Chimwemwe Msosa recently joined the Mechanobiology Lab as PhD student. He will undertake research on microfluidics and cell mechanics to improve diagnostic technologies for low resource settings. Chimwemwe is a Lecturer in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Malawi in Blantyre, Malawi. The PhD studies are part of his professional development and the capacity development of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Malawi.