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Thursday, December 5, 2024

Congratulations Sarah on her thesis defense!

Congratulations Sarah on successfully defending her MASc thesis! Excellent... More

Monday, September 23, 2024

Paper Published

Our paper describing a home built Atomic Force Microscope that can be used for mechanical measurements on cells and tissues has now been published! An Open-Source Combined Atomic Force Microscope and Optical Microscope for Mechanobiology... More

Saturday, July 13, 2024

Research highlighted in the Charlatan

The lab's research has been highlighted in the Charlatan Could synthetic platelets end Canada’s blood donor woes?... More

Friday, March 15, 2024

Andrew awarded a Research Achievement Award

Andrew has been awarded a Research Achievement Award from Carleton University... More

Thursday, February 8, 2024

CTV news story

Yesterday, the labs current research on the mechanics of platelet production supported by the Banting Research Foundation was featured on CTV news!... More

Wednesday, January 3, 2024

Congratulations Sarah on publishing her review paper!

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Wednesday, September 13, 2023

Welcome Vineeth!

Welcome to Vineeth who has just joined the lab as a PhD... More

Monday, June 12, 2023

Banting Foundation Discovery Award

Andrew has received a Banting Foundation Discovery Award which will support the labs interest in cell mechanics and specifically platelet biogenesis! https://www.bantingresearchfoundation.ca/2023-discovery-award-winners/... More

Wednesday, December 28, 2022

Paper Published in Nature

Recent work from the lab in collaboration with Adam Stevens from Wendell Lim's Lab (UCSF) published in Nature. This exciting work demonstrates how synthetically engineered cell-cell adhesion molecules can be used to drive tissue architecture and function. Great to have been able to contribute to this study!... More

Wednesday, December 28, 2022

Lab receives funding from CFI and NSERC

The lab is grateful to have received funding support from NSERC to investigate the mechanical properties of cells and tissues, and CFI to develop new super-resolution imaging techniques!... More

Sunday, September 18, 2022

Welcome Sarah!

Welcome to Sarah Desroches who is joining the lab as a MASc... More

Tuesday, June 28, 2022

Samantha Wong Student Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Research Award

Congratulations to Samantha for being awarded a Carleton University EDI research award. https://carleton.ca/provost/2022/06/carleton-funding-student-edi-research/ Looking forward to seeing the development of novel devices for showcasing engineering research to high school... More

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