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People

(Spring 2004)

PI's
Current group members
Denis Wirtz, Ph.D.
Graduate
Undergraduate
Yiider Tseng, Ph.D.
Ryan Braun
Maria Cordero
 
Melissa Chang
Christopher Hale
 
Brian Daniels
Abey John
 
Osigwe Esue
Stephen So
 
Richard Heins
Daniel Wolgin
 
Jerry Lee
 
Porntula Panorchan
  
 
Melissa Travis

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Past group members
PhD Students
   Papers with the group   Where are they now?
Thomas Kole
  

S. L. Gupton, K. L. Anderson, T. P. Kole, R. S. Fischer, A. Ponti, S. E. Hitchcock-DeGregori, G. Danuser, V. M. Fowler, D. Wirtz, D. Hanein, C. M. Waterman-Storer, "Cell migration without a lamellipodium: translation of actin dynamics into cell movement mediated by tropomyosin," Journal of Cell Biology 168, 4: 619-631 (2005) (pdf)
T.P. Kole, Y. Tseng, L. Huang, J.L. Katz, D. Wirtz, "Rho kinase regulates the intracellular micromechanical response of adherent cells to rho activation," Molecular Biology of the Cell 15: 3475-3484 (2004)
T.P. Kole, Y. Tseng, and D. Wirtz, "Intracellular microrheology as a tool for the measurement of the mechanical properties of live cells," Methods in Cell Biology, accepted (2004)
Y. Tseng, J.S-H. Lee, I. Jiang, T.P. Kole, and D. Wirtz, "Micro-organization and visco-elasticity of the interphase nucleus revealed by particle nanotracking", Journal of Cell Science 117: 2159-2167 (2004)
Y. Tseng, T. P. Kole, and D. Wirtz,"Micromechanical mapping of live cells by multiple particle tracking microrheolgy", Biophysical Journal 83: 3162-3176 (2002)
Y. Tseng, T. P. Kole, S.-H. J. Lee, and D. Wirtz,"Local dynamics and viscoelastic properties of cell biological systems", Current Opinions in Colloid & Interface Science 7: 210-217 (2002)

   Department of Oncology, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, MD
Adriana Silva
   A.Silva and D. Wirtz, Langmuir 14: 578-581 (1998)
A. Silva, Bond, R., Plouraboue, F., and Wirtz, D., Physical Review E 54: 5502-5510 (1996)  		  Dow Chemicals Corporate Research Labs, TX
Andre Palmer
   A. Palmer, J. Xu, S.C. Kuo, and D. Wirtz,Biophysical Journal  76: 1063-1071 (1999) (pdf) (html
K. Rufener, A. Palmer, J. Xu, and D. Wirtz,Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics 82: 303-314 (1999)
Palmer, B. Cha, and D. Wirtz,Journal of Polymer Science. B: Phys. Ed. 36: 3007-3015 (1998)
J. Xu, A. Palmer, and D. Wirtz,Macromolecules 31: 6486-6492 (1998) (pdf) (html)
A. Palmer, J. Xu, and D. Wirtz,, Rheologica Acta 37: 97-106 (1998) (pdf)  		  Asst. Prof., Chemical Eng. Dept.,   Notre Dame University, IN
Charbel Haber
   Haber and D. Wirtz,  Review of Scientific Instruments 71: 4561-4570 (2000) (pdf)
Haber, S.A. Ruiz, and D. Wirtz, Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA 97: 10792-10795 (2000) (pdf) (html)
Haber and D. Wirtz, Biophysical Journal 79: 1530-1536 (2000) (pdf) (html)
P. Leduc, C. Haber, G. Bao, and D. Wirtz,, Nature 399: 564-566 (1999) (pdf) (html)  		  Merck, R&D Labs, PA
Soichiro Yamada
  S. Yamada, et al., Molecular Biology of the Cell 13: 382-391 (2002) (pdf) (html)
O. Bousquet, L. Ma, S. Yamada, et al. Journal of Cell Biology 155: 747-754 (2001) (pdf) (html)
L. Ma, S. Yamada, et al., Nature Cell Biology 3: 503-506 (2001) (pdf) (html)
P.A. Coulombe, O. Bousquet, L. Ma, S. Yamada, and D. Wirtz, Trends in Cell Biology 10: 420-428 (2000) (pdf) (html)
S. Yamada, D. Wirtz, and S.C. Kuo,,  Biophysical Journal 78: 1736-1747 (2000) (pdf) (html)  		  Postdoc, Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University, CA
Postdocs
      

James Xu
  J. Xu, et al. Biomacromolecules 3 92-99 (2002) (pdf) (html)
J. Xu, et al. Cereal Chemistry 78: 181-185 (2001)
J. Xu, et al.  Journal of Biological Chemistry 275: 35886-35892 (2000) (pdf) (html)
L. Ma, J. Xu, et al.  Journal of Biological Chemistry 274: 19145-19151 (1999) (pdf) (html)
A. Palmer, J. Xu, et al., Biophysical Journal  76: 1063-1071 (1999) (pdf) (html)
K. Rufener, A. Palmer, J. Xu, and D. Wirtz, Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics 82: 303-314 (1999)
J. Xu, et al.,  Journal of Biological Chemistry 273: 9570-9576 (1998) (pdf) (html)
J. Xu, et al.  Macromolecules 31: 6486-6492 (1998) (pdf) (html)
J. Xu, et al., Rheologica Acta 37: 387-398 (1998) (pdf)
A. Palmer, J. Xu, and D. Wirtz, Rheologica Acta 37: 97-106 (1998) (pdf)		   USDA, Peoria, IL
Thomas G. Mason
   T.G. Mason, A. Dhople, D. Wirtz, Macromolecules 31: 3600-3603 (1998) (pdf) (html)
T.G. Mason, A. Dhople, and D. Wirtz,MRS Proceedings 463: 153-158 (1997)
T.G. Mason, et al., Physical Review Letters 79: 3282-3285 (1997) (pdf) (html)
 		  Asst. Prof., Chemistry Dept., UCLA, CA
 James Harden
  W. Petka, J.H. Harden, et al., Science 281: 389-392 (1998) (pdf) (html)   Asst. Prof., Chemical Eng. Dept.Johns Hopkins University, MD