Associate Professor
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, Virginia, United States
Venkat Maruthamuthu is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering at Old Dominion University (ODU). His research expertise is in cellular mechanics and mechanobiology, with a particular focus on cell-cell adhesion and its regulation by cell-generated forces. Prior to joining ODU, he was an American Heart Association postdoctoral fellow while at the University of Chicago. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a B.S. from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras.
Vinculin, Rather than alpha-catenin, is the Crucial Mechanical Linker at Cell-Cell Contacts
Saturday, October 14, 2023
8:30 AM – 8:45 AM PDT