@BilliarLab

Tissue mechanics and mechanobiology, heart valve, cell traction

Worcester, MA
Joined April 2014
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Congrats Juanyong Li for publishing "Toroidal Indentation for Measuring Cell and Tissue Mechanical Anisotropy." in Acta Biomater -Li, J. Zhang C, Ashouri H, Chen J, Paradis T, Samolyk B, Beaver O, Pins G, Wen Q, Rahbar N, Ji S, Billiar K. doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.202…
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My colleagues Isgard Hueck, Alexandre Guevel, and Rob MacLeod and I just published an article in J Biomed Engr Education on Integrating Co‑Curricular Experiential Learning in BME Programs".  Vheck it out - here's the link to the full sharable article: rdcu.be/ets60
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Tremendous presentation by Juanyong as a finalist in the PhD competition at #SBC2025. Congrats! #wpibme
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Congrats to Rozanne for a great poster presentation #SBC2025 #wpibme
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I am speaking at ASME SBC 2025. Please check out my talk if you're attending the event! - via #Whova event app #wpibme
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Congrats to Juanyong for publishing a “new and notable” editorial on "Poking Cells" in the Biophysical Journal about nanoindentation of cells and the power of AI analysis.  cell.com/biophysj/fulltext/S…
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here's the free access link for "Poking Cells" authors.elsevier.com/a/1l5TD…
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Better way to measure spheroid cell invation: Congrats to Rozanne for publishing her imaging and computational method for measuring cell invasion into hydrogels in Nature: Scientific Reports.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-8…
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So honored to be working with Joe T. #aimbe
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Congrats to Colin, Juanyong, and Ziyang for publishing "Nondestructive Mechanical Characterization of Bioengineered Tissues by Digital Holography" in ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering (2025) wp.wpi.edu/billiarlab/2025/0…
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Congrats to Juanyong @WPI_BME for a busy poster presentation @bmes2024
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Congrats to Rozanne @WPI_BME for an awesome presentation @BMES2024
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Congrats to Karen Troy on induction to AIMBE @WPI_BME
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Congrats to Rozanne for her beautiful presentation @SB3C2023. Great to see so much interest in her powerful cell invasion analysis techniques.
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Congrats to Juanyong for a great presentation @SB3C2023. Lot's of interest and great questions.
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Congrats to Ying for her awesome paper and Biofabrication nam11.safelinks.protection.o…
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Congrats on your PhD Mahvash! ⁦@WPI_BME⁩ @WPI
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Congrats to Mahvash for delivering the WPI grad commencement speech! Heartfelt and motivational!
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