Beth L. Pruitt, Ph.D.

Affiliations: 
1997-2002 Mechanical Engineering Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA 
 2002-2003 Microtechnology École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland 
 2003-2018 Mechanical Engineering/Bioengineering Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA 
 2018- Biological Engineering/Mechanical Engineering University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States 
Area:
Mechanobiology, microsystems/MEMS
Website:
https://pruittlab.engineering.ucsb.edu/
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Parents

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Thomas W. Kenny grad student 2002 Stanford
 (Pruitt PhD thesis: Piezoresistive cantilevers for characterizing thin-film gold electrical contacts.)
Juergen Brugger post-doc 2002-2003 EPFL
 (postdoc project: polymer MEMS design and fabrication)

Children

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Arnoldus A. Barlian grad student 2009 Stanford
Kristina L. Lamers grad student 2009 Stanford
Vikram Mukundan grad student 2009 Stanford
Sung-Jin Park grad student 2009 Stanford

Collaborators

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Miriam B. Goodman collaborator Stanford (Neurotree)
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Dow LP, Gaietta G, Kaufman Y, et al. (2022) Morphological control enables nanometer-scale dissection of cell-cell signaling complexes. Nature Communications. 13: 7831
Hart KC, Sim JY, Hopcroft MA, et al. (2021) An Easy-to-Fabricate Cell Stretcher Reveals Density-Dependent Mechanical Regulation of Collective Cell Movements in Epithelia. Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering. 14: 569-581
Hart KC, Sim JY, Hopcroft MA, et al. (2021) Correction to: An Easy-to-Fabricate Cell Stretcher Reveals Density-Dependent Mechanical Regulation of Collective Cell Movements in Epithelia. Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering. 14: 661-662
Garcia MA, Sadeghipour E, Engel L, et al. (2020) MEMS device for applying shear and tension to an epithelium combined with fluorescent live cell imaging. Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering : Structures, Devices, and Systems. 30
Nekimken AL, Pruitt BL, Goodman MB. (2020) Touch-induced Mechanical Strain in Somatosensory Neurons is Independent of Extracellular Matrix Mutations in . Molecular Biology of the Cell. mbcE20010049
Garcia MA, Sadeghipour E, Engel L, et al. (2020) MEMS Device for Applying Shear and Tension to an Epithelium Combined with Fluorescent Live Cell Imaging Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering
Franco JA, Das A, Pruitt B, et al. (2020) An in vitro System for Studying Nematode Mechanosensory Neurons Biophysical Journal. 118: 288a-289a
Engel L, Gaietta G, Dow LP, et al. (2019) Extracellular matrix micropatterning technology for whole cell cryogenic electron microscopy studies. Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering : Structures, Devices, and Systems. 29
Sanzeni A, Katta S, Petzold B, et al. (2019) Somatosensory neurons integrate the geometry of skin deformation and mechanotransduction channels to shape touch sensing. Elife. 8
Sanzeni A, Katta S, Petzold B, et al. (2019) Author response: Somatosensory neurons integrate the geometry of skin deformation and mechanotransduction channels to shape touch sensing Elife
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