Liu Lab UMich @LiuLab2012
Our research focuses on designing synthetic cells that use cell-free systems and respond to various biological signals.🔬 #synthetic_biology #synthetic_cell liulab.engin.umich.edu University of Michigan Joined May 2022-
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New research: "Death-defying protein found in tardigrades preserves synthetic cells" 👉🔗 Read the @UMengineering story to learn more: bit.ly/431wHTC
Our collaborative research with the Ferguson lab is now published in Nature Communication. Check it out! nature.com/articles/s4146…
We are excited to share our collaborative work with the Ferguson lab at the University of Chicago on the reconstitution of tardigrade proteins to enhance the survival of synthetic cells under extreme stress conditions. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
U-M ME professor Allen Liu has been elected to the 2025 Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Class of Fellows for his contributions to the biomedical engineering community! 👉🔗 Read the full announcement: me.engin.umich.edu/news-events/ne… #MakeTheWorldWorkBetter #MechanicalEngineering
U-M ME professor Allen Liu recently co-authored a paper titled "Strategies and applications of synthetic cell communication," which was published in Nature Chemical Biology on August 26. 👉🔗 Read it here: go.nature.com/3IfDzWJ #umich #umichengin #MakeTheWorldWorkBetter
University of Michigan Mechanical Engineering professor Allen Liu was recently appointed Associate Chair for Graduate Education for the U-M ME Department! 👉🔗 To learn more, visit: bit.ly/4fyEtKj #umich #umichengin #MakeTheWorldWorkBetter #MechanicalEngineering
Our collaborative review article on the latest strategies and applications of synthetic cell communication is now out! With Allen Liu @UMengineering Published in Nature Chemical Biology @nchembio @SynCellEU @buildacell @UCLChemistry nature.com/articles/s4158…
We are pleased to share our review article with the Booth lab at UCL on synthetic cell communication, published in Nature Chemical Biology. nature.com/articles/s4158…
A new Review highlights state-of-the-art communication mechanisms between synthetic cells and discusses potential applications nature.com/articles/s4158…
We are excited to share our collaborative work with the Ferguson lab at the University of Chicago on the reconstitution of tardigrade proteins to enhance the survival of synthetic cells under extreme stress conditions. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
ME alumnus Nadab Wubshet has received the 2025 Outstanding Doctoral Research in Biophysics Award from the Biophysical Society for outstanding contributions to the study of the mechanics of actin cytoskeleton in cells. {Article} bit.ly/48nlHlp
Excited to share our latest work on the development of a light-activated protease-based cargo release system for synthetic cells! biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
We are very proud of our own Nadab Wubshet for receiving the 2025 Outstanding Doctoral Research Award from Biophysical Society!
Nadab Wubshet to Receive 2025 Outstanding Doctoral Research in Biophysics Award ow.ly/PAX850TuWhb @UMich @Harvard
Check out this perspective on synthetic cells, their development, and their future published in @ACSSynBio . Featuring Allen and many leaders in the field. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…
Our collaborative work with Space Tango on cellular mechanotransduction of human osteoblasts in microgravity is now published in npj Microgravity! nature.com/articles/s4152…
Professor Allen Liu: Matrix confinement modulates 3D spheroid sorting and burst-like collective migration @LiuLab2012 @umichLSA @Physics_CMU @imm_ntu @umichme @PhysicsNEU @UMBME @UMBiophys sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
@_pauladedios @UFM_MIN @iNANO_AarhusUni @AarhusUni Congratulations, Paula! We look forward to having you here!
Excited to share our latest preprint on developing a light-based contact-dependent communication system between synthetic cells!
Light-based juxtacrine signaling between synthetic cells ift.tt/S81ocsf #biorxiv_synbio
Hybrid Vesicles Enable Mechano-Responsive Hydrogel Degradation (Allen P. Liu and co-workers) @LiuLab2012 #openaccess onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/an…
We are excited to share our most recent work on the construction of degradable mechano-responsive hydrogels embedding hybrid vesicles now online in Angewandte Chemie! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/an…
Check out our latest work on how matrix stiffness modulates 3D spheroid sorting and burst-like collective migration! biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
Excited to share our latest work on developing a novel strategy for calcium-triggered DNA-mediated membrane fusion in synthetic cells! biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
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