Published on
May 5, 2009
Yingxiao (Peter) Wang of Beckman’s Bioimaging Science and Technology Group has been awarded a National Science Foundation Early Career Award grant. Wang’s one-year grant is for the development of a molecular stress biosensor for studying mechanotransduction, the cellular process that converts mechanical signals into biochemical responses. Wang is an assistant professor in the Department of Bioengineering at the University of Illinois.