University of Southern California
All faculty and students are cordially invited to attend:
“MEMS, mechanobiology & touch”
by
Dr. Beth Pruitt, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Stanford University
Weekly Seminar Series on
Engineering Neuroscience & Health
Monday, September 14, 2009
4:00 p.m.
Refreshments will be served from 3:00-4:00 p.m.
UPC: HNB 100 – LIVE
Hedco Neurosciences Building
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Abstract:
MEMS tools are ideal to interface electrical, mechanical and biological systems and to integrate from the macro to nanoscale. This talk will include an overview of research and engineering activities on MEMS_based devices for micro and nanoscale force detectionand our studies of mechanotransduction at the organism and cellular level. I will discuss design issues for piezoresistive force sensing cantilevers, the development of force clamps based on these MEMS sensors, and the study mechanotransduction and biomechanics affecting the sense of touch in the model organism C. elegans.
I will also discuss recent work on the mechanics and behavior of individual cells to understand how the mechanical environment mediates the biomechanics and response of adhesion, force generation, renewal and differentiation.
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