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Beth Pruitt

Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Biological Engineering
Biomolecular Science and Engineering
UC Santa Barbara
Phone:
(805) 893-5115
Email:
blp@ucsb.edu
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Research Interests

Professor Pruitt's interests lie at the intersection of mechanobiology, microfabrication, engineering and science. Her lab specializes in engineering microsystems and biointerfaces for quantitative mechanobiology. 

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ICB Supported Publications

Stress relaxation rates of myocardium from failing and non-failing hearts

Marissa Gionet-Gonzales, Gianna Gathman, Jonah Rosas, Kyle Y. Kunisaki, Dominique Gabriele P. Inocencio, Niki Hakami, Gregory N. Milburn, Angela A. Pitenis, Kenneth S. Campbell, Beth L. Pruitt and Ryan S. Stowers
Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology ,
10.1007/s10237-024-01909-4

Spontaneous and Induced Oscillations in Confined Epithelia

Toshi Parmar, Liam P. Dow, Beth L. Pruitt, M. Cristina Marchetti
arXiv,
10.48550/arXiv.2408.02806

Cyclic stretch regulates epithelial cell migration in a frequency dependent manner via vinculin recruitment to cell-cell contacts

Dow, L. P., Surace, S., Morozov, K., Kennedy, R., & Pruitt, B. L.
bioRxiv,
10.1101/2023.08.19.553915

Engineering tools for quantifying and manipulating forces in epithelia

Liam P. Dow, Toshi Parmar, M. Cristina Marchetti, Beth L. Pruit
Biophysics Reviews,
10.1063/5.0142537
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