2022 News

Contributions of the Valentine Lab and other marine biomaterials researchers on campus are highlighted in the UCSB Convergence magazine this Fall.  

Congratulations to Caidric, who won first prize for his presentation at the Fall 2022 BASF-CARA review.

Professor Valentine presents: Force sensing and regulation in biological systems – from cells and tissues to bioinspired solutions

Yimin Luo will start as an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science at Yale University in January 2023.  

Professor Valentine visits Professor Noy Cohen and his group in the Material Science and Engineering Department at Technion to advance their BSF-NSF-supported joint research on the development of hydrogel materials for cell force sensing.

Qiaopeng presents his work on hydrogel-based actuators at the University of San Diego

The Valentine Lab celebrates Yimin's move to Yale University, as an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, as well as Caidric's arrival.  Congratulations and Welcome!

Yimin presents her work on programming structural transitions in soft matter using physics and data driven approaches

Welcome new Postdoctoral Scholar Caidric Gupit!  

Professor Valentine presents: Force sensing and regulation – How do cells do it?  Can we do it too?