BilliarLab

Tissue mechanics and mechanobiology, heart valve, cell traction

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I'm participating in Bike MS: Great Maine Getaway 2026 to raise money for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. The Society is the best investment to solve the challenges of multiple sclerosis and to ultimately find a cure. Join me and/or donate today! https://t.co/nPnxD3MWAA

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WPI researcher joins $15M effort to unravel causes of heart valve disease | The Worcester Guardian https://t.co/eriuXEXhRq

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Congrats Juanyong Li for publishing "Toroidal Indentation for Measuring Cell and Tissue Mechanical Anisotropy." in Acta Biomater -Li, J. Zhang C, Ashouri H, Chen J, Paradis T, Samolyk B, Beaver O, Pins G, Wen Q, Rahbar N, Ji S, Billiar K. https://t.co/bmXuXyXi9I

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My colleagues Isgard Hueck, Alexandre Guevel, and Rob MacLeod and I just published an article in J Biomed Engr Education on Integrating Co‑Curricular Experiential Learning in BME Programs".  Vheck it out - here's the link to the full sharable article: https://t.co/KbO6Pzfdil

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Tremendous presentation by Juanyong as a finalist in the PhD competition at #SBC2025. Congrats! #wpibme

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Congrats to Rozanne for a great poster presentation #SBC2025 #wpibme

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I am speaking at ASME SBC 2025. Please check out my talk if you're attending the event! - via #Whova event app #wpibme

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here's the free access link for "Poking Cells" https://t.co/1FkRFndC9n

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Congrats to Juanyong for publishing a “new and notable” editorial on "Poking Cells" in the Biophysical Journal about nanoindentation of cells and the power of AI analysis.  https://t.co/pIKOIMoD1c

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Better way to measure spheroid cell invation: Congrats to Rozanne for publishing her imaging and computational method for measuring cell invasion into hydrogels in Nature: Scientific Reports.https://t.co/VAMAvbnQ6f

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So honored to be working with Joe T. #aimbe

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Congrats to Colin, Juanyong, and Ziyang for publishing "Nondestructive Mechanical Characterization of Bioengineered Tissues by Digital Holography" in ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering (2025) https://t.co/UGL4A1a1qA

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Congrats to Juanyong @WPI_BME for a busy poster presentation @bmes2024

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Congrats to Rozanne @WPI_BME for an awesome presentation @BMES2024

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Congrats to Karen Troy on induction to AIMBE @WPI_BME

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Congrats to Rozanne for her beautiful presentation @SB3C2023. Great to see so much interest in her powerful cell invasion analysis techniques.

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Congrats to Juanyong for a great presentation @SB3C2023. Lot's of interest and great questions.

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Congrats to Ying for her awesome paper and Biofabrication https://t.co/TZIhMs05uR

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@WPI_BME @WPI @Troy_BiomechLab @cfwhitt @Georgedpins @FuncBioMatLab Go BME graduates!!! @WPI_BME @BilliarLab

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Congrats on your PhD Mahvash! ⁦@WPI_BME⁩ @WPI