Primary Recipient

DREXEL UNIVERSITY

Amount

$142,103.00

Award Date

5/14/2009

Administering Agency

Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health

CDFA Number

93.701

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support

Description

The mechanical environment is critical to the structural integrity and normal function of many cell types. Altered cell mechanics can be either a cause or effect of a pathologic state. Cell mechanics are intricately coupled to cell biochemistry, yet the m