Whiting School of Engineering




The Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

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Denis Wirtz

Theophilus Halley Smoot Professor


Office: NEB 116
Phone: 410-516-7006
Email: wirtz@jhu.edu
Cirriculum Vitae

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)