My research revolves around the following topics: 

Theoretical modeling of microtubule dynamics, Theoretical modeling of cell division,
Biophysical characterization of cytoskeleton filaments, especially microtubules, through
the implementation of laser tweezers and optical trapping techniques. 

Articles

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Measuring the persistence length of MCF7 cell microtubules in vitro (with Mitra Shojania-Feizabadi, Kiryako S. Mutafopulos, and Adam Behr), Biotechnology Journal (2011)
 

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Modeling the Effects of a Simple Immune System and Immunodeficiency on the Dynamics of Conjointly Growing Tumor and Normal Cells (with Mitra Shojania-Feizabadi and Tarynn M. Witten), International Journal of Biological Sciences (2011)

In this paper, we develop a theoretical contribution towards the understanding of the complex behavior...

 

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Target finding time for microtubules in a confined geometry, Canadian Journal of Physics (2009)

Dynamic instability of microtubules may reach the steady state with exponentially growing or decaying length...