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Adam J. Engler, Ph.D.

Adam J. Engler, Ph.D.

San Diego, University of California

Associate Professor of Bioengineering, Resident Scientist, Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine, Dept. of Bioengineering at University of California, San Diego

Biomaterials

Biomaterials

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Title

Associate Professor of Bioengineering, Resident Scientist, Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine

Department

Dept. of Bioengineering

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University of California, San Diego

About Adam J. Engler, Ph.D.

Posts by Adam J. Engler, Ph.D.

March 5, 2025

A New Way to Predict Cancer’s Spread? Scientists Look at ‘Stickiness’ of Tumor Cells

By assessing how “sticky” tumor cells are, researchers at the University of California San Diego have found a potential way to predict whether a patient’s early-stage breast cancer is likely to spread. The discovery, made possible by a specially designed...

March 9, 2021

Adhesion, contractility enable metastatic cells to go against the grain

Bioengineers at the University of California San Diego and San Diego State University have discovered a key feature that allows cancer cells to break from typical cell behavior and migrate away from the stiffer tissue in a tumor, shedding light on the...

February 3, 2020

Assessing ‘stickiness’ of tumor cells could improve cancer prognosis

A team of researchers led by the University of California San Diego has created a device that measures how “sticky” cancer cells are, which could improve prognostic evaluation of patient tumors. The device is built with a microfluidic chamber that sorts...