Manuela A A Ayee
University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
Biography
Manuela A A Ayee is a Postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Her current
research focuses on investigating the modulation of cellular biomechanics by oxidized lipids and sterols under hypercholesterolemic conditions. She obtained her
PhD in Chemical Engineering with a specialization in Computational Biomolecular Modeling and Interfacial Phenomena. Her broad research goals include combining
computational and experimental techniques to reveal the role of small molecules in pathogenesis and elucidating the molecular mechanisms underlying their effects
on membrane biomechanics and their subsequent modulation of cell biophysical properties. She will begin as a Professor of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry
at Dordt College, Iowa in 2018.
Abstract
Abstract : Endothelial membrane stiffening under osmotic challenge