Liu Lab UMich @LiuLab2012
Our research focuses on designing synthetic cells that use cell-free systems and respond to various biological signals.🔬 #synthetic_biology #synthetic_cell liulab.engin.umich.edu University of Michigan Joined May 2022-
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Our collaborative review article on the latest strategies and applications of synthetic cell communication is now out! With Allen Liu @UMengineering Published in Nature Chemical Biology @nchembio @SynCellEU @buildacell @UCLChemistry nature.com/articles/s4158…
We are pleased to share our review article with the Booth lab at UCL on synthetic cell communication, published in Nature Chemical Biology. nature.com/articles/s4158…
We are pleased to share our review article with the Booth lab at UCL on synthetic cell communication, published in Nature Chemical Biology. nature.com/articles/s4158…
We are excited to share our collaborative work with the Ferguson lab at the University of Chicago on the reconstitution of tardigrade proteins to enhance the survival of synthetic cells under extreme stress conditions. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
ME alumnus Nadab Wubshet has received the 2025 Outstanding Doctoral Research in Biophysics Award from the Biophysical Society for outstanding contributions to the study of the mechanics of actin cytoskeleton in cells. {Article} bit.ly/48nlHlp
Excited to share our latest work on the development of a light-activated protease-based cargo release system for synthetic cells! biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
We are very proud of our own Nadab Wubshet for receiving the 2025 Outstanding Doctoral Research Award from Biophysical Society!
We are very proud of our own Nadab Wubshet for receiving the 2025 Outstanding Doctoral Research Award from Biophysical Society!
Check out this perspective on synthetic cells, their development, and their future published in @ACSSynBio . Featuring Allen and many leaders in the field. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…
Our collaborative work with Space Tango on cellular mechanotransduction of human osteoblasts in microgravity is now published in npj Microgravity! nature.com/articles/s4152…
Professor Allen Liu: Matrix confinement modulates 3D spheroid sorting and burst-like collective migration @LiuLab2012 @umichLSA @Physics_CMU @imm_ntu @umichme @PhysicsNEU @UMBME @UMBiophys sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
Excited to share our latest preprint on developing a light-based contact-dependent communication system between synthetic cells!
Excited to share our latest preprint on developing a light-based contact-dependent communication system between synthetic cells!
Hybrid Vesicles Enable Mechano-Responsive Hydrogel Degradation (Allen P. Liu and co-workers) @LiuLab2012 #openaccess onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/an…
We are excited to share our most recent work on the construction of degradable mechano-responsive hydrogels embedding hybrid vesicles now online in Angewandte Chemie! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/an…
Check out our latest work on how matrix stiffness modulates 3D spheroid sorting and burst-like collective migration! biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
Excited to share our latest work on developing a novel strategy for calcium-triggered DNA-mediated membrane fusion in synthetic cells! biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
We are excited to announce our newly developed membrane tension reporter now published in ACS sensors! By engineering the mechanosensitive channel MscL, we designed a tool that can detect tension change in the plasma membrane through fluorescence change. pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.10…
A pair of experiments exploring bone density designed by @UMich engineers left a Virginia launchpad aboard a rocket headed for the International Space Station. myumi.ch/WJkX1
The experiments blasted off early this morning. clickondetroit.com/all-about-ann-…
The Liu Lab travelled to the NASA base at Wallops Island to prepare experiments to be conducted International Space Station (ISS). We will follow up with the NG-18 launch experience and our stay at Wallops. @ISS_CASIS
Less than 24 hours left before this microfluidic chip will be traveling through space. Think good thoughts for Allen Liu's Lab as they prepare for launch day tomorrow to the #InternationalSpaceStation
4 PhD Students + NASA + Space Tango = This is going to be exciting! Be sure to keep an eye on our Instagram to find out what this group from Professor Allen Liu's lab is launching to the International Space Station this Sunday (if all goes as planned🤞)

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