Manu Forero

Education * 2005-2007 Ph.D. in Sciences, ETH Zurich, Switzerland.
* 2000-2004 M.Sc. in Physics, University Of Washington, U.S.A. * 1996-1999 B.Sc. Physics, University of California, U.S.A. * 1996-1999 B.Sc. Applied Mathematics, University of California, U.S.A. University Unit * Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia. * Faculty of Science, Physics Department. * Building I Office 405Phone: (571) 339-4949, Ext. 2621 Research Group * Biophysics Laboratory * https://biofisica.uniandes.edu.co/index.php/es/inicio-2 *Technical/Quantitative skills: * * Teaching, minimally invasive learnin

Professional experience * 2005-date Assistant professor, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia. * 2007 Postdoc position, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. * 2005-2008 Research assistant, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. * 2000-2005 Researcher, University Of Washington, USA. * 1988-2000 Assistant professor, University of California, Berkeley, USA. * 1988-2000 Research Assistant, University of California, Berkeley, USA. Research Interests * Topics: Cellular and molecular mechanics, bacterial adhesion, atomic force microscopy and advanced optical microscopy. Selected Publications * Bachtold, A., Fuhrer, M. S., Plyasunov, S., Forero, M., Anderson, E. H., Zettl, A., & McEuen, P. L. (2000). Scanned Probe Microscopy of Electronic Transport in Carbon Nanotubes. Physical Review Letters, 84(26), 6082–6085. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.84.6082

• Thomas, W. E., Trintchina, E., Forero, M., Vogel, V., & Sokurenko, E. V. (2002). Bacterial Adhesion to Target Cells Enhanced by Shear Force. Cell, 109(7), 913–923. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0092-8674(02)00796-1

• Vargas-Patron, L. A., Agudelo-Dueñas, N., Madrid-Wolff, J., Venegas, J. A., González, J. M., Forero-Shelton, M., Akle, V. (2019). Xenotransplantation of Human glioblastoma in Zebrafish larvae: in vivo imaging and proliferation assessment. Biology Open, 8(5), bio043257. https://doi.org/10.1242/bio.043257