Soft Tissue Biomechanics We are interested in soft tissue biomechanics. Soft biological tissues exhibit complex nonlinear anisotropic rate dependent behavior. We have developed instruments for measuring in vivo  soft tissue properties. PROJECTS Determination of in situ mechanical properties of human intra-abdominal organs Incision and cutting experiments Strains induced during cortical neural prosthesis insertion SPONSORS       NIH/NIBIB R01 EB005807: Physically Realistic Virtual Surgery (2006-2010) INVESTIGATORS     Suvranu De     Daniel B. Jones (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston)     T. Paul Singh (Albany Medical College)