We do experiments and model computations to understand the fundamental physics of cell motion.
Our medical colleagues at HTH want ultrasound music to stimulate creation of new beta cells that can cure diabetes. But how does ultrasound actually affect human cells? Can we find methods to probe the effect of ultrasound on stem cells on their way to become insuline producing cells?
How do living cells use organic molecules, membranes and confinement to control complex growth of crystals?
We work on
- fundamental crystal growth in confinement
- with dentists on how to regenerate bone after periodontitis
Fantasy sets the limits for making new miniature laboratories to study biophysics.
We have production facilities for different types of microfluidics from you design the network on your computer to run the experiments: Clean benches, photolithography, plasma cleaner, pdms foundry, cutting plotter, flow control hardware, microscopes...
Research themes for master projects:
Swimming and crawling cells
How cells sense low intensity ultrasound
Growth of coccoliths
Human bone remodelling in microfluidics
Collaborating institutions:
Hybrid Technology Hub
Department of Biomaterials
Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire de Physique
Teaching:
FYS4715 Biological Physics
FYS2160 Thermodynamics and statistical physics
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