We are seeking strongly motivated candidates to fill one Research Fellow position in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE) at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. The successful candidate will work on experimental studies in the area of cell mechanics. We are particularly interested in candidates with research experience in tissue engineering, drug delivery, mechanobiology and applied mechanics.

Required Qualifications:

• PhD degree in Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science or related engineering or science discipline;
• Good experimental skills and knowledge in cell biology
• Good publication record
• Excellent English writing and communication skills.

Detailed information about our lab can be found through this link: C.J. Huang Research Group @ NTU. Interested applicants should send a CV with names of three referees to Prof. Huang at cjhuang@ntu.edu.sg. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

see the video
M. Rahimi and M. Arroyo, Phys. Rev. E 2012

Organelles and cells are often placed out of equilibrium by localized density disturbances caused by a myriad of physicochemical phenomena. Proteins or polymers inserting into the bilayer, effectively changing the lipid packing, can induce shape changes. Lipid molecules can locally change their shape and size, for instance under localized pH alterations,leading to transient shape changes. Lipid translocation between the monolayers driven by flippases can induce budding. This video illiustrates how the insertion/extraction of a molecule in one monolayer locally increase the lipid density monolayer, by mobilizing interlayer slippage and curvature elasticity.