Ph.D. Student
CBIS
My project focuses on utilizing milli-indentation to characterize the mechanical properties of various materials that can exhibit both healthy and diseased tissue states in order to understand how these properties influence cell behavior. I also work on exploring the differences in mechanical properties observed at the tissue level versus the cellular level by comparing measurements obtained via milli-indentation and atomic force microscopy, elucidating the implications that these differences may have in future studies on cellular pathways and metastatic phenotypes.
© 2015 Kristen Mills. Statements.