Peiwen Wu

 

Peiwen Wu  

Department:
Biochemistry

Faculty Advisers:
Yi Lu, Chemistry
Peter Yingxiao Wang, Bioengineering

Project Title:
Metal Ion Responsive Sensing and Actuation in Live Cells via Delivery of Metal Ion-Specific DNAzyme-Nanoparticle Conjugates

Peiwen Wu is a graduate student in the department of Biochemistry. Her research goals are to detect and image the dynamics of metal ion distribution inside live cancer cells and correlate it with cell mechanical response. She is curious about how cell transduces mechanical signal to biochemical pathways. Peiwen earned her Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences at University of Science and Technology of China. Besides research, She likes running and swimming. Peiwen ran the Indianapolis half-marathon in Fall 2011.