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Congratulations, Dr. Alma Plaza-Rodriguez!

Dr. Alma Plaza-Rodriguez presented her thesis seminar entitled “Modeling Contractility Kit-Mediated Mechanoresponsiveness​ and Cytoskeletal Network Assembly”, and in doing so has now completed all requirements of her PhD program. Congrats, Alma!

Alma Plaza-Rodriguez – Biophysical Society Award Winner!

Alma Plaza-Rodriguez – Biophysical Society Award Winner!
We extend a huge congratulations to Alma Plaza-Rodriguez who was a recent winner of the 2023 Student Research Achievement Award Poster Competition at the Biophysical Society Annual Meeting! Alma was one of the 36 winners of the annual Student Research Achievement Awards (SRAA) who were recognized at the 67th Biophysical Society Annual Meeting Awards Ceremony...

Tanya Nesterova NSF GRFP!

Tanya Nesterova NSF GRFP!
A big congratulations to Tanya Nesterova who was recently awarded an NSF GRFP fellowship! In Dr. Jian Liu’s lab, Tanya writes Brownian dynamics simulations to determine how different proteins spatiotemporally regulate bacterial cell division. This computational modelling is performed in synergy with experimental collaborations from Dr. Jie Xiao’s lab. The Xiao lab performs single molecule...