| Brian P. Helmke | | Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering | | Ph.D., University of California, San Diego | | | | Dr. Helmke joined the University of Virginia faculty in 2001 and has authored 11 journal articles, five technical papers and 26 abstracts. He is a member of the Biomedical Engineering Society, the North American Vascular Biology Organization, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and Delta Sigma Pi professional business fraternity. He has received young investigator awards from the Gordon Research Conference on Vascular Cell Biology; the First Conference on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology; the Institute for Medicine and Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania; and the Vascular Biology ’98 conference. | | | | Research Interests | | Brian Helmke specializes in high-resolution microscopy to investigate mechanisms of cellular mechanotransduction and how vascular cells adapt to their mechanical environment. His research uses molecular biology, nanotechnology, optical imaging, and image processing in an integrated biomedical engineering approach to understanding cellular physiology. | | |
Sponsored Research
Control of Endothelial Cell Cytoskeletal Mechanics by Focal Adhesion to Nano-Printed Extracellular Matrix Substrates (funded by: U.Va. Center for Nanoscopic Materials Design)
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