Here you can see two neurons sensing one another and connecting in a petri dish. There are 86 billion neurons in the #brain, and they use these webbed hand like structures (“growth cones”) to search for and connect to other neurons or body parts as we develop Academic Chatter™

What is your definition of failure in soft and hard tissues? Looking forward to the #SB3C2021 "Mechanics and Mechanobiology Surrounding Tissue Failure" workshop on Thursday to discuss this, with presenters Dr. Michelle Oyen, @ManuelKRausch1, @OConnell_Lab and Mariana Kersh, PhD!

Always keep your smile Guebum Han; even when cracking cartilage samples! UW-Madison College of Engineering Henak Lab engr.wisc.edu/news/engineers…

Research from @uw_mechengr’s Henak Lab, Melih Eriten and PhD grad Guebum Han reveals new details about how cartilage’s energy-dissipation mechanisms influence fracture in the tissue. The work could eventually lead to better treatments for osteoarthritis. engr.wisc.edu/news/engineers…

Can SHG imaging discern trypsin-degraded vs. collagenase-degraded cartilage? With UW-Madison BME Campagnola Lab, we show that these enzymes create distinct collagen features and evaluate which features are consistent with in vivo cartilage degeneration. authors.elsevier.com/c/1dlib3npMrQk…

Excited to share our recent @MechBioMat publication "Effects of solvent osmolarity and viscosity on cartilage energy dissipation under high-frequency loading". Great work by Jin Wook Hwang, Dipul chawla, Guebum Han, with Melih Eriten. authors.elsevier.com/a/1eBGR6EHNehE…

ME Professor Michael McAlpine received a 2021-2022 Award for Excellence in Postdoctoral Advising from UMN Grad School! Congratulations to Professor McAlpine on this well-deserved honor. #UMNProud

Neurons in two different micro-compartments are trying to connect with each other: #neuroscience

If you plan to use microindentation technique to understand the mechanical properties of cartilage or similar soft tissues, here is the protocol paper from Henak Lab:-…rentprotocols.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.100… Melih Eriten Guebum Han

Congratulations to UW-Madison Mechanical Engineering's own Prof Corinne Henak Henak Lab and Zach Smith who were recognized at the 2022 UW-Madison College of Engineering faculty and staff awards yesterday! engineering.wisc.edu/blog/henak-and…

Ready to see the CRYO2022 Scientific Program? It's now online! You can find your presentation time, view the other sessions, and meet our speakers. cryo2022.com/schedule/

Please join me June 13, 12pm CT for a webinar on my favorite topic: “I was trained how to do everything but run a lab!” The lecture is free on the AOCConnect platform. Just register (no cost) as a researcher: aoc-ortho.com & the info will be sent from there. (1/3)

I am speaking at CRYO2022. Please check out my talk if you're attending the event! #CRYO2022 - via #Whova event app

We have an open graduate research assistant position in mechanical characterization and computational modeling. The goal of this NSF-funded research project is to identify mechanisms that govern mechanical behavior at soft biological interfaces. Pls RT!

Amazing! #UMN engineers and doctors have designed a unique 3D-printed light-sensing medical device that could help millions of people worldwide with lupus and other light-sensitive diseases. z.umn.edu/lightsensor UMN Mechanical Engineering UMN Medical School U of M Research #lupus

We're counting down to the 2022 WARF Innovation Awards! Meet our fifth nominee, a team of mechanical engineers measuring cheese and other soft materials with acoustic waves. UW-Madison Mechanical Engineering UW-Madison College of Engineering #WisconsinInnovates warf.org/videos/testing…

Inspired by nature, sourced from nature, designed for nature, and published in nature ! Biodegradable morphing robots are "gone to earth".

Thank you, ⁦Caltech⁩, for featuring our latest work that’s very very naughty! caltech.edu/about/news/kno…

I am thrilled to share my postdoc research on developing machine vision-guided adaptive 3D printing systems for picking and placing living organisms. Check it out! 😀 Adaptive 3D printing system to pick and place bugs and other organisms College of Sci & Eng UMN Institute for Engineering in Medicine cse.umn.edu/college/news/a…