Cellular and Molecular Mechanics
with a focus on Enabling Technologies
June 8 – June 19, 2009
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, Illinois, USA
Student Remarks
Check out other GEM4 schools:
- 2011 GEM4 Summer School (Georgia Tech)
- 2010 GEM4 Winter School (UT-Austin)
- OpenCourseWare versions of GEM4 schools:
GEM4@5:
We invite you to watch this video celebrating the first five years of GEM4:
about 2009 GEM4 summer school
- 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
