Extracellular-matrix tethering regulates stem-cell fate

Substrate Viscosity Enhances Correlation in Epithelial Sheet Movement

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Intelligent induction of active biosystem responses at interfaces

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Fibroblast polarization is a matrix-rigidity-dependent process controlled by focal adhesion mechanosensing

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Using indentation to characterize the poroelasticity of gels

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Cell Adhesion Strength Is Controlled by Intermolecular Spacing of Adhesion Receptors

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Nanomechanical Properties of Thin Films of Type I Collagen Fibrils

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Polymeric Substrates with Tunable Elasticity and Nanoscopically Controlled Biomolecule Presentation

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Actin and serum response factor transduce physical cues from the microenvironment to regulate epidermal stem cell fate decisions

(2010) John T. Connelly et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Harnessing traction-mediated manipulation of the cell/matrix interface to control stem-cell fate

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Ezh2 Orchestrates Gene Expression for the Stepwise Differentiation of Tissue-Specific Stem Cells

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Viscoelastic and poroelastic mechanical characterization of hydrated gels

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Fibronectin in aging extracellular matrix fibrils is progressively unfolded by cells and elicits an enhanced rigidity response

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Assay to mechanically tune and optically probe fibrillar fibronectin conformations from fully relaxed to breakage

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