Featured Project
Sensory Mechanotransduction
Dedicated to the study of hair cell development and electrical signaling in auditory and vestibular physiology in normal and pathophysiological states. 
Sensory Mechanotransduction
Dedicated to the study of hair cell development and electrical signaling in auditory and vestibular physiology in normal and pathophysiological states.
Scaffolds and Motors
Focuses on the role of molecular motors, cytoskeleton and associated biochemical signaling pathways in cellular and tissue formation.
Mechanical Signaling
Delineates the role of atomic and molecular forces to define mechanobiology at
cellular levels.
Biophysics & Technology Development
These areas share concepts, approaches and mechanisms.
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About CME
Who we are
The Center for Mechanical Excitability (CME) is focused on the understanding of the mechanobiome, where biological forces are sensed, transduced, and exerted as part of a broad range of processes, both physiological and pathophysiological.
While these mechanically-driven phenomena touch almost every fundamental process in biology, their molecular mechanisms are yet to be established, a fact that represents a unique opportunity to the fine the molecular principles of a wide range of phenomena spanning, from the most basic biology to the understanding and treatment of diseases where mechanobiology plays a defining role (i.e., metastatic cancer, hearing loss, cardiovascular disease, somatosensory and musculoskeletal ailments).
Therefore, the CME is to lead the development of this nascent discipline, at the mechanistic and discovery science levels, using an advanced toolkit that includes: biochemistry, biophysics, cell and molecular biology, structural biology and imaging, as well as AI-driven computational modeling and bioinformatics.