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Latest papers
Mechanosensing by T cells promotes a tissue-resident memory transcriptional program.
Nature immunology · 2026
A Dock8-dependent mechanosensitive central actin pool maintains T cell shape and protects the nucleus during migration.
Science immunology · 2025
Heart-on-a-Miniscope: A Miniaturized Solution for Electrophysiological Drug Screening in Cardiac Organoids.
Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2025 · senior author
Latest funding
- $990,676
Scaled biomanufacturing of mature stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes via electrical stimulation
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
- $1,013,625
Nuclear mechanics mediated YAP regulation in cellular senescence and differentiation
CIHR · 2024 · Nominated PI
- $100,000
Nuclear mechanotransduction of YAP in breast cancer metastasis
CIHR · 2022 · Nominated PI
11 publications.
Mechanosensing by T cells promotes a tissue-resident memory transcriptional program.
Postat J, Merino M, Mingarelli AR, Cerf A, Bhagrath A, Patel D, Shen C, Brodbeck J, Tirgar P, Rogers D, Blanc J, Jeyakumar T, Schneider C, Coley S, Giannetti N, DePauw TA, Textor J, Ehrlicher A, Jameson SC, Sharif-Naeini R, Sharma A, Mandl JN
A Dock8-dependent mechanosensitive central actin pool maintains T cell shape and protects the nucleus during migration.
Shen C, Cerf A, Postat J, Bhagrath A, Merino M, Mingarelli A, Barnes G, Patel D, Rogers D, Luo VM, Abu-Thuraia A, Schneider C, Quail DF, Sharma A, Suh WK, Ehrlicher A, Côté JF, Mandl JN
Heart-on-a-Miniscope: A Miniaturized Solution for Electrophysiological Drug Screening in Cardiac Organoids.
Tirgar P, Vikstrom A, Sepúlveda JMR, Srivastava LK, Amini A, Tabata T, Higo S, Bub G, Ehrlicher A
Nuclear curvature determines Yes-associated protein localization and differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells.
Ghagre A, Delarue A, Srivastava LK, Koushki N, Ehrlicher A
Advancing the Mechanical Performance of Glasses: Perspectives and Challenges.
Wondraczek L, Bouchbinder E, Ehrlicher A, Mauro JC, Sajzew R, Smedskjaer MM
Substrate stiffening promotes VEGF-A functions via the PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway.
Husain A, Khadka A, Ehrlicher A, Saint-Geniez M, Krishnan R
Bioprintable, Stiffness-Tunable Collagen-Alginate Microgels for Increased Throughput 3D Cell Culture Studies.
Ort C, Chen Y, Ghagre A, Ehrlicher A, Moraes C
Toward embryo cryopreservation-on-a-chip: A standalone microfluidic platform for gradual loading of cryoprotectants to minimize cryoinjuries.
Tirgar P, Sarmadi F, Najafi M, Kazemi P, AzizMohseni S, Fayazi S, Zandi G, Ziaie N, Shoushtari Zadeh Naseri A, Ehrlicher A, Dashtizad M
Pattern-Based Contractility Screening, a Reference-Free Alternative to Traction Force Microscopy Methodology.
Ghagre A, Amini A, Srivastava LK, Tirgar P, Khavari A, Koushki N, Ehrlicher A
A nondestructive contactless technique to assess the viscoelasticity of blood clots in real-time.
Naseri S, Koushki N, Rezabeigi E, Ehrlicher A, Nazhat SN
Scaled biomanufacturing of mature stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes via electrical stimulation
Principal investigators: Laflamme, Michael A
Keywords: Biomanufacturing; Bioreactors; Cell Transplantation; Electrical Stimulation; Human Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Cardiomyocytes; Myocardial Infarction
Nuclear mechanics mediated YAP regulation in cellular senescence and differentiation
Principal investigators: Ehrlicher, Allen J
Keywords: Aging; Biophysics; Differentiation; Hgps; Lamin; Mechanotransduction; Nucleus; Progeria; Senescence; Yap
Nuclear mechanotransduction of YAP in breast cancer metastasis
Principal investigators: Ehrlicher, Allen J
Keywords: Biophyiscs; Breast Cancer; Cancer; Cell Forces; Lamin; Mechanobiology; Mechanotransduction; Metastasis; Nuclear Mechancis; Yap
Biological Mechanics
Principal investigators: Ehrlicher, Allen
Keywords: biophysics; cancer; bioinspired; glass; composite; mechanotransduction; bioengineering; materials science; cell mechanics
Characterizing the mechanics of prostate cancer cells as a function of androgen receptor expression, metastatic potential, and microenvironmental stiffness
Principal investigators: Molter, Clayton W
Keywords: Biophysics; Cell Mechanics; Cell Motility; Epithelial-To-Mesenchymal Transition; Intercellular Stress; Magnetic Twisting Cytometry; Mechanobiology; Metastasis; Prostate Cancer; Traction Force Microscopy
Materials and methods in quantifying cell mechanobiology
Principal investigators: Ehrlicher, Allen
Intercellular force transmission and coordination during the migration of squamous carcinoma cells.
Principal investigators: Emery, Gregory
Keywords: Actin; Adhesion; Biomechanics; Cell-Cell Communication; Cellular Forces; Collective Cell Migration; Live Imaging; Tfm (Traction Force Microscopy)
Bioengineering Facility for UV Structured Substrate Patterning
Principal investigators: Ehrlicher, Allen
Characterizing the mechanical properties and biological impact of implantable cartilage replacement gels
Principal investigators: Ehrlicher, Allen
Active Biological Mechanics
Principal investigators: Ehrlicher, Allen
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
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- Medicine/Cardiology
- Physiology
- Bioengineering
- Chemical Engineering
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