The cell as machine: understanding how cells direct and respond to mechanical information
Alexander Dunn - Professor of Chemical Engineering
Bio-X Affiliated Faculty
Dr. Dunn's current research is on the generation of force and motion inside living cells.
Stanford Bio-X Seed Grants
Interdisciplinary Initiatives Program Seed Grant: Discovering the biophysical mechanisms underlying cardiac hypertrophy
Interdisciplinary Initiatives Program Round 12 - 2024
Interdisciplinary Initiatives Program Seed Grant: High-throughput microfluidic force spectroscopy for engineering protein mechanosensors
Interdisciplinary Initiatives Program Round 12 - 2024
Interdisciplinary Initiatives Program Seed Grant: Biophysical mechanisms of adhesion GPCR activation
Interdisciplinary Initiatives Program Round 11 - 2022
Other Stanford Bio-X Supported Research
Silas Nissen: Mechanism of core planar cell polarity complex function elucidated with single-molecule methods
Fellow - Silas Nissen - 2020
Live-cell confocal microscopy for integration of engineered devices and neuroscience
Equipment Grant - 2013
Research News
Stanford lands research grants for creative scientists and breakthrough projects
September 30, 2010
Grants awarded to Stanford faculty, inlcuding Bio-X affiliates Lynette Cegelski, Alexander Dunn, Brian Feldman, Gary Peltz,...
Stanford researchers identify cellular elastic that keeps nerves resilient
February 26, 2014 - Stanford Report
Research conducted by Bio-X Affiliated faculty Alex Dunn and Miriam Goodman using technology developed in an...