Mechanobiology

We study coupled mechanical and biochemical changes in human disease

Dr-Tanmay-Lele

Principal Investigator

Dr. Tanmay Lele, Ph.D.
Professor

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Ph.D. Students

Christina Dubell

Ph.D. Students

Hailee Patel

Ph.D. Students

Mohammad Mohajeri

Ph.D. Students

Ting-Ching Wang

Ph.D. Students

Kajol Harsh

Ph.D. Students

Brendan Mckee

Lab Coordinator

Kavya Pendyala

What is mechanobiology?

Our research is in the area of Mechanobiology. Mechanobiology is the scientific study of the mechanisms by which cell generated mechanical forces and/or the cellular mechanical environment impact cell and tissue structure and function. We are particularly interested in the mechanobiology of human diseases including cancer.

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Recognition

We are funded by the National Cancer Institute’s Physical Sciences and Oncology Network (PSON).

Dr. Lele is a member of the NIH study section

Dr. Lele was recently elected Fellow of the Biomedical Engineering Society

Dr. Lele is a CPRIT scholar

Dr. Lele is Unocal Professor at TAMU

Dr. Lele's google scholar profile

January 2023

Vani Narayanan’s paper reporting that Rho activation causes acinar eversion is published in Biophysical Journal

August 2022

Aditya Katiyar’s paper highlighted in article by TAMU Engineering. Read it by clicking HERE

May 2022

New paper accepted in Advanced Science on the discovery that the cell nucleus deforms like a drop in migrating cells

March 2022

New paper accepted in Molecular Biology of the Cell on a small molecule screen against nuclear morphology

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