See what studies we are conducting in our lab!
Our lab includes and appreciates people of all backgrounds, races, ethnicities, and gender identities and includes postdocs, graduate students, undergraduates, and high school students.
Our new paper is here!
The new paper of our just-graduated Ph.D., Zachary Goldblatt, is here!
Mechanical Regulation of Apoptosis in the Cardiovascular System,
Zachary E. Goldblatt, Heather A. Cirka, and Kristen L. Billiar
Our lab’s paper on the stress fields: “Heterogeneity profoundly alters emergent stress fields in constrained multicellular systems”
Our paper, Heterogeneity profoundly alters emergent stress fields in constrained multicellular systems
Zachary E.Goldblatt, Habibeh Ashouri Choshali, Heather A.Cirka, Vivian Liang, Qi Wen, Dannel McCollum, Nima Rahbar, Kristen L. Billiar
Exploring Life and Death of Cells: Billiar Lab Research Could Lead to Better Understanding of Cancer, Heart Disease
National and international media outlets reported on our research who hopes to close an important gap in the understanding of physical factors that help regulate the life and death of cells in our bodies, and the important roles they play in the development of a wide range of disorders. Read more
Marketplace-By the Numbers (public radio), Le Lezard (France),
BioPortfolio, Arizona Republic, Renewable Energy World North America, Houston Chronicle, BioMedicine, Seattlepi, Times-Union (Albany), The Advocate (Stamford, CT) and San Antonio Express were among the more than 100 media outlets reporting the work, which is funded by a National Science Foundation grant and includes co-principle investigators Nima Rahbar, associate professor of civil & environmental engineering, and Qi Wen, associate professor of physics.
Zach Goldblatt selected to compete in PhD competition at SB3C
Zach has been selected as one of 36 finalists to give an oral presentation at the Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering, and Biotransport Conference (June 25 – 28, 2019, Seven Springs, Pennsylvania)