[Illinois] BioNanotechnology Seminar Series Fall 2011: Bio-inspired Microenvironments Regulate Cell Fate

14 Jun 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Adam Engler

Epigenetic regulation of stem cell fate by intrinsic properties of the surrounding extracellular matrix (ECM), e.g. stiffness, organization, composition, etc., appears to be an important yet …

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[Illinois] BioNanotechnology Seminar Series Fall 2011: Pluripotency and Directed Differentiation of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells

14 Jun 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Fei Wang

Our long-term goal is to define new conditions and molecular programs that govern fate decisions of human pluripotent stem cells such as human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) and human induced …

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[Illinois] BioNanotechnology Seminar Series Spring 2012: Cationic, Helical Polypeptide Based Gene Delivery for IMR90 Fibroblasts and Human Embryonic Stem Cells

13 Jun 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Jonathan Yen

New diblock copolymers consisting of poly(ethyleneglycol)-block-poly(?-(4-(piperidin-1-yl)ethanaminomethylbenzyl)-L-glutamate), PEG-b-PVBLG-8 were synthesized for the effective transfection of hard …

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[Illinois] BioNanotechnology Seminar Series Spring 2012: CYP17A1: Gatekeeper to Androgen Biosynthesis

13 Jun 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Michael Gregory

Human Cytochrome P45017A1 (CYP17) catalyzes the 17 alpha-hydroxylation of pregnenolone and progesterone as well as the subsequent 17,20 carbon-carbon lyase chemistry of its hydroxylated products. …

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[Illinois] BioNanotechnology Seminar Series Spring 2012: Fabrication and Characterization of Multi-Compartment Collagen-Glycosaminoglycan Scaffolds for Tissue Regeneration

13 Jun 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Daniel Weisgerber

We are working to create multi-compartment scaffolds as regenerative templates for multi-tissue interfaces such as the tendon to bone junction (TBJ). Collagen-glycosaminoglycan (CG) scaffolds have …

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[Illinois] BioNanotechnology Seminar Series Spring 2012: Human Colon Carcinoma Cells on Gels: Spatial Confinement and Mechanosensing

13 Jun 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Muhammad Yakut Ali

New Mounting experimental evidences suggest that cells can sense and respond to mechanical cues (i.e. substrate stiffness) and geometric cues in 2D and 3D culture models. Hence, engineered mechanical …

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[Illinois] BioNanotechnology Seminar Series Spring 2012: Nanostructured Surface for Enhanced Fluorescence Cell Imaging

13 Jun 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Austin Hsiao

We have created a nanostructure substrate on which three-dimensional confocal fluorescence cell-imaging sensitivity is amplified for cell membrane and cytoplasm. The nanostructure substrate was …

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[Illinois] BioNanotechnology Seminar Series Spring 2012

13 Jun 2013 | Series | Contributor(s): Syed-Irfan Ahmed, Rashid Bashir

It is known that more than 1.5 million Americans were diagnosed with cancer during 2009, and half a million have died (Cancer Statistics 2009, ACS). In spite of considerable effort, there has been …

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[Illinois] BioNanotechnology and Nanomedicine: Applications in Cancer and Mechanobiology Lecture 24: Link Between Mechanics and Cell Behavior

12 Jun 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Taher A. Saif

BioNanotechnology and Nanomedicine: Applications in Cancer and Mechanobiology provides an introduction to basic concepts of nanotechnology in mechanobiology and in cancer. This is a highly …

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[Illinois] BioNanotechnology and Nanomedicine: Applications in Cancer and Mechanobiology Lecture 25: Force Traction Microscopy: A Review

12 Jun 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Alireza Tofangchi

BioNanotechnology and Nanomedicine: Applications in Cancer and Mechanobiology provides an introduction to basic concepts of nanotechnology in mechanobiology and in cancer. This is a highly …

https://nanohub.org/resources/18286

[Illinois] BioNanotechnology Seminar Series Fall 2011: Comparitive Tumor Models - Use for Assessing Novel Drug Strategies

14 May 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Mohamud Yusuf Mohamed

Dr. Timothy Fan, Associate Professor of Veterinary Clinical Medicine

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[Illinois] CABPN Workshop Nov.7,2012 - BioMEMS and Bionanotechnology: Interface of Biology and Engineering at the micro and nanoscale

03 Feb 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Rashid Bashir

BioMEMS and Bionanotechnology have the potential to make significant impact in a wide range of fields and applications. This lecture introduces the basic concepts and topics underlying the …

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[Illinois] CABPN Workshop

26 Nov 2012 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Rashid Bashir, Matthew V. Schulmerich, Jianjun Cheng, Brian Cunningham, William Helferich, Manas Ranjan Gartia, Jozef L. Kokini, Lila Vodkin

CABPN is a National Science Foundation (NSF) Industry/University Cooperative Research Center. Its mission is to conduct industry-relevant fundamental research, enhance graduate education and …

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[Illinois] BioE 498/ME 498: Experimental Methods for Biological Machines (Traction Force Microscopy Experiment)

09 May 2012 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Taher A. Saif, Samantha Knoll, Sandeep Anand

Traction Force Microscopy (TFM) Using polyacrylamide gels with fluorescent microspheres, students in Professor Saif's laboratory Samantha and Sandeep show how to track cellular motion and calculate …

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Illinois BioNanotechnology Seminar Series Fall 2011: Mechanotransduction at Cell-Cell Contact

04 Apr 2012 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Hamid Tabdili

Differential adhesion between cadherin subtypes expressed on cell surfaces is postulated to direct cell segregation during tissue morphogenesis. The studies described here used magnetic twisting …

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