Osteogenic Differentiation of Mc3t3-E1 Cells Regulated by Substrate Stiffness Requires Mapk Activation
Chirag B. Khatiwala1, Shelly R. Peyton1 and Andrew J. Putnam2, (1)Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of California-Irvine, 3462, Natural Sciences II, Irvine, CA 92697, (2)Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California-Irvine, 3462, Natural Sciences II, Irvine, CA 92697 |
Biomimetic Microcontrolled Materials for Guiding Cell Migration
Mariah Hahn, Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, 3122 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843 and Jennifer L. West, Rice University, 6100 Main St. MS 142, Houston, TX 77005 |
A Model for Force Generation by Microtubule End-Binding Proteins
Luzelena Caro, University of Florida, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, PO Box 116005, Gainesville, FL 32611-6005, Richard B. Dickinson, Chemical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, PO Box 116005, Gainesville, FL 32611-6005 and Daniel L. Purich, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Florida, Dept. of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, R3126 ARB, Gainesville, FL 32611-6005 |
Combined Effect of Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor and Ecm-Coated Substrates on Neurite Extension and Persistence from Retinal Explants
Jessica O. Winter, Chemical Engineering, Ohio State University, 125 Koffolt Laboratories, 140 W 19th Ave, Columbus, OH 43210, Stuart Cogan, EIC Laboratories, 111 Downey St, Norwood, MA 02062 and Joseph F. Rizzo, Center for Innovative Visual Rehabilitation, Boston VA Hospital/ Harvard Medical School, Mail Stop 151E, 150 South Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02130 |
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Early Growth Phase Adhesion of S. Aureus to Immobilized Platelets Via Clumping Factor Α (ClfΑ) and Fibronectin Binding Proteins (Fnbps)
Niraj P. E. George, UMBC, 900 Hooper Av, Apt # E, Baltimore, MD 21229, Konstantinos Konstantopoulos, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N. Charles Street, Maryland Hall Room 223, Baltimore, MD 21218 and Julia M. Ross, UMBC, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250 |
Amyloid-Beta Induced Endothelial-Monocyte Interactions Involved in Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy and Alzheimer's Disease
Francisco J. Gonzalez, Adriana Reyes Barcelo and Melissa A. Moss, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, University of South Carolina, 2C02 Swearingen Engineering Center, Columbia, SC 29208 |
Chemoreceptors Control Salmonella Typhimurium Motility, Accumulation, and Localization in in Vitro Tumors
Rachel W. Kasinskas, University of Massachusetts, 686 N. Pleasant St., 61 Goessmann Lab, Amherst, MA 01003 and Neil S. Forbes, Chemical Engineering, University of Massachusetts, 686 N. Pleasant St., 61 Goessmann Lab, Amherst, MA 01003 |
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