{"id":4994,"date":"2022-08-03T08:07:13","date_gmt":"2022-08-03T13:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/physics\/?p=4994"},"modified":"2022-08-03T08:07:13","modified_gmt":"2022-08-03T13:07:13","slug":"in-focus-what-the-mechanical-forces-behind-protein-folding-can-tell-us-about-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/physics\/in-focus-what-the-mechanical-forces-behind-protein-folding-can-tell-us-about-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"In Focus: What the mechanical forces behind protein folding can tell us about cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Associate Professor Ionel Popa<\/a> has been highlighted in the August 2022 issues of In Focus<\/em>.
\n
\nScientists have identified two proteins in the body that, when they act together, could help prevent the spread of cancer. But one of those proteins on its own may actual be a catalyst for creating tumors. To study how these proteins interact and how their mechanics affect the body, 51ÁÔÆæ physicist Ionel Popa and his team have created “single molecule magnetic tweezers” to test these proteins in lab conditions so scientists can study their effects.<\/p>\n

You can read the full story in In Focus<\/em> Vol. 12, No. 8<\/a>, along with other news from Letters and Science.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Associate Professor Ionel Popa has been highlighted in the August 2022 issues of In Focus. Scientists have identified two proteins in the body that, when they act together, could help prevent the spread of cancer. But one of those proteins …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9647,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","uwm_wg_additional_authors":[]},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\nPhysics & Astronomy<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/physics\/in-focus-what-the-mechanical-forces-behind-protein-folding-can-tell-us-about-cancer\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"In Focus: What the mechanical forces behind protein folding can tell us about cancer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Associate Professor Ionel Popa has been highlighted in the August 2022 issues of In Focus. Scientists have identified two proteins in the body that, when they act together, could help prevent the spread of cancer. But one of those proteins …\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/physics\/in-focus-what-the-mechanical-forces-behind-protein-folding-can-tell-us-about-cancer\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Physics & Astronomy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-08-03T13:07:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/physics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/2022\/08\/popa3-1.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Elle Cochrane\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Elle Cochrane\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/physics\\\/in-focus-what-the-mechanical-forces-behind-protein-folding-can-tell-us-about-cancer\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/physics\\\/in-focus-what-the-mechanical-forces-behind-protein-folding-can-tell-us-about-cancer\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Elle Cochrane\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/physics\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c5ccd8df79d4366a772eb22453c24dff\"},\"headline\":\"In Focus: What the mechanical forces behind protein folding can tell us about cancer\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-08-03T13:07:13+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/physics\\\/in-focus-what-the-mechanical-forces-behind-protein-folding-can-tell-us-about-cancer\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":122,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/physics\\\/in-focus-what-the-mechanical-forces-behind-protein-folding-can-tell-us-about-cancer\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/physics\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/63\\\/2022\\\/08\\\/popa3-1.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/physics\\\/in-focus-what-the-mechanical-forces-behind-protein-folding-can-tell-us-about-cancer\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/physics\\\/in-focus-what-the-mechanical-forces-behind-protein-folding-can-tell-us-about-cancer\\\/\",\"name\":\"In Focus: What the mechanical forces behind protein folding can tell us about cancer - Physics & Astronomy\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/physics\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/physics\\\/in-focus-what-the-mechanical-forces-behind-protein-folding-can-tell-us-about-cancer\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/physics\\\/in-focus-what-the-mechanical-forces-behind-protein-folding-can-tell-us-about-cancer\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/physics\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/63\\\/2022\\\/08\\\/popa3-1.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-08-03T13:07:13+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/physics\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c5ccd8df79d4366a772eb22453c24dff\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/physics\\\/in-focus-what-the-mechanical-forces-behind-protein-folding-can-tell-us-about-cancer\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/physics\\\/in-focus-what-the-mechanical-forces-behind-protein-folding-can-tell-us-about-cancer\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/physics\\\/in-focus-what-the-mechanical-forces-behind-protein-folding-can-tell-us-about-cancer\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/physics\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/63\\\/2022\\\/08\\\/popa3-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/physics\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/63\\\/2022\\\/08\\\/popa3-1.png\",\"width\":1028,\"height\":726,\"caption\":\"person working at microscope\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/physics\\\/in-focus-what-the-mechanical-forces-behind-protein-folding-can-tell-us-about-cancer\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/physics\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"In Focus: What the mechanical forces behind protein folding can tell us about cancer\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/physics\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/physics\\\/\",\"name\":\"Physics & Astronomy\",\"description\":\"UW-Milwaukee\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/physics\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/physics\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c5ccd8df79d4366a772eb22453c24dff\",\"name\":\"Elle