Center on Probes for Molecular Mechanotechnology

We are excited for our last 2025 talk in the Forces at Play: Molecular Mechanobiology Seminar Series with Dr. Katelyn Spillane from the Imperial College London on Thursday, December 11th at 12pm EST on Zoom. Please see the flyer for more information. We hope to see you all virtually!

Friendly reminder that this seminar is taking place this Thursday, 12pm EST on Zoom, see you all there!

We are excited for our next talk in the Forces at Play: Molecular Mechanobiology Seminar Series with Dr. Bianxiao Cui from Stanford University on Thursday, November 13th at 12pm EST on Zoom. Please see the flyer for more information. We hope to see you all virtually!

Happening this Thursday, see you all there!

We are excited for our next talk in the Forces at Play: Molecular Mechanobiology Seminar Series with Dr. Li Tang from EPFL on Thursday, October 16th at 12pm EST on Zoom. Please see the attached flyer for more information. We hope to see you all virtually!

Happening this Thursday at 12pm EST on Zoom!

We are excited for our next talk in the Forces at Play: Molecular Mechanobiology Seminar Series with Dr. Brenton Hoffman from Duke University on Thursday, September 18th at 12pm EST on Zoom. Please see flyer below for more details and to register for the Zoom link!

We held our first External Advisory Committee meeting last Thursday and received valuable feedback for our Center moving forward. Thank you, Timothy Springer, Brenton Hoffman, Melike Lakadamyali, William Shih, and Michelle Digman!

New seminar happening this Thursday at 12pm EST on Zoom with Dr. Xuefeng Wang from the University of Cincinnati. Hope to see you all there!

Happening this Thursday!

We are excited for our next talk in the Forces at Play: Molecular Mechanobiology Seminar Series with Dr. Isaac Li from the University of British Columbia on Thursday, July 17th at 12pm EST on Zoom. Please see flyer below for more details and to register for the Zoom link!

We successfully held our first annual workshop, Mechanobiology Methods: From Molecules to Cells (M3C), last week. We hosted 16 graduate students and postdocs from across the country for lectures and labs. So many wonderful and inspiring conversations with the next generation of researchers!

This Thursday at 12pm EST, hope to see you there!

We are excited for our next talk in the Forces at Play: Molecular Mechanobiology Seminar Series with Dr. Wendy Gordon from the University of Minnesota on Thursday, June 12th at 12pm EST on Zoom. Please see flyer below for more details and to register for the Zoom link!

Happening this Thursday, see you all virtually!

Our next talk in the Forces at Play: Molecular Mechanobiology Seminar Series will be by Dr. Arpita Upadhyaya from the University of Maryland on Thursday, May 22nd at 12pm EST on Zoom. Please see flyer below to register for the Zoom link!

Reminder for Dr. Liu's talk this Thursday at 12pm EST on Zoom!

Our next talk in the Forces at Play: Molecular Mechanobiology Seminar Series will be by Dr. Zheng Liu from Wuhan University in China on Thursday, April 17th at 12pm EST on Zoom. Please see flyer below to register for the Zoom link!

Mingxu You: Mapping Mechanical Landscapes at Cell Junctions via Membrane- Anchored DNA Nanodevices A visual blog about science and tissue engineering. Based on live doodles/sketchnotes done during talks. Some with an abstract/writeup.

Forces at Play @cpmm24.bsky.social seminar by Minxun You on Mapping mechanical landscapes at cell junctions via membrane-anchored DNA nanodevices. Very thorough talk on principles and applications of DNA stem-loop devices. #livingphysics 🐡 🧪

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Friendly reminder for Dr. Mingxu You's talk on Thursday!

Our next talk in the Forces at Play: Molecular Mechanobiology Seminar Series will be by Dr. Mingxu You from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst on Thursday, March 20th at 12pm EST on Zoom. Please see flyer below to register for the Zoom link!

This talk will take place Thursday at 12pm EST, hope to see you all there!

Friendly reminder that the deadline to apply for our workshop is next Monday, Feb 10th!

We are excited for our next talk in the Forces at Play: Molecular Mechanobiology Seminar Series with Dr. Rebecca Taylor from Carnegie Mellon University on Thursday, February 13th at 12pm EST. If you aren't already on our distribution list, please register below for the Zoom link!

Here, we create a genetically-encoded force probe by engineering a coiled-coil domain flanked by fluorescent proteins that undergo FRET. These probes are fully tunable and calibrated by modeling and single molecule force spectroscopy and allow one to measure forces within living systems.

Digital and Tunable Genetically Encoded Tension Sensors Based on Engineered Coiled-Coils
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Friendly reminder that our seminar with Dr. Cheng Zhu will be held this Thursday at 12pm EST! Register here if you haven't already - airtable.com/appfeHoxCpm6...

Application form: airtable.com/appfeHoxCpm6...

CPMM will be hosting a hands-on workshop from June 14-17th, 2025, open to graduate students and postdocs who would like to gain an understanding of molecular mechanobiology. Please see attached for more details, or visit our website at mechanotechnology.org/workshop

Registration link - airtable.com/appfeHoxCpm6...

We are excited to kick off our Forces at Play: Molecular Mechanobiology Seminar Series with Dr. Cheng Zhu from the Georgia Institute of Technology on January 16th at 12pm EST. If you aren't already on our distribution list, please register below for the Zoom link!