Congratulations to Xiaole Wang on defending her doctoral thesis titled “Characterizing the role of extracellular matrix area and compression to early mammalian cell adhesion”! Thank you so much for your Chinese buffet-style apero - what a culinary treat! Once again, the Müller Force crafted an XL-sized hat for Xiaole.

Congratulations to Ilaria Incaviglia on defending her doctoral thesis with the title “Nanotools to Simultaneously Measure Mass and Mechanical Properties of Cellular Systems”.  Ilaria was awarded a ginormous Müller Force hat reminiscent of her recent experiments with huge cantilevers able to balance a spheroid. Thank you for inviting us to a culinary trip to Italy at your apero!