Cram Laboratory

Our laboratory uses the model organism Caenorhabditis elegans as an in vivo system to explore how mechanical forces are sensed and interpreted by cells. We are collaborating with Dr. Hari Parameswaran’s group in Bioengineering to understand how cells in a tissue communicate and coordinate their contractility, and with Dr. Ronen Zaidel-Bar at Tel Aviv University to understand how the tubes and valves that make up the reproductive system form and function.