Archive for June, 2013
Collaboration with Physics leads to video publication
Recent work on measuring the mechanical properties of living cells using atomic force microscopy, by physics graduate student Gawain Thomas, and Professors Wen, Burnham, and Camesano, was published in the JoVE. According to their website JoVE (Journal of Visualized Experiments) “is a peer reviewed, PubMed indexed journal devoted to the publication of biological, medical, chemical and […]
Welcome Middle-School Teachers!
The WPI Research Experience for Teachers program began today at the Life Sciences and Bioengineering Center. Eight middle-school teachers will be spending the next 6 weeks working on a hands-on laboratory project with WPI faculty and graduate students. Projects this year include topics such as “Design of a Microthread Crosslinking Device” with Professor George Pins […]
New publication on action of antimicrobial peptides against spores
The Camesano lab recently published an article in the Journal of Physical Chemistry B, “Interactions of antimicrobial peptide chrysophsin-3 with Bacillus anthracis in sporulated, germinated, and vegetative states“, with lead author lab alum Paola A. Pinzon-Arango. This work describes how an antimicrobial peptide isolated from the gills of the red sea bream was used to […]
