Become a New CSP member

Each CSP will be supported for 1 year, in which CPMM will supply reagents, transfer protocols, and ensure that the lab conduct experiments independently. Our industry partners will play a key role in assisting CSPs and ensuring that they have the resources needed to use tension probes on their own after training and consultation. For example, IDT will provide custom nucleic acids for probes. Millipore specializes in generating ELISA kits for the cell biology community and the steps needed to generate tension probe substrates are similar to those involved in making ELISA plates. Lumicks will aid in probe calibration. Nikon and ONI will support imaging.

Applications for CSP.

We aim to minimize the barriers to collaborations and to catalyze the adoption of CPMM technology. This is a central philosophy of the CPMM, and accordingly CSP applications will require a 1-page document accompanied by an NIH-style biosketch and current/pending support. The application will be submitted to the EAC and SSC for evaluation based on the rubric below. The application will request to submit the following information to mechanotechnology_CPMM@example.com:

  1. Summary of currently supported NIH work. This section should address the fundamental hypothesis or goal of the work.

  2. Scope of work. This paragraph should explain the specific objectives that the investigators hope to address.

  3. The impact of addressing the challenge for the project. Please explain how tension probes could move the project forward.

Evaluation Criteria

  1. Synergy. Is the proposed CSP synergistic with the goals of the CPMM? Priority will be given to projects that test fundamental questions in mechanobiology across different sub-disciplines.

  2. Feasibility. Will the collaborating group be able to achieve their goals? Is the scope of work appropriate?

  3. Impact. If the collaboration is successful, what is the impact on the project? If success is deemed to have a broad impact, then this would be viewed favorably.

  4. Diversity. Much as we will strive for geographic and research diversity for the DBPs, we will also aim to maximize the diversity of collaborative projects across the US and in different areas of research.