Alina Oltean

Ph.D. Student

 

 

Education:

PhD BME, Washington University in St. Louis (expected 2015).

  • Researching biomechanics of early eye development in the chick.

B.BME, University of Minnesota (2010).

  • Researched the biomechanics of the porcine lens and abdominal aorta.

 

Publications:

  • Filas BA, Oltean A, Majidi S, Bayly PV, Beebe DC, Taber LA. Regional differences in actomyosin contraction shape the primary vesicles in the embryonic chicken brain. Phys Biol. 2012 Dec;9(6):066007.
  • Filas BA, Oltean A, Beebe DC, Okamoto RJ, Bayly PV, Taber LA. A potential role for differential contractility in early brain development and evolution. Biomech Model Mechanobiol. 2012 Mar 31 (Epub. date).
  • Powell TA, Amini R, Oltean A, Barnett VA, Dorfman KD, Segal Y, Barocas VH. Elasticity of the porcine lens capsule as measured by osmotic swelling. J Biomech Eng. 2010 Sep;132(9):091008.

 

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