09/02/2026
What if engineering could help us understand how cancer grows? 🧬🔬 FAMU-FSU College of Engineering Assistant Professor Tristan Driscoll is bringing his expertise in mechanobiology (the study of how physical forces affect cells) to a $2.8 million National Cancer Institute-funded study on pancreatic cancer. Working with researchers across medicine, engineering and cancer biology, the team is studying how changes in cell shape, pressure and structure may influence tumor progression.
As a co-investigator on the multidisciplinary project, Driscoll will help measure mechanical forces between epithelial cells and at the nuclear envelope, providing insight into how changes in lumen pressure and cell structure may affect cancer behavior. The research brings together engineering, cancer biology, mathematical modeling and pathology to examine the relationship between cellular mechanics and tumor progression, with the potential to identify new vulnerabilities that could inform future therapeutic strategies.
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