Our goal is to provide the mechanobiology community with tools and training
Aug. 12, 2024: “Measuring Integrin Force Loading Rates Using a Two-Step DNA Tension Sensor” is out on JACS!
Aug. 8, 2024: DNA origami tension sensors (DOTS) is now online on Nature Nanotechnology!
Feb 28, 2024: “Molecular Compressive Force Sensor for Mapping Forces at the Cell–Substrate Interface“: CRUSH is out on JACS! Open Access!
We are hiring a director of community engagement!
Jan 24, 2024: “DNA mechanocapsules for programmable piconewton responsive drug delivery“ is now online on Nature Communications! Available online.
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Nov. 13, 2023: “Detection of cellular traction forces via the force-triggered Cas12a-mediated catalytic cleavage of a fluorogenic reporter strand“ is published on Nature Biomedical Engineering and featured by Emory News.
Oct. 5, 2023: “Molecular mechanocytometry using tension-activated cell tagging“ is now online on Nature Methods! Check out the manuscript!
Sept. 19, 2023: “Force-Triggered Self-destructive Hydrogels“ is accepted by Advanced Materials! Available online.
Aug. 21, 2023: “Optomechanically Actuated Hydrogel Platform for Cell Stimulation with Spatial and Temporal Resolution“ is now published at ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering! Open Access!
Aug. 13, 2023: We are officially launched! Check out the Emory News article for the details.
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The Center on Probes for Molecular Mechanobiology (CPMM) is primarily housed
at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, as well as the University of Alabama, Birmingham, but we have collaborators and partners that are geographically spread across the USA and the globe.
The goal of our center is to develop and optimize technologies to enable the study of mechanobiology and mechanotransduction pathways in living cells. The CPMM includes three highly synergistic Technology Development Projects (TDPs) that will be led by Alexa Mattheyses, Khalid Salaita, and Yonggang Ke who have a strong scientific background in microscopy techniques, DNA mechanotechnology, and DNA nanotechnology.
