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James L. McGrath
Associate Professor
Arts, Sciences, and Engineering
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Areas of expertise: Bionanotechnology, Vascular Cell Biophysics, Cell Motility, and Quantitative light microscopy
Press contact:
Peter Iglinski
585.273.4726
Related Links:
Nanomembrane Research Group
In the News
WXXI
1370 Connection: James McGrath, associate professor of biomedical engineering, and Gregory Gdowski, executive director of the Center for Medical Technology Innovation
August 05, 2013
Rochester Democrat & Chronicle
Sean Lahman: UR researchers developing portable blood testing device
November 21, 2012
News Releases
Super-Thin Membranes Used in Lab-on-a-Chip Diagnostic Devices
November 12, 2012
Biography
James McGrath is seeking a mechanistic understanding of the collective cell migration exhibited by endothelial cells as well as the ameboid-like migration of leukocytes. He is also advancing a research program to revolutionize silicon-based membrane material discovered at the University of Rochester. The freestanding, nanoporous membrane material is also molecularly thin and mechanically robust and can be used for size and charge-based separation of proteins and other biomolecules at rates orders-of- magnitude faster than traditional membrane materials.