{"634371":{"#nid":"634371","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Cheng Zhu Wins Georgia Tech\u2019s Outstanding Faculty Research Author 2020 Award","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECheng Zhu\u003C\/strong\u003E, Regents\u0026rsquo; Professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University, has won Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s Outstanding Faculty Research Author 2020 Award.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EZhu also holds the J. Erskine Love Jr. Endowed Chair in Engineering,\u0026nbsp;is the Coulter Department\u0026rsquo;s executive director for international programs, and is\u0026nbsp;a researcher in the Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EZhu\u0026rsquo;s lab studies single molecular adhesion with force spectroscopy for various cells and disease models. His lab pioneered the discovery of force-prolonged bond lifetime, or the \u0026ldquo;catch bond,\u0026rdquo; using the biomembrane force probe paired with mutation studies and molecular dynamics simulations.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELearn more about Cheng Zhu\u0026rsquo;s research: \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/zhu-lab-website.appspot.com\/\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/zhu-lab-website.appspot.com\/\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMedia Contact:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:wrich@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EWalter Rich\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nCommunications Manager\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nWallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Professor Zhu runs the Cellular and Molecular Biomechanics Laboratory at Georgia Tech"}],"uid":"27513","created_gmt":"2020-04-14 20:01:46","changed_gmt":"2020-04-16 15:30:41","author":"Walter Rich","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2020-04-14T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2020-04-14T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"634370":{"id":"634370","type":"image","title":"Cheng Zhu, Regents\u2019 Professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering","body":null,"created":"1586894411","gmt_created":"2020-04-14 20:00:11","changed":"1586894411","gmt_changed":"2020-04-14 20:00:11","alt":"Cheng Zhu, Regents\u2019 Professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering","file":{"fid":"241391","name":"websize-cheng-zhu-19C10200-P14-011.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/websize-cheng-zhu-19C10200-P14-011.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/websize-cheng-zhu-19C10200-P14-011.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":265826,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/websize-cheng-zhu-19C10200-P14-011.jpg?itok=-HdfNiwp"}}},"media_ids":["634370"],"groups":[{"id":"1254","name":"Wallace H. Coulter Dept. of Biomedical Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"138","name":"Biotechnology, Health, Bioengineering, Genetics"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1612","name":"BME"},{"id":"126571","name":"go-PetitInstitute"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39441","name":"Bioengineering and Bioscience"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWalter Rich\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["wrich@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}