Volkmar Heinrich

Volkmar Heinrich

Position Title
Associate Professor

  • Biomedical Engineering
2323 GBSF
Bio
Cellular and molecular biophysics, immune cell behavior, single-molecule interactions 

Dr. Heinrich’s research contributes to a deeper and more quantitative understanding of how a healthy organism—and the immune system in particular—functions, and how it fails in disease, realizing that a truly personalized precision medicine must be able to anticipate each patient’s idiosyncratic responses to possible drug designs and treatment regimens. The Heinrich Lab uses innovative single-cell and single-molecule approaches and an integrative experimental/theoretical strategy to uncover the mechanisms underlying immune-cell interactions with pathogens, cancer metastasis and other vital processes on the nano- to microscale.

Not accepting new students at this time.

Research Interests & Expertise
  • Molecular-to-cellular bioengineering/biomechanics: Towards a quantitative understanding of mechano-sensing, -signaling, and -regulation

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