Arpita Upadhyaya

Area of Research: Biophysics

Description of Reserach Area: Nature has engineered many molecular and cellular machines that induce motion at different scales from the level of single cells to that of multicellular tissues. The cell membrane, cytoskeletal polymers and other proteins collectively form a highly nonlinear, adaptive dynamical system that allows the cell to respond to its environment. Research in my laboratory combines mathematical modeling, quantitative imaging and genetic manipulation to uncover how signaling networks and physical properties of the cell and its surroundings control force generation and directed cell motion.

Possible Projects:For this semester the students will be involved in helping to set up the lab, doing some simple biophysics experiments and possibly some computational/data analysis work depending on their expertise and interest.

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Compensation: Negotiable

Past Projects Successes: New Professor

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