Cochrane\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/e8bd4bd7738c6a0727ba633ec91b315bc23ca40a0562d536c566f121591da18f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/e8bd4bd7738c6a0727ba633ec91b315bc23ca40a0562d536c566f121591da18f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/e8bd4bd7738c6a0727ba633ec91b315bc23ca40a0562d536c566f121591da18f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Elle Cochrane\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/physics\\\/author\\\/cochratcuwm-edu\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Physics & Astronomy","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/physics\/in-focus-what-the-mechanical-forces-behind-protein-folding-can-tell-us-about-cancer\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"In Focus: What the mechanical forces behind protein folding can tell us about cancer","og_description":"Associate Professor Ionel Popa has been highlighted in the August 2022 issues of In Focus. Scientists have identified two proteins in the body that, when they act together, could help prevent the spread of cancer. But one of those proteins …","og_url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/physics\/in-focus-what-the-mechanical-forces-behind-protein-folding-can-tell-us-about-cancer\/","og_site_name":"Physics & Astronomy","article_published_time":"2022-08-03T13:07:13+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/physics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/2022\/08\/popa3-1.png","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Elle Cochrane","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Elle Cochrane","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/physics\/in-focus-what-the-mechanical-forces-behind-protein-folding-can-tell-us-about-cancer\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/physics\/in-focus-what-the-mechanical-forces-behind-protein-folding-can-tell-us-about-cancer\/"},"author":{"name":"Elle Cochrane","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/physics\/#\/schema\/person\/c5ccd8df79d4366a772eb22453c24dff"},"headline":"In Focus: What the mechanical forces behind protein folding can tell us about cancer","datePublished":"2022-08-03T13:07:13+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/physics\/in-focus-what-the-mechanical-forces-behind-protein-folding-can-tell-us-about-cancer\/"},"wordCount":122,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/physics\/in-focus-what-the-mechanical-forces-behind-protein-folding-can-tell-us-about-cancer\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/physics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/2022\/08\/popa3-1.png","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/physics\/in-focus-what-the-mechanical-forces-behind-protein-folding-can-tell-us-about-cancer\/","url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/physics\/in-focus-what-the-mechanical-forces-behind-protein-folding-can-tell-us-about-cancer\/","name":"In Focus: What the mechanical forces behind protein folding can tell us about cancer - Physics & Astronomy","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/physics\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/physics\/in-focus-what-the-mechanical-forces-behind-protein-folding-can-tell-us-about-cancer\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/physics\/in-focus-what-the-mechanical-forces-behind-protein-folding-can-tell-us-about-cancer\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/physics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/2022\/08\/popa3-1.png","datePublished":"2022-08-03T13:07:13+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/physics\/#\/schema\/person\/c5ccd8df79d4366a772eb22453c24dff"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/physics\/in-focus-what-the-mechanical-forces-behind-protein-folding-can-tell-us-about-cancer\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/uwm.edu\/physics\/in-focus-what-the-mechanical-forces-behind-protein-folding-can-tell-us-about-cancer\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/physics\/in-focus-what-the-mechanical-forces-behind-protein-folding-can-tell-us-about-cancer\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/physics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/2022\/08\/popa3-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/physics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/2022\/08\/popa3-1.png","width":1028,"height":726,"caption":"person working at microscope"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/physics\/in-focus-what-the-mechanical-forces-behind-protein-folding-can-tell-us-about-cancer\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/physics\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"In Focus: What the mechanical forces behind protein folding can tell us about cancer"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/physics\/#website","url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/physics\/","name":"Physics & Astronomy","description":"UW-Milwaukee","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/physics\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/physics\/#\/schema\/person\/c5ccd8df79d4366a772eb22453c24dff","name":"Elle Cochrane","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e8bd4bd7738c6a0727ba633ec91b315bc23ca40a0562d536c566f121591da18f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e8bd4bd7738c6a0727ba633ec91b315bc23ca40a0562d536c566f121591da18f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e8bd4bd7738c6a0727ba633ec91b315bc23ca40a0562d536c566f121591da18f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Elle Cochrane"},"url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/physics\/author\/cochratcuwm-edu\/"}]}},"acf":[],"meta_fields":{"_edit_lock":["1659531892:9647"],"_edit_last":["9647"],"_rawhtml_settings":["0,0,0,0"],"_uwm_wg_content_review_log":["a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:11:\"reviewer_id\";i:0;s:6:\"status\";s:5:\"reset\";s:10:\"entry_date\";s:19:\"2026-03-01 02:09:10\";s:16:\"priority_content\";s:0:\"\";s:4:\"note\";s:43:\"Content review reset at start of new cycle.\";}}"]},"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-24 22:15:27","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9647"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4994"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4994\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4998,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4994\/revisions\/4998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}