Mingming Wu
{{Short description|Chinese-born scientist}}
{{about|the scientist|the politician|Wu Ming-ming}}
{{Infobox scientist
|name = Mingming Wu
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|fields = Nanobiotechnology
Biophysics
|work_institutions = Cornell University
Occidental College
University of California, Santa Barbara
École Polytechnique
Ohio State University
|alma_mater = Nanjing University (B.S.)
Ohio State University (Ph.D)
|known_for = Microfluidics
Cell Migration
Cancer cell invasion
Dynamic imaging
|prizes = Fellow of the American Physical Society (2016)
Swiss International Visiting Scholar (2010)
Young Research Scientist Fellowship - French Ministry of Defense (1992)
|website = {{URL|https://biofluidics.bee.cornell.edu}}
|doctoral_advisor = C. David Andereck
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Mingming Wu is a professor at Cornell University within the Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering, and associate editor of Physical Biology.
Academic career
She earned a bachelor's of science degree from Nanjing University in 1984, and completed a doctorate from Ohio State University in 1992.{{cite news |title=Mingming Wu |url=https://cals.cornell.edu/mingming-wu |accessdate=20 July 2018 |publisher=Cornell University}} Wu split her post doctoral research between École Polytechnique and the University of California, Santa Barbara, before beginning her teaching career at Occidental College. She joined the Cornell University faculty in 2003.{{cite news |title=BME Seminar Series: Dr. Mingming Wu, Cornell University |url=https://bme.osu.edu/events/2017/03/bme-seminar-series-dr.-mingming-wu-cornell-university |accessdate=20 July 2018 |publisher=Ohio State University |date=March 2017}} Wu was named a fellow of the American Physical Society in 2016.{{cite news |last1=Fleischman |first1=Tom |title=3 faculty elected fellows of American Physical Society |url=http://news.cornell.edu/stories/2016/10/3-faculty-elected-fellows-american-physical-society |accessdate=20 July 2018 |work=Cornell Chronicle |date=20 October 2016}}
Research
Wu's current work focuses on discovering fundamental principles with which nature use to interact with the environment, in particular, how physical forces regulate cell migration. She is known for developing micro-scale tools controlling cellular environment,{{Cite journal|last1=Cheng|first1=Shing-Yi|last2=Heilman|first2=Steven|last3=Wasserman|first3=Max|last4=Archer|first4=Shivaun|last5=Shuler|first5=Michael L.|last6=Wu|first6=Mingming|date=2007|title=A hydrogel-based microfluidic device for the studies of directed cell migration|journal=Lab on a Chip|language=en|volume=7|issue=6|pages=763–9|doi=10.1039/b618463d|pmid=17538719|issn=1473-0197}}{{Cite journal|last1=Huang|first1=Yu Ling|last2=Segall|first2=Jeffrey E.|last3=Wu|first3=Mingming|date=2017|title=Microfluidic modeling of the biophysical microenvironment in tumor cell invasion|journal=Lab on a Chip|language=en|volume=17|issue=19|pages=3221–3233|doi=10.1039/c7lc00623c|issn=1473-0197|pmc=6007858|pmid=28805874}} and use them to solve contemporary problems in health (tumor invasion and development){{Cite journal|url=http://www.pnas.org/|title=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|language=en|doi=10.1073/pnas|journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|s2cid=10638657 |hdl=2164/23453|hdl-access=free}}{{Cite journal|last1=Tung|first1=Chih-kuan|last2=Hu|first2=Lian|last3=Fiore|first3=Alyssa G.|last4=Ardon|first4=Florencia|last5=Hickman|first5=Dillon G.|last6=Gilbert|first6=Robert O.|last7=Suarez|first7=Susan S.|last8=Wu|first8=Mingming|date=2015-04-28|title=Microgrooves and fluid flows provide preferential passageways for sperm over pathogen Tritrichomonas foetus|journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|volume=112|issue=17|pages=5431–5436|doi=10.1073/pnas.1500541112|pmc=4418881|pmid=25870286|bibcode=2015PNAS..112.5431T|doi-access=free}} and environment (algal blooms).{{Cite journal|last1=Kim|first1=Beum Jun|last2=Richter|first2=Lubna V.|last3=Hatter|first3=Nicholas|last4=Tung|first4=Chih-kuan|last5=Ahner|first5=Beth A.|last6=Wu|first6=Mingming|date=2015|title=An array microhabitat system for high throughput studies of microalgal growth under controlled nutrient gradients|journal=Lab on a Chip|language=en|volume=15|issue=18|pages=3687–3694|doi=10.1039/c5lc00727e|pmid=26248065|issn=1473-0197}}
Wu researched the interactions between cancer cells and the fibrous extracellular matrix surrounding them.{{cite web|url=https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/penn-engineers-calculate-interplay-between-cancer-cells-and-environment|title=Penn Engineers Calculate Interplay Between Cancer Cells and Environment|publisher=Penn Today, University of Pennsylvania|date=2016-12-07|access-date=2020-10-13}}
Wu also worked on a study investigating the diversity of cancer cells with statistical modeling methods.{{cite web|url=https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/02/200220154902.htm|title=Physics tool helps track cancer cell diversity|publisher=ScienceDaily|date=2020-02-20|access-date=2020-10-13}}
References
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External links
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- {{cite web|url=https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/advancedSearchResult?PIId=&PIFirstName=mingming&PILastName=wu&IncludeCoPI=true&BooleanElement=All&BooleanRef=All&ActiveAwards=true&ExpiredAwards=true|title=NSF Award Search: Advanced Search Results - Mingming Wu|publisher=National Science Foundation|access-date=2020-10-13}}
- {{cite web|url=https://research.cornell.edu/news-features/devices-studying-language-cells|title=Devices for Studying the Language of Cells|publisher=Cornell Research|author=Caitlin Hayes|date=31 May 2018|access-date=2020-10-13}}
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Category:Fellows of the American Physical Society
Category:Nanjing University alumni
Category:Ohio State University alumni