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Cornell University

Van Vliet Group

Laboratory for Material Chemomechanics

March 8, 2022

Anna and Ming will present at the 2022 Koch Institute Image Awards on Thursday March 10 at 5:30pm They will unveil the group's winning image 'Astrocyte Highways: The Secret...

February 28, 2022

We’re delighted to officially welcome our newest PhD Student, Eric Lee Check out the ‘People‘ page to learn more about...

December 11, 2021

Yen-Ting's paper ‘Complex oxides under simulated electric field: Determinants of defect polarization in ABO3 perovskites’ was published Read the...

November 14, 2021

VV Group went on our fall 'outing' this weekend We baked cupcakes together, made some dubious-looking frosting flowers, and enjoyed our creations over a competitive game of...

August 22, 2021

VV Group went on our summer outing this weekend! We kayaked nine miles down the Concord River and ended the day with ice-cream then dinner (in that order)...

July 28, 2021

Krystyn and Ming gave a talk entitled 'Growing the Cell Therapy Manufacturing Work Force: Virtual and Hands-on Upskilling' You can learn more about the cell therapy manufacturing...

July 10, 2021

MIT News published an article about SMART CAMP's development of RApid DIgital Crispr Approach (RADICA) for quantifying nucleic acids The technology can enable rapid detection of...

June 29, 2021

Anna was featured in MIT News' 3 Questions Read the full article here to learn about the group's work on developing Artificial Axons for drug...

June 9, 2021

Ming passed his Oral Qualifying Exam, administered through Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology That makes two freshly minted PhD Candidates in VV Group this year!...

June 7, 2021

VV Group had the first of our weekly summer lunches together Here's a picture of our group, sporting our (new!) matching picnic blankets...

June 2, 2021

Congratulations to Brandon and Cammie for receiving a Lemelson-Vest Innovation Grant The grant will support Cammie and Brandon's research in developing microcarriers for cell...

April 22, 2021

Anna gave a talk at MIT Deshpande Center's IdeaStream 2021 The talk was entitled 'Artificial Axons: Biofidelic Drig Screening Platform for Neurological Diseases' You can watch...