Jan Scrimgeour

Research: hyaluronan-protein solutions, fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP), TSG-6, holographic micropatterning;

Vamsi Kodali

Research: Thermochemical nanolithography (TCNL); mechanics and signalling in phagocytosis; bio-applications of graphene

Louis McLane

Research: optical force probe microscopy studies of the cell coat; cell coat mediated cell migration

Mauricio Bedoya

Research: hyaluronan-protein solutions, TSG-6, microrheology, heterogeneity in polymer solutions

Keith Carroll

Research: Thermochemical nanolithography (TCNL); atomic force microscope (AFM) studies of the cell coat

Daniel Kovari

Research: holographic micropatterning; mechanics of phagocytosis

Brandon Wiles

• Physics Major (2010)
• PURA Fellow
• Research: size-dependent intracellular transport in cells

James Larsen

• Physics / Electrical Engineering Major (2010)
• PURA Fellow
• Research: technical developments of holographic optical tweezers; image analysis of phagocytosis experiments

Nolan Kramer

• Management Major (2009)
• PURA Fellow
• Research: analysis of optical force probe measurements of the pericellular coat

Tyra Lamar

• Physics major (2010) at North Carolina Central University
• Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) fellow
• Research: bio-applications of graphene

Lee Taing (5/07 - 5/08)

• Biomedical Engineering Major(2008)
• Presidential Undergraduate Research (PURA) Fellow
• Research: characterization of Cell Coat growth using particle exclusion assays, development of GFPn production

Carrie Harris (10/2007 - 8/2008)

• Biomedical Engineering Major
• PURA Fellow
• Research: Influence of various drugs on pericellular coat

Vivian Fan (1/2008 - 1/2009)

• Biomedical Engineering Major / Industrial Engineering
• PURA Fellow
• Research: role of pericellular coat in cell adhesion

Robert Beatty (7/2008-8/2009)

• Physics Major (2009)
• PURA Fellow
• Research: Microrheology studies of hyaluronan
• Current: graduate student in Biophysics at Brandeis