Esther Gomez

Professor of Chemical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering

Esther Gomez

Research Summary

How the interplay of chemical and mechanical signals acts to control cell behavior and function and the progression of disease.

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Most Recent Publications

Chemomechanical regulation of EZH2 localization controls epithelial-mesenchymal transition

Jessica L. Sacco, Zachary T. Vaneman, Ava Self, Elix Sumner, Stella Kibinda, Chinmay S. Sankhe, Esther W. Gomez, 2024, The Quarterly journal of microscopical science

Epithelial–Mesenchymal Plasticity and Epigenetic Heterogeneity in Cancer

Jessica L. Sacco, Esther W. Gomez, 2024, Cancers

Breast Cancer Cells Exhibit Mesenchymal–Epithelial Plasticity Following Dynamic Modulation of Matrix Stiffness

Chinmay S. Sankhe, Jessica L. Sacco, Jacob Lawton, Ryan A. Fair, David Vidotto Rezende Soares, Mohammed K.R. Aldahdooh, Enrique D. Gomez, Esther W. Gomez, 2024, Advanced Biology

Photoactive polymer coatings for antibacterial applications

Brock Hunter, Jessica L. Sacco, Kira Katterle, Joy Kirigo, Thomas Keith Wood, Esther Winter Gomez, Christian W. Pester, 2024, European Polymer Journal

Extracellular matrix viscoelasticity regulates TGFβ1-induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition and apoptosis via integrin linked kinase

Jessica L. Sacco, Zachary T. Vaneman, Esther W. Gomez, 2024, Journal of Cellular Physiology

Solution-processed graphene films for electrochemical monitoring of extracellular nitric oxide released by breast cancer cells

Derrick Butler, Chinmay S. Sankhe, Pouya Soltan Khamsi, Esther W. Gomez, Aida Ebrahimi, 2024, 2D Materials

Flexible Pectin Nanopatterning Drives Cell Wall Organization in Plants

O Siemianowski, Sintu Rongpipi, Joshua Del Mundo, Guillaume Freychet, Mikhail Zhernenkov, E Gomez, E Gomez, Charles Anderson, 2024, JACS Au on p. 177--188

Thermally Induced Gelling Systems Based on Patchy Polymeric Micelles

Binru Han, Shota Fujii, André J. van der Vlies, Masoud Ghasemi, Joshua T. Del Mundo, Sarah N. Kiemle, Esther W. Gomez, Enrique D. Gomez, Ralph H. Colby, Urara Hasegawa, 2024, Advanced Functional Materials

Grazing-incidence X-ray scattering of plant epidermal cell wall

Joshua T. Del Mundo, Enrique D. Gomez, Esther W. Gomez, 2024, on p. 221-234

Matrix polysaccharides affect preferred orientation of cellulose crystals in primary cell walls

Sintu Rongpipi, William J. Barnes, Oskar Siemianowski, Dan Ye, Joshua T. Del Mundo, Sydney Duncombe, Xiaoran Xin, Chenhui Zhu, Michael F. Toney, Ying Gu, Charles T. Anderson, Enrique D. Gomez, Esther W. Gomez, 2024, Cellulose on p. 1397--1415

Most-Cited Papers

Progress and opportunities in the characterization of cellulose – an important regulator of cell wall growth and mechanics

Sintu Rongpipi, Dan Ye, Enrique D. Gomez, Esther W. Gomez, 2019, Frontiers in Plant Science

Preferred crystallographic orientation of cellulose in plant primary cell walls

Dan Ye, Sintu Rongpipi, S Kiemle, William Barnes, Arielle Chaves, Chenhui Zhu, Victoria Norman, Liebman-Pel\'aez, Alexander, Alexander Liebman-Pelaez, Alexander Liebman-Peláez, Alexander Hexemer, Michael Toney, Alison Roberts, Charles Anderson, Daniel Cosgrove, Esther W. Gomez, Enrique D. Gomez, 2020, Nature Communications on p. 1--10

Matrix Rigidity Mediates TGFβ1-induced Epithelial-Myofibroblast Transition by Controlling Cytoskeletal Organization and MRTF-A Localization

Joseph W. O'Connor, Patrick N. Riley, Sandeep M. Nalluri, Parth K. Ashar, Esther Winter Gomez, 2015, Journal of Cellular Physiology on p. 1829-1839

Cytoskeletal signaling in TGFβ-induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition

Sandeep M. Nalluri, Joseph W. O'Connor, Esther W. Gomez, 2015, Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton on p. 557-569

VE-Cadherin Disassembly and Cell Contractility in the Endothelium are Necessary for Barrier Disruption Induced by Tumor Cells

Virginia Aragon-Sanabria, Steven E. Pohler, Vikram J. Eswar, Matthew Bierowski, Esther W. Gomez, Cheng Dong, 2017, Scientific Reports

Biomimetic Separation of Transport and Matrix Functions in Lamellar Block Copolymer Channel-Based Membranes

Chao Lang, Dan Ye, Woochul Song, Chenhao Yao, Yu Ming Tu, Clara Capparelli, Jacob A. Lanasa, Michael A. Hickner, Esther W. Gomez, Enrique D. Gomez, Robert J. Hickey, Manish Kumar, 2019, ACS Nano on p. 8292-8302

An insight into microscopy and analytical techniques for morphological, structural, chemical, and thermal characterization of cellulose

Ishita Chakraborty, Sintu Rongpipi, Indira Govindaraju, B. Rakesh, Sib Mal, Esther W. Gomez, Enrique D. Gomez, Ranjan Kalita, Yuthika Nath, Nirmal Mazumder, 2022, Microscopy Research and Technique on p. 1990-2015

Dehydration-induced physical strains of cellulose microfibrils in plant cell walls

Shixin Huang, Mohamadamin Makarem, S Kiemle, Yunzhen Zheng, Xin He, Dan Ye, Esther W. Gomez, Enrique D. Gomez, Daniel J. Cosgrove, Seong Kim, 2018, Carbohydrate Polymers on p. 337--348

Cell-cell contact and matrix adhesion promote αSMA expression during TGFβ1-induced epithelial-myofibroblast transition via Notch and MRTF-A

Joseph W. O'Connor, Krunal Mistry, Dayne Detweiler, Clayton Wang, Esther W. Gomez, 2016, Scientific Reports

Resonant soft X-ray scattering reveals cellulose microfibril spacing in plant primary cell walls

Dan Ye, Sarah N. Kiemle, Sintu Rongpipi, Xuan Wang, Cheng Wang, Daniel J. Cosgrove, Esther W. Gomez, Enrique D. Gomez, 2018, Scientific Reports