Kendra Nyberg

Kendra Nyberg, Ph.D.

Staff microfluidics engineer at Calico. Building ultra-high-throughput workflows to fuel life science R&D.


2026

“A simple automatic liquid dispense arrangement (SALDA) for timelapse microscopy.” A Millett-Sikking, KD Nyberg, J Lazzari-Dean, E Mount, R Keyser. Zenodo, 2026.

2025

“Engineering highly active nuclease enzymes with machine learning and high-throughput screening.” N Thomas, D Belanger, C Xu, H Lee, K Hirano, K Iwai, V Polic, KD Nyberg, K Hoff, L Frenz, CA Emrich, JW Kim, M Chavarha, A Ramanan, JJ Agresti, LJ Colwell. Cell Systems 16 (3), 2025. (Previously available on bioRxiv, 2024)

2019

“A scalable filtration method for high throughput screening based on cell deformability.” NK Gill, C Ly, KD Nyberg, L Lee, D Qi, B Tofig, M Reis-Sobreiro, O Dorigo, AC Rowat. Lab on a Chip 19 (2), 343-357, 2019.

2018

“Predicting cancer cell invasion by single-cell physical phenotyping.” KD Nyberg, SL Bruce, AV Nguyen, CK Chan, NK Gill, TH Kim, EK Sloan, AC Rowat. Integrative Biology 10 (4), 218-231, 2018.

2018

“Quantitative deformability cytometry: rapid, calibrated measurements of cell mechanical properties.” KD Nyberg, KH Hu, SH Kleinman, DB Khismatullin, MJ Butte, AC Rowat. Biophysical Journal 113 (7), 1574-1584, 2017.

2017

“Wrinkling of milk skin is mediated by evaporation.” AA Evans, E Cheung, KD Nyberg, AC Rowat. Soft Matter 13 (5), 1056-1062, 2017.

2016

“The physical origins of transit time measurements for rapid, single cell mechanotyping.” KD Nyberg, MB Scott, SL Bruce, AB Gopinath, D Bikos, TG Mason, AC Rowat. Lab on a Chip 16 (17), 3330-3339, 2016.

2016

“Stiffness of pancreatic cancer cells is associated with increased invasive potential.” AV Nguyen, KD Nyberg, MB Scott, AM Welsh, AH Nguyen, N Wu, AC Rowat. Integrative Biology 8 (12), 1232-1245, 2016.

“Cancer cells become less deformable and more invasive with activation of β-adrenergic signaling.” TH Kim, NK Gill, KD Nyberg, AV Nguyen, SV Hohlbauch, NA Geisse, AC Rowat. Journal of Cell Science 129 (24), 4563-4575, 2016.

“Tumour-suppressor microRNAs regulate ovarian cancer cell physical properties and invasive behaviour.” CK Chan, Y Pan, K Nyberg, MA Marra, EL Lim, SJM Jones, D Maar, AC Rowat. Open Biology 6 (11), 160275, 2016.

2015

“Understanding diffusion theory and Fick’s law through food and cooking.” L Zhou, K Nyberg, AC Rowat. Advances in Physiology Education 39 (3), 192-197, 2015.