WHAT WE DO

Our main focus is on mechanotransduction—the process of turning mechanical forces into electrical signals that our nervous system can understand. We use cutting-edge tools such as patch-clamp electrophysiology, cryo-EM, and molecular simulations.

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Our Research Interests:

  1. Molecular and cellular mechanisms of mechanotransduction

  2. Electromotility and sound amplification

  3. Cancer progression and durotaxis

The techniques we use:

  1. Electrophysiology

    1. Patch clamp

    2. Voltage clamp

  2. Molecular Biology

    1. Mutagenesis

    2. DNA/RNA purification

  3. Cell Biology

    1. Flow cytometry

    2. Cell migration assays

  4. Biochemistry

    1. Western-blot

    2. Protein expression

  5. Structural Biology

    1. Cryogenic Electron Microscopy (cryo-em)

  6. Cell culture

    1. Primary cell culture