Cellular and Molecular Mechanics

about 2009 GEM⁴ summer school

www.gem4.org

• Application Deadline: March 25, 2009
• Notification of Acceptance: April 15, 2009
• Tuition: $1,000 (student fellowships available)
• Tuition Due: May 1, 2009
• Enrollment Limit: 45

Sponsors

• National Science Foundation (NSF)
• Global Enterprise for Micro-Mechanics and Molecular Medicine (GEM⁴)

Co-sponsors at University of Illinois

• Micro & Nanotechnology Laboratory
• Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology
• Center for Cellular Mechanics
• Siteman Center of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence
• College of Veterinary Medicine
• Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering

Organizing Committee at University of Illinois

• K. Jimmy Hsia, Mechanical Science and Engineering
• Rashid Bashir, Electrical and Computer Engineering and BioEngineering
• Taher Saif, Mechanical Science and Engineering
• Irfan Ahmad, Center for Nanoscale Science and Engineering

Funded by Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation Division of National Science Foundation

Lectures

• Lectures by experts on:
• Basics of mechanics
• Fundamentals of cell and molecular biology
• Micro-/nano-technologies
• Experimental & computational methods in cellular and molecular biomechanics
• Current research

Hands-on Laboratory Modules

• Molecular Biology Lab (6 Hrs)
  DNA staining and gel electrophoresis, quantitative PCR, real-time PCR
• Cell Biology Lab (6 Hrs)
  cell culture, transfection, fixing and staining, microscopy
• Micro- & Nano-Fabrication Lab (6 Hrs)
  clean-room basics, lithography, thin film deposition and etching, soft lithography, PDMS device fabrication
• Enabling Technology Lab (4 Hrs)
  (Co-sponsored by NIH BioMEMS Resource Center)
  cell behavior observation using micro-fluidic devices, photonic sensors, single molecule imaging