Research Staff

Vera Fonseca

Graduate Students

Olivia Beane
Hetal Desai
Rafael Gonzalez Cruz
Manisha Kanthilal
Nicholas Labriola
Bryan Sutermaster

Undergraduate Students

Noa Nessim
Veronica Chiou
Eunice Cho

Alumni

Projects/Research Interests

Clonal Analysis of hASC Differentiation Potential and Mechanical Biomarkers
Transfection Study: Cytoskeletal Rearrangement and Associated Mechancial Biomarkers
Real Time Gene Expression Analysis And Gene Based Sorting In Live Cells
Analysis of Mesenchymal Stem Cell Sources in Rattus rattus
Stem Cell Sorting: Exploiting Elastic and Viscoelastic Cell Properties
Measuring the Effect of Cell Passage Number on the Elastic and Viscoelastic Properties of Adipose-derived Stem Cells
Characterization of the Mechanical and Gene Expression Profile of Heterogeneous ASC Populations
Real-Time Differential Gene Expression Analysis of Melanocytes and Melanoma Cell Lines
Characterization of Molecular and Mechanical Phenotypes of Freshly Isolated Lipoaspirate Cells

Research Staff

Vera Fonseca

B.A. - Biology, University of Vermont 2002 Phi Beta Kappa

M.S. - Molecular Biology, University of Rhode Island 2007

E-Mail: Vera_Fonseca@brown.edu

Project(s): Clonal Analysis of hASC Differentiation Potential and Mechanical Biomarkers, Transfection Study: Cytoskeletal Rearrangement and Associated Mechancial Biomarkers