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School of the Biological Sciences

 

 

University Professor, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience 

Kristian Franze takes an interdisciplinary approach to investigate how cellular forces, local cell and tissue compliance and cellular mechanosensitivity contribute to Central Nervous System development and disease. Learn more about Kristian's research. 

 

Research Areas


Brain development 
Tissue mechanics
Axon pathfinding 
Axon growth 
Mechanotransduction
 

Techniques


Atomic force microscopy
Traction force microscopy
Optical tweezers
Hybridisation chain reaction 
Custom-built soft cell culture substrates 
 
 

 

Research Theme