Cell Biology

RAFT Approach to Optical Flow for Cell Microscopy

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Faculty Sponsor: Jennifer Mitchel Ziyad Rahman Ziyad Rahman is a rising Junior at Wesleyan University from Houston, Texas. He is majoring in Math and Computer Science with a minor in Data Analysis. Ziyad is interested in low-level computer operating systems and cloud computing. After college, he’s planning to go into software engineering. Abstract: The wound … Read more

Analyzing the Distribution of Cell Shape and Speed in Co-Cultures of Solid-Like Epithelial Cells and Fluid-Like Mesenchymal Cells 

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Faculty Sponsor: Jen Mitchel Abstract: Epithelial cells are typically solid-like (SL), but in the case of injury, development, or cancer these cells can undergo a pseudo-phase transition becoming more fluid-like (FL). During this phase transition, cell shape becomes more elongated with increased variability. Interestingly, in both SL and FL cells, cell shape is defined by … Read more