articles/s4159…

Congratulations to newly minted DOCTOR Anna Dai from Martine's lab, whose beautiful work on the conformal mapping of plant leave growth is very thought provoking. Thanks Martine for the enjoyable thesis defense event in Paris. journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/1…

Mechanical compression of healthy and diseased tissue leads to different outcome ! See Mrinal's preprint here arxiv.org/abs/2307.01289 to find out more.

Traction force microscopy is challenging. A less quantitative but simpler approach is to analyze the alignment and remodeling of matrix fibers around contractile cells. Does it actually work, and how? Take a closer look at biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh…

Here are some wise tips for getting the job you really wanted aps.org/publications/a…

Here goes three brilliant and beautiful graduates from our lab, good luck Hannah, Larissa and Fangchen!

So so proud of our own undergraduate researcher, Hannah Davis, gave a presentation on her honors thesis, discovering a unique role of Hyaluronic acid in breast tumor invasion!

My latest book ("Hidden In Plain Sight", MIT Press) is almost here! Thanks to my editor Jermey Matthews for leading a fantastic editing team, which produced a beautiful layout & an amazing cover with img by Greg Cooksey! You can pre-order it here: lnkd.in/dXbU4rmS

@aliceyting Alice ting

I was taken by surprise this morning when congratulatory emails started arriving in my inbox. I'm incredibly honored, grateful, and humbled to be included among such an esteemed group of scientists, many of whom I’ve admired for decades. While this recognition is individual, science is fundamentally a collaborative and team effort. I wish to express my heartfelt gratitude to my extraordinary trainees whose talent, creativity, resourcefulness and persistence have built everything that our lab is known for and taken our research in directions I had never imagined; to my mentors who ignited my curiosity and led by example; to my collaborators who have introduced me to new fields and inspired me with the beauty of their science; to my colleagues who have so generously supported and advocated for me time and again; and to the community of cell biologists, molecular biologists, and neuroscientists who have trusted and incorporated our technologies into their research, given us invaluable feedback, and inspired us to continue building. Being able to do science, to expand human understanding of the natural world, is an enormous privilege and joy. I can't wait to see what the future holds for molecular technologies that enable scientists to probe proteins, RNA, and living systems in new ways!

Congratulations to Larissa who successfully passed the master of science thesis defense yesterday! Here is a salute to the hero of her work!