Selected recent publications:

• Jing G, Wang Y, Zhou T, Perry SF, Grimes MT, Tatic-Lucic S. Cell patterning using molecular vapor deposition of self-assembled monolayers and lift-off technique. Acta Biomaterialia [Internet]. 2011;7(3):1094-103.
• Rape AD, Guo W-, Wang Y-. The regulation of traction force in relation to cell shape and focal adhesions. Biomaterials [Internet]. 2011;32(8):2043-51.
• Lee J, Wang Y-, Ren F, Lele TP. Stamp wound assay for studying coupled cell migration and cell debris clearance. Langmuir [Internet]. 2010;26(22):16672-6.
• Holt BD, Short PA, Rape AD, Wang Y-, Islam MF, Dahl KN. Carbon nanotubes reorganize actin structures in cells and ex vivo. ACS Nano [Internet]. 2010;4(8):4872-8.
• Wang Y-. Traction forces and rigidity sensing of adherent cells. In: Proceedings of the 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society: Engineering the Future of Biomedicine, EMBC 2009 [Internet]; 20092009. p. 3339-40.
• Wang YL. Traction forces and rigidity sensing of adherent cells. Conference proceedings : ...Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society.IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society.Conference [Internet]. 2009;2009:3339-40.
• Frey MT, Wang Y-. A photo-modulatable material for probing cellular responses to substrate rigidity. Soft Matter [Internet]. 2009;5(9):1918-24.
• Satulovsky J, Lui R, Wang Y-. Exploring the control circuit of cell migration by mathematical modeling. Biophys J [Internet]. 2008;94(9):3671-83.
• Iwasaki T, Wang Y-. Cytoplasmic force gradient in migrating adhesive cells. Biophys J [Internet]. 2008;94(5):L35-7.
• Zhou M, Wang Y-. Distinct pathways for the early recruitment of myosin II and actin to the cytokinetic furrow. Mol Biol Cell [Internet]. 2008;19(1):318-26.
• Beningo KA, Wang YL. Double-hydrogel substrate as a model system for three-dimensional cell culture. Methods Mol Biol [Internet]. 2007;370:203-12.
• Wang Y-. Noise-induced systematic errors in ratio imaging: Serious artefacts and correction with multi-resolution denoising. J Microsc [Internet]. 2007;228(2):123-31.
• Guo W-, Wang Y-. Retrograde fluxes of focal adhesion proteins in response to cell migration and mechanical signals. Mol Biol Cell [Internet]. 2007;18(11):4519-27.
• Mukhina S, Wang Y-, Murata-Hori M. α-Actinin is required for tightly regulated remodeling of the actin cortical network during cytokinesis. Developmental Cell [Internet]. 2007;13(4):554-65.
• Frey MT, Engler A, Discher DE, Lee J, Wang Y. Microscopic Methods for Measuring the Elasticity of Gel Substrates for Cell Culture: Microspheres, Microindenters, and Atomic Force Microscopy; 2007. 47 p.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Dr. Yu-li Wang
Phone: (412) 268-4442
Email: yuliwang@andrew.cmu.edu