The Myers lab presented two posters at this years SGI meeting in Orlando Florida. Both posters presented our investigation into the correlation between cervical mechanical strength and collagen crosslink density during cervical remodeling. Here, Kyoko explains her methodology to determine the swelling characteristics of the cervix during pregnancy.
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Our manuscript detailing the direct measurment of hydraulic permeaility of human cervix tissue is now online at the ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering website. See details below:
J. Biomech. Eng. 135, 21023 (2013)
Eli and Kyoko developed new methods to mechanically test uterine tissue to understand its function during pregnancy. Congratulations to Eli for an excellent research poster at this year’s Columbia University Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) poster session at the Low Library.
Please see our Publications page for links to open access PDFs of a majority of our articles. Also please check out our new Google Scholar profile for a comprehensive list of articles and conference proceedings.
The work of our collaborators in the Kitajewski lab at the Columbia University Medical Center were featured in a news brief for their groundbreaking work on the Anthrax Toxin Receptor 2 (ANTXR2) protein. Their work explores the importance of cervical extracellular matrix maintenance for a healthy labor and birth.
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A couple weeks ago, Kyoko went to Poly Prep to participate in Women’s Innovation Symposium in Engineering (WISE) . The symposium was a great opportunity for girls in middle to high school interested in becoming engineers. The day included a keynote speaker, who talked about what engineers do, a breakout workshop session, and concluded with a presentation from the girls about what they learned. Kristin and Kyoko designed a workshop to teach girls about the strength of materials by running some experiments to measure the mechanical properties of different rubber specimens . The girls had a great time playing with spring gauges and calipers, and got first hand experience on how important it is to run careful experiments! Check out some pictures here.
It was a fun event and a great opportunity to not only to reach out to young aspiring lady engineers, but also to network with other ladies in engineering. We hope to be participating again next year!
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Kyoko’s poster on tensile/swelling tests cervical tissue and Michael’s poster about permeability measurements of human cervical tissue were well-trafficked and appreciated by conference attendees. We are having a great time here making friends and advocating for the importance of biomechanics in the study of preterm birth.
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Watch our collaborator Dr. Michelle Oyen from the Engineering Department at Cambridge University use the Lego Mindstorm in a clever way to execute her biomechanics research!
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Kyoko and Kristin will be participating in the Women’s Innovation Symposium in Engineering at Poly Prep Country Day School in Brooklyn this weekend. They will be conducting a Strength of Materials workshop and demo. This workshop will explore how the basic concepts of mechanical engineering can be used as a foundation to study biomechanics and structural design.
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Our lab will be presenting three abstracts at this year’s ASME Summer Bioengineering Conference under the Reproductive Solid Mechanics subtheme. Kyoko and Michael are both finalists in the PhD competition and will be presenting their work during the PhD podium sessions.
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