To develop and characterize viscoelastic gels for cellular applications

Substrate viscoelasticity is known to control cellular functions. In this project the student is expected to create/develop soft gel materials following the recipes available in the literature and will perform rheological characterizations. Further, they will check the effect of substarte rheology on different cellular functions in particular the migration of breast cancer cells. Interested students may develop the rheological model for the system.  

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“Viscotaxis”- directed migration of mesenchymal stem cells in response to loss modulus gradient - ScienceDirect

Viscoelastic substrate decouples cellular traction force from other related phenotypes - ScienceDirect

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