Seoyoung Son Successfully Defends her Doctoral Dissertation!

On 2/28/18,  Seoyoung defended her thesis entitled:  “The Role of the Membrane in Integrin-Mediated Adhesion of Cells to Surfaces.”  This work highlighted how lipids can influence mechanical interaction of cells with their surroundings much like they influence chemical  interactions. Seoyoung also developed a new method to measure, for the first time, mechanical properties of cell membranes in their native state.  Nice work Seoyoung!

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