Education
- Postdoctoral, Physics, Biophysics. ESPCI, Paris. 1993
- 1994
- Ph.D., Cemical Engineering. Stanford University. 1993
- M.S., Chemical Engineering. Stanford University. 1989
- B.S., Physics Engineering. Free University of
Brussels. 1983-1988
Publications
- D. Wirtz, K. Konstantopoulos, and P.C. Searson,
“Physics of cancer: the role of physical interactions and
mechanical forces in cancer metastasis”, Nature
Reviews Cancer 11:
512–522 (2011)
- D. Wirtz and S.B. Khatau, “Bundles from boundaries”,
Nature Materials 9: 788–790 (2010)
- S. I. Fraley, Y. Feng, D.H. Kim, A. Celedon, G.D. Longmore, and D. Wirtz,
“The distinctive role of focal adhesion proteins in three-dimensional cell
motility”, Nature Cell Biology 12: 598–604 (2010)
- S.B. Khatau, C.M. Hale, P.J. Stewart-Hutchinson, M.S. Patel, C.L. Stewart,
P.C. Searson, D. Hodzic, and D Wirtz, “A perinuclear actin cap regulates nuclear shape”,
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 106: 19017–19022 (2009)
- B. Wildt, D. Wirtz, and P.C. Searson, “Programmed sub-cellular release for studying
the dynamics of cell detachment”, Nature Methods 6: 211–213 (2009)
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