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Biological Soft Matter Mechanics Lab
Dr. Guy K. German
Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences.
January 2020: A wonderful write up in the Materials Research Society Bulletin on Chris Maiorana's research into controlled fracture in soft solids (link)
April 2018: A huge thank you to past and present Biological Soft Matter Mechanics Lab members for helping me achieve the 2017-2018 Binghamton University Watson School Recognition Award for Early-Stage Distinguished Research.
April 2018: Congrats to Niranjana Dhandapani for becoming a finalist in Binghamton University's 2nd Art of Science Competition for the Seeing the Unseen Category. Her beautiful photo shows the intricate structures within a sebaceous gland.
January 2018: Lots of really interesting conversations at the sunscreen roundtable at the Society of Cosmetic Chemists 71st Annual Scientific Meeting.
September 2017: Congratulations to Chris Maiorana for all his hard work developing traction force microscopy studies that helped us gain insight into
nanoparticle size-specific actin rearrangement and barrier dysfunction of endothelial cells.
August 2017: A huge congratulations to Dr. Xue Liu. In the past month she has successfully defended her PhD thesis, chaired the Gordon Research Seminar on Barrier Function of Mammalian Skin and been accepted for a Postdoctoral position at the NIH.
July 2017: Alexandria's recently published article on the increase in optical density of DNA films due to ultraviolet light is getting attention. Reports on this work incude:
Chemistry World (Royal Society of Chemistry)
And even The Onion
July 2017: Lori's recently published article on the control of human stratum corneum wettability is gaining attention. Articles about this work have been posted on:
News-Medical and
June 2017: Watson Review magazine article about research going on in the Biological Soft Matter Mechanics lab.
March 2017: Congratulations to Lucia for being awarded a Binghamton University Graduate Student Excellence Award in Research.
October 2016: Youtube clip about research in the Biological Soft Matter Mechanics group.
October 2016: Youtube clip about Niranjana's skin research.
October 2016: Article by the Deccan Chronicle about the Binghamton Biological Soft Matter Mechanics Lab.
October 2016: Cosmetics Business article about Lucia's research entitled 'Skin stretch test could improve grafts and inspire cosmetics'.
September 2016: The Hindu Business Line article about Lucia's research entitled 'Now, new skin for burn victims'.
September 2016: Science Daily article about Lucia's research exploring the mechanical limits of skin
September 2016: Deccan Chronicle article about Lucia's research exploring the mechanical limits of skin
June 2014: Congratulations to Xue Liu, who was awarded this years Albert Kligman Young Investigator Scholarship at the International Society for Biophysics and Imaging of the Skin.
May 2014 article entitled 'Here's looking at you' on the research groups research into the effect of cosmetic cleansers on the drying mechanics of human stratum corneum
Winter 2013 Binghamton Research Magazine highlights the research groups research exploring how cosmetic cleansers can stiffen your skin and increase drying stresses after washing ((link)
