Arpita Upadhyaya
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| Arpita
Upadhyaya |
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| Assistant
Professor |
Institute
for Physical Science and Technology
Department of Physics |
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| Ph.D.,
Physics, 2000, University of Notre Dame |
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| Research Interests: The
cell membrane, cytoskeletal polymers and other proteins collectively
form a highly nonlinear, adaptive system that allows the cell to respond
to its environment. Our research goal is to understand how the
physical properties of cells and their constituents shape biological
movement and force generation at various length scales from polymer
filament networks to single cells to multi-cellular tissues.
We combine techniques from soft condensed matter physics with quantitative
imaging, genetic manipulation and mathematical modeling to uncover
how signaling networks and biochemistry determine physical responses
of the cell and cytoskeleton. |
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| Office: IPST
1115A |
| Phone: 301-405-9939 |
| Email: arpitau@umd.edu |
| Homepage: http://www2.physics.umd.edu/~arpitau/ |
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