Biophysics

Professors • Manu Forero-Shelton, Department of Physics (anforero@uniandes.edu.co) • Juan Manuel Pedraza, Department of Physics Former Professors • Chad Leidy, UCDavis, cleidy@ucdavis.edu - LAB FOUNDER Collaborators • Paulsson Lab, Harvard Univeristy • Pilizota Lab, The University of Edinburgh • Elkaroui lab, The University of Edinburgh • Gabriel Téllez, Condensed Matter - Physics • Andrés González Mancera, ____ - Mechanical Engineering. Uniandes • John Mario González, ____ - Medical School. Uniandes • Silvia Restrepo, ____ - LAMFU Lab. Uniandes • Jenny Dussan, ____ - CIMIC Lab. Uniandes • Juan A. sanchez, ____ - Biomar Lab. Uniandes • Marcela Manrique, ____ - Quimica. Universidad de Antioquia Researchers • Sofía Alfonso, Junior researcher • María Isabel Perez, Lab. technician Graduate Students Senior • Juan Carlos Arias-Castro, PhD in Physics • David Camilo Durán-Chaparro, Master in Physics • Nathaly Marín-Medina, PhD in Physics • Rudy Marcela Méndez, Master in Physics • Susana Simancas, PhD in Biological Sciences • Elizabeth Suesca, PhD in Physics Junior • Lina Contreras, Master in Biological Sciences • Marcela Cuestas, PhD in Biological Sciences • Juan David Orjuela, Master in Physics • Néstor Perico, Master in Physics • Jorge Romero-Becerra, Master in Biological Sciences • Juliana Sandoval, PhD in Physics External Student • Jorge Luis Sanchez-Ruiz, Soft Condensed Matter, Physics Undergraduate Students • Nathalie Agudelo, Physics and Biology • Juan David Estupiñán Mendez, Physics and Biology • Jorge Madrid Wolff, Physics • Roberto Moran, Physics • César Quintana, Physics and Microbiology • Nancy Ruiz Uribe, Physics and Biology Past Lab Members • Nicolás Afanador • José Luis Alejo Amaya, Cornell University • Maier Avendaño, Harvard University • Carola Hernández • Juanita Lara, Harvard University • Mólkary López • Luis Alejandro Mahecha, Physics Department • Gabriel Martínez-Gálvez, Mayo Clinic • Andrés Ernesto Mejía Villamil • Jackson Ocampo • Alexandra Pinto Castellanos • Diego Alejandro Ramírez, Max Planck Inst. of Biochemistry • Dilia E. Rangel • Iván Rey, The University of Maryland • Natalia Rodríguez, Researcher CDMB • Paula Santisteban, Physics Department • Andrés Felipe Valderrama • Manuela Vanegas, Bachelor in Biology and Microbiology

Systems Biology • SySBio Members • Summary/Resumen • Stochasticity in gene expression and signaling • Phenotypic variability as survival strategy • Control in synthetic genetic circuits • Evolution of cooperation • Private Wiki Molecular Mechanics • Summary/Resumen • Biophysics of adhesion and biofilms • The Mechanics of immunity • Microscopy • Education and teaching Membrane Biophysics We study the nanomechanical properties of supported lipid bilayers and lipid vesicles using atomic force microscopy and mathematical modeling. >>More info<< iGEM • iGEM 2015, twitter • iGEM 2013 • Uniandes news about iGEM 2012 • Local news about iGEM 2011 In the lab • Quartzy • Protocols • Inventory • Strains • Group Meetings • Safety • Equipments • Microscopes • Software • E. coli genotypes Resources • Guide to new members • References • Journal Watch • Top 100 • Links • Facts of Life • Financial Resources • Wiki info

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