The Chen Lab


News/Press Coverage


Below are articles, press coverage and other notable descriptions by other people describing our work.

Magnetic microposts as an approach to apply forces to living cells. Sniadecki, N.J., Anguelouch, A., Yang, M.T., Lamb, C.M., Liu, Z., Kirschner, S.B., Liu, Y, Reich, D.H., Chen, C.S. (2007) Proc Nat Acad Sci. 104:14553-14558. [PDF]


  Analytyical Chemistry, 1 November 2007. [PDF]

  Scientist Live, 1 November 2007. [PDF]

  PhysOrg.Com, 27 September 2007. [PDF]

  Johns Hopkins University's Institute for NanoBio   Technology, 17 September 2007. [PDF]

  Material Research Society | Materials360 Plus | Materials   News, 12 September 2007. Coverage on Pg. 6 [PDF]

  Science Daily 30 August 2007. [PDF]

  Nanotechwire.com, 29 August 2007. [PDF]

  Terra Daily 29 August 2007. [PDF]

  Nanowerk, 28 August 2007. [PDF]

  University of Pennsylvania, 27 August 2007. [PDF]


An Inhibitory Role for FAK in Regulating Proliferation: a Link Between Limited Adhesion and RhoA-ROCK Signaling. Pirone, D.M., Liu, W.F., Gao, L., Raghavan, S., Lemmon, C.A., Romer, L.H., Chen, C.S. (2006) J Cell Biol. 174(2):277-88. [PDF]


  The Journal of Cell Biology, 17 July 2006. [PDF]

Emergent patterns of growth contolled by multicellular form and mechanics. Nelson, C.M., Jean, R.P., Tan, J.L., Liu, W.F., Sniadecki, N.J., Spector, A.A., Chen, C.S. (2005) Proc Nat Acad Sci. 102(33):11594-11599. [PDF][SUP FIG]


  Ingber, D.E. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 102:11571-11572. 16   August 2005, [PDF]

  Sci. STKE 2005 (298), pp. tw304, 23 August 2005, [PDF]

  Adler, E. M. (2005) Science. 309: 1461, 2 September   2005, [PDF]

  Faculty of 1000: evaluations for Nelson CM et al Proc Natl Acad Sci   USA [Link]

Commitment of stem cell fate by cell shape, cytoskeletal tension, and RhoA. McBeath, R., Pirone, D., Nelson, C.M., Bhadriraju, K., Chen, C.S. (2003) Development Cell, 6:483-495. [PDF]


  Nature New & View, 29 Apr 2004, 428:907. [PDF]

  Science Now, 12 April 2004. [PDF]

  The Journal of Cell Biology, 3 May 2004. [PDF]

  Molecular Cell, 23 April 2004,14(2):148-150. [PDF]

  The Scientist, 18(16):20, 30 Aug 2004. [PDF]

  Nature Science Update, 13 December 2003. [PDF]

  Faculty of 1000: evaluations for McBeath R et al Dev Cell 2004 [Link]

High conductivity elastomeric electronics. Gray, D.S., Tien, J., Chen, C.S. (2003) Adv Mat. 166:393-397 [PDF]


  Nature Science Update, 15 March 2004. [PDF]

  JHU's Whiting School of Engineering News. [PDF]

Cells lying on a bed of microneedles: An approach to isolate mechanical force. Tan, J.L., Tien, J., Pirone, D., Gray, D.S., Chen, C.S. (2003) Proc Nat Acad Sci USA. 100: 1484-1489. [PDF]


  Nature Science Update, 17 December 2002. [PDF]

  Ingber, D.E. (2003) Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 100:1472-  1474. [PDF]

  Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions Press News   [PDF]

  Faculty of 1000: evaluations for Tan JL et al Proc Natl Acad Sci USA   [Link]

Geometric control of cell life and death. Chen, C.S., Mrksich, M., Huang, S., Whitesides, G.M., Ingber, D.E. (1997) Science. 276:1425-1428. [PDF]


  Science Update, 1997 May 30;276(5317):1345-6 [PDF]