News
UPenn Talk
Dr. Hoffman gives an invited lecture to the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
PNAS
Dr. Christopher Gilchrist publishes his work in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). See more under the Publications tab. Way to go, Dr. Gilchrist!
Photonics West
Dr. Hoffman presents an invited talk titled "Assessing the effects of protein load on protein function with FRET-based sensors" at Photonics West, hosted in San Francisco by the International Society of Photonics and Optics.
CMBE 2019
Dr. Hoffman travels to San Diego for the 2019 Cell and Molecular Bioengineering (CMBE) Conference and gives a talk titled "Tunable Molecular Tension Sensors Reveal Extension-based Control of Vinculin Loading".
Evan Gates Publication
Evan Gates publishes "Improving Quality, Reproducibility, and Usability of FRET-Based Tension Sensors" in Cytometry Part A. Nice work, Evan!
JoVE
Dr. Katheryn Rothenberg explains her FRET-FRAP technique in a recent JoVE publication. Great work, Katy! See more in our publications.
BMES 2018
The Hoffman Lab attends the 2018 Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Annual Meeting in Atlanta, GA. Dr. Hoffman, Kasie Collins, and Ishaan Puranam gave talks. Evan Gates and Arnold Tao presented posters. Great work team!
Emerging Frontiers Grant
In collaboration with multiple Duke labs, the Hoffman Lab was awarded an Emerging Frontiers grant from the National Science Foundation. See more here: https://pratt.duke.edu/about/news/emerging-frontiers
Ishaan and Juilee Win Fellowships
Ishaan Puranam was awarded The James H. McElhaney Fellowship from Duke's Biomedical Engineering Department. Juilee was awarded an NSF Fellowship. Congratulations Ishaan and Juilee!
Duke Biomaterials Day
Kasie Collins presents her research to attendees at the inaugural Biomaterials at Duke Symposium. Nice work, Kasie!
Beepul presentation
Beephul Bharti presented his summer research project at the Duke BioCoRE Symposium. Great job!
eLife Paper
Andy LaCroix publishes his paper titled 'Tunable molecular tension sensors reveal extension-based control of vinculin loading' in eLife. Great work, Andy!
New Graduate Students
Juilee Malavade and Curtis Shoyer join the lab as graduate students in biomedical engineering. Welcome, Curtis and Juilee!
Invited Talk
Dr. Hoffman gives an invited talk at the Bollum Symposium at the University of Minnesota.
2018 BME Retreat
The Hoffman Lab attends the 2018 BME Department Retreat hosted in Wrightsville Beach, NC. Evan Gates places second in the poster presentation competition. Way to go!
Invited Talk
Dr. Hoffman gives an invited talk on "Assessing the Effects of Protein Load on Protein Function" to the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department at Cornell University.
New publication
Dr. Katheryn Rothenberg publishes an article in the Biophysical Journal titled "Vinculin Force-Sensitive Dynamics at Focal Adhesions Enable Effective Directed Cell Migration". Check out her research under the Publications tab. Great work, Katy!
Andy Defends!
Andrew LaCroix successfully defends his thesis. Congratulations, Dr. LaCroix!
preLights
Andrew LaCroix's upcoming paper titled 'Tunable molecular tension sensors reveal extension-based control of vinculin loading' has been featured in The Company of Biologists's preLights. Check it out here.
CANCERTO 2018
Dr. Hoffman travels to Italy to give an invited talk at the 2018 CancerTO Meeting.
Kewaunee 2018
The Hoffman lab presents during the Kewaunee Symposium hosted by Duke's Center for Biomolecular and Tissue Engineering (CBTE). Congratulations to Katheryn Rothenberg and Andy LaCroix for winning the Student Achievement Award and Senior Graduate Student Poster Award, respectively. Nicely done!
Dr. Rothenberg!
Huge congratulations to Katheryn Rothenberg! Katy (Dr. Rothenberg) successfully defended her thesis.
New review paper
Dr. Hoffman contributes to a review in the Journal of Biomechanical Engineering. See more under the Publications tab.
New Publication
In collaboration with researchers at UNC, Dr. Hoffman and Katheryn Rothenberg contribute to a paper published in the Journal of Cell Biology.
2018 CMBE
Dr. Hoffman attends BMES's 2018 Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering Conference in Florida.