Biological and Active Materials Lab
Our lab studies the mechanics of biological materials and how these properties fail in disease. We also try to draw from biomechanics to design new biomimetic materials that capture some of the rich dynamics and active properties of biology.
We collaborate with fantastic people at McGill and beyond, and we are always looking for new great people to work with.
Heterogenous distribution of lamin A/C and high deformation in the region of low lamin A/C density
Resolving the mechanobiological interplay between androgen receptor signalling, microenvironment mechanics, cell mechanics, and metastatic prostate cancer progression
Pattern based Contractility Screening (PaCS)
A reference-free alternative to Traction Force Microscopy
Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) on epithelial tissue following the Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition (EMT) with Cell Monolayer Deformation Microscopy (CMDM)
Mechanics of Disease
How do cell mechanics contribute to pathology?
Soft Condensed Matter Physics
Can we understand biological mechanics using physics?
Mechanotransduction
How do cells sense and respond to force?
Biomimetic Materials Science
Can we recreate the amazing mechanics of biology?
Group research discussion
Our research discussion meeting is held weekly, where members of the lab and occasionally visitors or collaborators may present work.
This meeting is open to members and invited guests. Please email ehrlicher.lab@gmail.com to learn more.
Research seminar
The Biological and Biomedical Engineering Research Seminar is on Fridays 1:30 - 2:30 pm, and is typically held in-person in DUFF 507/509 and/or virtually via Zoom. Please check the seminar schedule for the most up-to-date information.
McGill University is located on land which has long served as a site of meeting and exchange amongst Indigenous peoples. We honor, recognize, and respect these nations as the traditional stewards of the lands and waters on which we meet today.
McConnell Engineering Building
3480 University Street, Room 350
Montreal, Quebec H3A 2A7
Phone: 514-714-8239
Fax: 514-398-7379
Email: allen.ehrlicher@mcgill.ca
Office: McConnell Engineering Building 358
