Mission
Our mission is to study the effect of the mechanical environment on biological systems from the cell to whole plants and animals.
Environmental memory propels collective cell migration (Links to an external site)
Researchers in Amit Pathak’s lab found that cells learn from past environments to promote future invasions
Cancer cells penetrate deep into their environment (Links to an external site)
Amit Pathak’s lab finds cancer cells have remarkable ability while healthy cells do not
Hitchhiker plants inspire improved techniques for reattaching tendon to bone (Links to an external site)
A multi-university team of researchers working with Guy Genin at the Center for Engineering MechanoBiology explore new approaches to surgical tendon-to-bone repair
Cells take on dual identities with competing factors trapped in the nucleus (Links to an external site)
Research in Amit Pathak’s lab reveals new cell migration behavior