With the help of photolithography and programmable DNA, researchers have created a new technique that can rapidly ‘print’ two-dimensional arrays of cells and proteins that mimic a wide variety of cellular environments in the body. This technique could help scientists develop a better understanding of the complex cell-to-cell messaging that dictates a cell’s final fate.
New Technique ‘Prints’ Cells to Create Diverse Biological Environments
Like humans, cells are easily influenced by peer pressure. Take a neural stem cell in the brain: Whether this cell remains a stem cell or differentiates into a fully formed brain cell is ultimately determined by a complex set of molecular messages the cell receives from countless neighbors. Understanding these messages is key for scientists …
Sohn Lab Grad Student Olivia Scheideler Accepted Into MIT’s Rising Stars in Mechanical Engineering Workshop
Olivia Scheideler, a graduate student in ME Professor Lydia Sohn’s Sohn Research Lab, has been accepted into the Rising Stars in Mechanical Engineering Workshop at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology this Fall. The workshop is aimed at women graduate students and postdocs considering future careers in academia. The inaugural Rising Stars event is expected to draw 30 of the …
Sohn Lab Engineers Squeeze Cells Through Microtubes to Detect Cancer
Originally published on 4/17/18 | Berkeley ENGINEERING News by Wallace Ravven Photo by Noah Berger Over the course of her lifetime, a woman has a one in eight chance of developing breast cancer. With the past few decades’ advances in early detection and treatment, a diagnosis by no means forecasts defeat. The earlier the cancer …
Nature’s Microsystems & Nanoengineering Spotlights Sohn Research Lab’s Paper as Featured Article
A research paper from the Sohn Research Lab is now the featured article in the latest issue of the online journal from Springer Nature, Microsystems Nanoengineering. Their paper, “Characterizing cellular mechanical phenotypes with mechano-node-pore sensing,” covers a “simple and innovative technique for measuring the mechanical properties of cells could lead to a versatile clinical diagnostic tool.” Congratulations …
ME Professor Lydia Sohn to be Inducted into Medical and Biological Engineering Elite
For immediate release: February 6, 2017 For further information, contact Jason Hibner, Director of Membership & Operations, 202 496-9660, jhibner@aimbe.org WASHINGTON, D.C.— The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering AIMBE has announced the pending induction of Lydia Sohn, Ph.D., Professor, Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, to its College of Fellows. Dr. Sohn was …
ME Professor Lydia Sohn Presents at the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting of the New Champions
ME Professor Lydia Sohn presented an IdeasLab, Precision Medicine at UC Berkeley, with three other UC Berkeley Professors, Dan Fletcher, Amy Herr, and Ana Claudia Arias, at the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting of the New Champions “Summer Davos” in Dalian, China. The session was moderated by NPR’s science correspondent, Joe Palca. At this same …