Lammerding Lab

Hello! The Lammerding Lab @CornellBME and @weillinstitute is now on Twitter! Here is what you can expect from this account: highlights of our #mechanobiology work, pretty fluorescent images and videos, gushing over our team members, and more. Follow us!

Now hiring! The Teaching Support Specialist II weill support undergraduate teaching labs, maintain laboratory equipment, and help students gain hands-on experience. Apply: Internal (Cornell) post : jobs.hr.cornell.edu/i/us/en/job/WD… External: jobs.hr.cornell.edu/us/en/job/WDR-…

A new course this fall explores how engineering design can better address women’s health. Students will examine clinical challenges, device design and opportunities for innovation. news.cornell.edu/stories/2026/0…

📣NIH is seeking public input on a proposed policy that would cap the number of Research Project Grants an individual can simultaneously serve on as Principal Investigator or Multi-Principal Investigator. Feedback submissions are due by August 3. No final decisions will be made until all comments have been reviewed and discussed. Learn more ➡️ bit.ly/4wFWmhB

🚨 Thrilled to share our new @ScienceAdvances study! We show that hydrostatic pressure induces persistent changes in cellular mechanosensing, diminishing responses to future mechanical cues and reshaping migration. 📄science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… @AUchemicaleng, @AuburnEngineers

Co-hosted by @Penn @CornellBME @JohnsHopkins @BU_Tweets @Columbia

Interested in a faculty career in biomedical engineering #BME? Apply for the Rising Stars in Engineering in Health workshop for postdocs and PhD students interested in engineering, medicine & health: be.engineering.upenn.edu/home/rising-st… Applications are open until July 31, 2026. Please share!

Could @RebeccaSkloot be any more eloquent in balancing the amazing potential of NAMs with the reality of how critical animal research will be until NAMs, now in their tween years, move through puberty and adolescence into adulthood? No, she nailed it, from TIME Science/Health breakthroughs.

... and affected the ability of the M1-like macrophages to migrate through confined spaces. Stay tuned for further updates and insights!

we found that polarization of bone marrow derived macrophages results in increased nuclear stiffness, despite a decrease in lamin A/C levels. This increase in nuclear stiffness was due to compaction of chromatin associated with polarization into M1-like macrophages...

Two recent new publications from our laboratory, led by the amazing Jacob Odell and @ElpersMaggie, respectively, shed new insights into the role of nuclear #lamins and nuclear #mechanobiology in two different contexts.

Very excited to be sharing our new paper, just out in Nature Cell Biology! nature.com/articles/s4155… The big question we investigate: How do migrating cells put their front 🔴 and back 🔵 in the right place?

Mitochondria tethered to the nucleus secure its energy supply nature.com/articles/d4158…

Congrats to assistant professor Kayla Wolf, recently awarded a grant to study how ovarian fibrosis affects function during aging, advancing research on reproductive health and menopause. More: duffield.cornell.edu/kayla-wolf-awa…

@CornellBME @Cornell @CornellEng Congratulations!! And I am sure many more awards to come given your exciting and impactful research!

Mentors help shape every success story. @Cornell's 2026 Merrill Presidential Scholars honored the teachers and mentors who inspired their academic journeys and future impact. Congratulations to all awardees, including @CornellBME's Ryan Lyppens '26! news.cornell.edu/stories/2026/0…

A $7.25M investment will help advance engineering innovations in medicine @Cornell , supporting discoveries, new technologies, and solutions that improve human health. news.cornell.edu/stories/2026/0…

Commencement 2026 is in the books! It rained. A lot. And couldn't dampen our spirits celebrating our grads on their accomplishments w/ their families. Best wishes to all on their next steps and enjoy your well-earned summer! More, & photos forthcoming: duffield.cornell.edu/bme/commenceme…

Calling all mechanobiologists in the U.S. South to Montgomery, AL! CEMB developed a mobile museum exhibit "Forces of Life", which is currently on view at the Montgomery City-County Public Library - Juliette Hampton Morgan Memorial Library until mid-August 2026! Go visit!