Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, MO Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, MO Washington University in St. Louis, MO




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Elliot Elson


Alumni Endowed Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
Dept. of Biochemistry and
Molecular Biophysics

Office: 225 McDonnell Science Building
Phone: 314-362-3346
Fax: 314-362-7183
Email: elson@biochem.wustl.edu

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Mailing Address:
WUSM - Biochemistry Dept.
660 S. Euclid Ave., MS8231
St. Louis, MO 63110



Research Interests

Dynamics and equilibrium of interactions of molecules in cells and model systems. Mechanics and dynamics of cells and tissues.



Selected Publications

  • Marquez, J.P., Legant, W., Lam, V., Cayemberg, A., Elson, E. and Wakatsuki, T. High-throughput measurements of hydrogel tissue construct mechanics. Tissue Eng Part C Methods (E-pub ahead of print.) (2009)
  • Nekouzadeh, A., Pryse, K.M., Elson, E.L. and Genin, G.M. Stretch-activated force shedding, force recovery, and cytoskeletal remodeling in contractile fibroblasts. J Biomech. 41:2964-2971 (2008).

  • Tan, Y.C., Shen, A.Q., Li, Y., Elson, E. and Ma, L. Engineering lipid tubules using nano-sized building blocks: The combinatorial self-assembly of vesicles. Lab on a Chip 8:339-345 (2008).

  • Saffarian, S., Li, Y., Elson, E.L. and Pike, L.J. Oligomerization of the EGF receptor investigated by live cell fluorescence intensity distribution analysis. Biophys J 93:1021-1031 (2007).

  • Nekouzadeh, A., Pryse, K.M., Elson, E.L. and Genin, G.M. A simplified approach to quasi-linear viscoelastic modeling. J Biomech 40:3070-3078 (2007).

  • Wille, J.J., Elson, E.L. and Okamoto, R.J. Cellular and matrix mechanics of bioartificial tissues during continuous cyclic stretch. Ann Biomed Eng 34:1678-1690 (2006).

  • Marquez, J.P., Genin, G.M., Pryse, K.M. and Elson, E.L. Cellular and matrix contributions to tissue construct stiffness increase with cellular concentration. Ann Biomed Eng 39:2145-2151 (2006).

 

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