Substrate elasticity provides mechanical signals for the expansion of hemopoietic stem and progenitor cells

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ELDA: Extreme limiting dilution analysis for comparing depleted and enriched populations in stem cell and other assays

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Runx1 is required for the endothelial to haematopoietic cell transition but not thereafter

(2009) Michael J. Chen et al.   NATURE

Biomechanical forces promote embryonic haematopoiesis

(2009) Luigi Adamo et al.   NATURE

Designing materials to direct stem-cell fate

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Growth Factors, Matrices, and Forces Combine and Control Stem Cells

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Single-Molecule Force Spectroscopy Reveals a Stepwise Unfolding of Caenorhabditis elegans Giant Protein Kinase Domains

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Fate Tracing Reveals the Endothelial Origin of Hematopoietic Stem Cells

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Gene-mediated Restoration of Normal Myofiber Elasticity in Dystrophic Muscles

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Cell biology: Stretching the imagination

(2008) Claire Ainsworth   NATURE

Analysis of histone 2B-GFP retention reveals slowly cycling hematopoietic stem cells

(2008) Adlen Foudi et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Fluctuations of intracellular forces during cell protrusion

(2008) Lin Ji et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Scalable signaling mediated by T cell antigen receptor–CD3 ITAMs ensures effective negative selection and prevents autoimmunity

(2008) Jeff Holst et al.   NATURE IMMUNOLOGY

Physical approaches to biomaterial design

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Mechanotransduction at a distance: mechanically coupling the extracellular matrix with the nucleus

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