Researchers in Amit Pathak’s lab found that cells learn from past environments to promote future invasions
Environmental memory propels collective cell migration (Links to an external site)
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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
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
Collagen fibers encourage cell streaming by balancing individual aggression with collective cooperation (Links to an external site)
Amit Pathak found that collagen fiber length within the body may be a key overlooked parameter that some normal cells use to become invasive
In cells, more persistent leaders drive response of group (Links to an external site)
Cells in a group mimic birds migrating in a flock, giving insight into how aggressive tumor cells invade the body
Role of cell group behavior target of $1.9 million award (Links to an external site)
Mechanical engineer’s research on cell behavior’s relationship to metastasis gets boost from NIH grant
Defects in tissue trigger disease-like transformation of cells (Links to an external site)
Amit Pathak, assistant professor of mechanical engineering in the School of Engineering & Applied Science, and his team found that one small defect in tissue boundaries known as the basement membrane can lead normal cells to take on characteristics of diseased cells, such as cancer cells, and invade the surrounding tissue.
Cells’ mechanical memory could hold clues to cancer metastasis (Links to an external site)
