Form and Function: Using a Curved Surface to Change Cell Behavior
Form and Function: Using a Curved Surface to Change Cell Behavior
Collections: Image Award Winners
2012 Award Winner
Laura Indolfi
Edelman Lab
Koch Institute at MIT, Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology
Confocal Micrograph
How can scientists correct harmful behaviors in diseased cells? Many efforts center on delivery of drugs into cells, but here researchers influence the behavior of endothelial cells (red) simply by changing the shape of the surface the cells rest on.
Video
Laura Indolfi explains how and why she captured this image of endothelial cells bending around a curved surface.