Chemical Engineering Seminar
Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
Folding under pressure: mechanical forces in development of native and engineered tissues
Celeste Nelson,
Assistant Professor,
Chemical and Biological Engineering,
Princeton University,
The morphogenetic patterning that generates three-dimensional (3D) tissues requires dynamic concerted rearrangements of individual cells with respect to each other. We have developed microfabrication- and lithographic tissue engineering-based approaches to investigate the mechanical forces and downstream signaling responsible for generating the airways of the lung and the milk ducts of the mammary gland. I will discuss how we combine these experimental techniques with computational models to uncover the physical forces that drive tissue development.
For more information, please contact Martha Hepworth by phone at 2423 or by email at [email protected].
Event Series
Chemical Engineering Seminar