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