Collaborations

Evolutionary cell biology of spindles in nematode embryos

Dr. Marie Delattre's lab Laborotoire de Biologie et Modelisation de Cellule at ENS Lyon, France, specializes in studying evolutionary the genetics and cell biology of the divergence of nematode embryos. Previous collaborative work included examining the microrheology of first-embryonic division accross species.

Mechanics of cells

Prof. Inamdar's lab in IIT Bombay studies the mechanics of cells and tissues from the theoretical and numerical simulations perspective. We have collaborated on a project on bacterial cell shape mechanics.

Cytoskeletal dynamics in Ascidian embryos

The group of Dr. Alex McDougall, particularly a team member Dr. Janet Chenevert have helped us approach the use of marine invertebrates, specifically Ascidians, for studying the role of cytoskeleton in embryogenesis. They are based at the Observetoire Oceanographique, Villefranche sur Mer, France.

Pardee Lab Synthetic Biology and Pharmacology

Synthetic Biology for affordable healthcare

The group of Dr. Keith Pardee, at the University of Toronto, Canada, has been working on the applications of synthetic biology and device development for decentralized healthcare. We were honoured to collaborate on two funded projects and continue to work together on exciting work at the interface of synthetic biology and diagnostics.

Fernan Federici's lab of Free Technology, Chile

OpenSource Synthetic Biology

The lab Dr. Fernan Federici, Lab de Technologia libre works on multiple aspects of democratising biology with a focus on synthetic biology reagents, devices and expansion of scope of research to enable more labs to participate. They are located at the Pontifica Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago de Chile in the Institute for biological and biomedical engineering

Anita Jannasch's work at University of Tuebingen

Understanding kinesin mechanics using force spectroscopy

Dr. Anita Jannasch, is Akademische Raetin (Asst. Prof.) in the department ofcellular nanoscience led by Prof. Erik Schaeffer. She works on multiple aspects of the kinesin motor protein and plant tubulins, developing new, high precision tweezers and examining the in vitro properties of plant kinesins.