This is a fun photo of four acadmeic generations at the SB3C 2025. John Bischof (Center) is the mentor of my postdoc at the University of Minnesota. Soham Ghosh (third from the right) did his PhD research in my lab at Purdue University. And three of seniors are surrounded by next generation – the students…

My great pleasure to host Professor David Odde from the University of Minnesota for a seminar talk at Mechanical Science and Engineering at Illinois during the Spring 2025 ! Professor Odde delivered an insightful seminar entitled “Mechanics of glioma cells and T cells in brain tissue.” In this talk, he shared his pioneering research on…

Bumsoo Han is selected as a Chan Zukerberg Biohub Investigator at CZ Biohub Chicago. We will study the neuroinflammation mechanisms using engineered tissue models. Specifically, we are investigating the effects of disrupted blood-brain interface and circadian rhythm in neuroinflammation through collaboration with Martha Gillette’s lab. CZ Biohub Investigator Page MechSE News Release

Professor Andrew Mugler of Physics from the University of Pittsburg visited the lab. We have been collaborating with his lab to understand the biophysics of cancer cell chemotaxis. Our collaboration is extended to understand cellular sensing and information processing of chemical and flow cues.

Professor Altug Ozcelikkale, our Alumnus, from the Middle Eastern Technical University at Turkiye visited our group. He completed his PhD study in the group in 2015 and performed his Postdoc research until 2017. He is currently directing the Engineered Biomicrosystems Laboratory to develop engineered biomicrosystems for high-fidelity modeling of human physiology in health and disease.

Sae Rome successfully defended her PhD dissertation, entitled “Reprogramming the pancreatic cancer stroma by targeting coagulation at the tumor microenvironment.” In this work, she developed microphysiological model of PDAC stroma with controlled coagulation system, and investigated the role of the extravascular coagulation system in tumor progression, tumor-associated fibrosis and drug resistance. Through her research, she…

Our group joins the Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and starts the Cellular and Molecular Transport Laboratory, after successful 14 years of Biotransport Phenomena Laboratory at Purdue University. We will also participate in the Cancer Center at Illinois, Materials Research Laboratory, Institutional Genomic Biology and Beckman Institute. We…