Alternative approaches in toxicology

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Media coverage of our research

• Cell signals that trigger wound healing are surprisingly complex
• Computer model illuminates critical moment in Drosophila development
• Medical markets and new niches drive laser advances
• Research probes physical mechanics of laser energy in living tissue
• Vanderbilt and Pittsburgh to lead new center to identify toxic chemicals

News from the lab

• Looking to hire a postdoctoral fellow
• Paper on a biomechanical model of GBR published in Biophys. J.
• Best paper award for graduate student Kazi Tasneem
• Paper on PDMS-chemical interactions published in Lab on a Chip
• New NIH grant awarded for studying wound-induced Ca2+ signals

Research

• Epithelial Wound Healing
• Biomechanics of Morphogenesis
• Alternative approaches in toxicology
• Physics of UV Laser Microsurgery
• Mid-IR Lasers for Surgical Applications