Ming Dao and the Nanomechanics Lab have developed and used tools to study malaria, sickle cell disease, and nanoscale diamonds. Left to right: Optical tweezers stretching a healthy (upper) and malaria infected (lower) red blood cell, red blood cells sickling under low oxygen conditions, and a diamond nanoneedle bending.

Courtesy of Ming Dao and the Nanomechanics Lab

Ming Dao and the Nanomechanics Lab have developed and used tools to study malaria, sickle cell disease, and nanoscale diamonds. Left to right: Optical tweezers stretching a healthy (upper) and malaria infected (lower) red blood cell, red blood cells sickling under low oxygen conditions, and a diamond nanoneedle bending. Courtesy of Ming Dao and the Nanomechanics Lab