December
2024
We received an NIH R21 grant to fund our collaboration with Dr. Beth Pruitt's lab to investigate the impact of matrix viscoelasticity on cardiomyocyte phenotype and function. Our recent awards were highlighted in this article from the College of Engineering.
November
2024
The lab received an American Cancer Society Catalyst Award to support our work on the overlap of breast cancer mechanotransduction and epigenomic remodeling.
March
2022
Ryan is selected as a recipient of a Breast Cancer Alliance Young Investigator Award. This funding will support our work at the intersection of breast cancer mechanobiology and epigenomic remodeling.
February
2022
Marissa wins not one but two fellowships! From the American Society for Engineering Education eFellows program and the UC President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program.
January
2022
Gulistan joins the lab as a postdoc
September
2021
Ian's review article is published in Acta Biomaterialia
Jane is awarded an NIH T32 fellowship in Quantitative Mechanobiology
Marissa joins the lab as a joint postdoc with the Pruitt Lab
August
2020
Ryan receives Young Investigator Award from the journal Cells, Tissues, Organs. Check out the UCSB CoE article and look for an upcoming review in early 2021.
April
2020
Ian Tayler joins the group as a graduate student from the Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology program.
January
2020
Philip Crandell joins the Stowers Lab as a graduate student in Mechanical Engineering.
Dec. 5
2019
Stowers lab research is highlighted in Fall's 2019 Convergence magazine feature on Bioengineering at UCSB.
Dec. 3
2019
Dr. Stowers gives the Center for Bioengineering seminar "Extracellular Matrix Viscoelasticity Regulates Cell Fate"
Sept. 23
2019
The Stowers Lab officially opens!