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Mingming Wu

This article is about the scientist. For the politician, see Wu Ming-ming.

Mingming Wu is a professor at Cornell University within the Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering, and associate editor of Physical Biology.

Mingming Wu
Alma materNanjing University (B.S.)
Ohio State University (Ph.D)
Known forMicrofluidics
Cell Migration
Cancer cell invasion
Dynamic imaging
AwardsFellow of the American Physical Society (2016)
Swiss International Visiting Scholar (2010)
Young Research Scientist Fellowship - French Ministry of Defense (1992)
Scientific career
FieldsNanobiotechnology
Biophysics
InstitutionsCornell University
Occidental College
University of California, Santa Barbara
École Polytechnique
Ohio State University
Doctoral advisorC. David Andereck
Websitebiofluidics.bee.cornell.edu

Academic career

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She earned a bachelor's of science degree from Nanjing University in 1984, and completed a doctorate from Ohio State University in 1992.[1] Wu split her post doctoral research between École Polytechnique and the University of California, Santa Barbara, before beginning her teaching career at Occidental College. She joined the Cornell University faculty in 2003.[2] Wu was named a fellow of the American Physical Society in 2016.[3]

Research

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Wu's current work focuses on discovering fundamental principles with which nature use to interact with the environment, in particular, how physical forces regulate cell migration. She is known for developing micro-scale tools controlling cellular environment,[4][5] and use them to solve contemporary problems in health (tumor invasion and development)[6][7] and environment (algal blooms).[8]

Wu researched the interactions between cancer cells and the fibrous extracellular matrix surrounding them.[9] Wu also worked on a study investigating the diversity of cancer cells with statistical modeling methods.[10]

References

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  1. ^ "Mingming Wu". Cornell University. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  2. ^ "BME Seminar Series: Dr. Mingming Wu, Cornell University". Ohio State University. March 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  3. ^ Fleischman, Tom (20 October 2016). "3 faculty elected fellows of American Physical Society". Cornell Chronicle. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  4. ^ Cheng, Shing-Yi; Heilman, Steven; Wasserman, Max; Archer, Shivaun; Shuler, Michael L.; Wu, Mingming (2007). "A hydrogel-based microfluidic device for the studies of directed cell migration". Lab on a Chip. 7 (6): 763–9. doi:10.1039/b618463d. ISSN 1473-0197. PMID 17538719.
  5. ^ Huang, Yu Ling; Segall, Jeffrey E.; Wu, Mingming (2017). "Microfluidic modeling of the biophysical microenvironment in tumor cell invasion". Lab on a Chip. 17 (19): 3221–3233. doi:10.1039/c7lc00623c. ISSN 1473-0197. PMC 6007858. PMID 28805874.
  6. ^ "Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. doi:10.1073/pnas. hdl:2164/23453. S2CID 10638657.
  7. ^ Tung, Chih-kuan; Hu, Lian; Fiore, Alyssa G.; Ardon, Florencia; Hickman, Dillon G.; Gilbert, Robert O.; Suarez, Susan S.; Wu, Mingming (2015-04-28). "Microgrooves and fluid flows provide preferential passageways for sperm over pathogen Tritrichomonas foetus". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112 (17): 5431–5436. Bibcode:2015PNAS..112.5431T. doi:10.1073/pnas.1500541112. PMC 4418881. PMID 25870286.
  8. ^ Kim, Beum Jun; Richter, Lubna V.; Hatter, Nicholas; Tung, Chih-kuan; Ahner, Beth A.; Wu, Mingming (2015). "An array microhabitat system for high throughput studies of microalgal growth under controlled nutrient gradients". Lab on a Chip. 15 (18): 3687–3694. doi:10.1039/c5lc00727e. ISSN 1473-0197. PMID 26248065.
  9. ^ "Penn Engineers Calculate Interplay Between Cancer Cells and Environment". Penn Today, University of Pennsylvania. 2016-12-07. Retrieved 2020-10-13.
  10. ^ "Physics tool helps track cancer cell diversity". ScienceDaily. 2020-02-20. Retrieved 2020-10-13.
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