Avital is now MASTER Horowitz
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Mad congratulations to Avital, who is no longer a master’s candidate, but our first MASTER now! Her thesis looked at quantifying cell mechanics in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, and she developed some easily accessible techniques to measure traction forces in 3D-like systems, showing that under certain culture conditions, cell contractile activity is enhanced in 3D. Good luck with your new job and further quests for science in Seattle!
EDIT: I guess this means that the lab is now Master Of One?
SURE poster award to Sarah
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Big congratulations to Sarah Dubois, who received the Summer Undergraduate Research in Engineering poster award for her work on force measurement in complex contractile tissues formed in microfabricated templates – well done! Congratulations also to Nik Kalashnikov who presented his work at the SURE conference on measuring cellular mechanical properties in realistic hydrogel microenvironments, which also generated a lot of interest and discussion.
