Cellular Biomechanics I

Presentations

• Loss of an actin crosslinker uncouples cell spreading from cell stiffening on gels with a gradient of stiffness

  ORAL

  March 16, 2009, 8:00 AM – March 16, 2009, 8:12 AM

  Authors

  • Qi Wen

    • University of Pennsylvania
    • Department of Physics, University of Pennsylvania

  • Fitzroy J. Byfield

    • Institute for Medicine and Engineering, University of Pennsyvania

  • Kerstin Nordstrom

    • Department of Physics, University of Pennsylvania

  • Paulo E. Arratia

    • Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, University of Pennsylvania

  • R.Tyler Miller

    • Departments of Medicine and Physiology, Case-Western Reserve University

  • Paul A. Janmey

    • Institute for Medicine and Engineering, Departments of Physics, Engineering, University of Pennsylvania

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• Substrate Induced Osteoblast-Like Differentiation of Stromal Stem Cells

  ORAL

  March 16, 2009, 8:12 AM – March 16, 2009, 8:24 AM

  Authors

  • Jacqueline Belizar

    • Miller Place High School

  • Reena Glaser

  • Matthew Hung

    • Smithtown High School West

  • Marcia Simon

    • Stony Brook University

  • Vladimir Jurukovski

    • Stony Brook University

  • Miriam Rafailovich

    • Stony Brook University

  • Alice Shih

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• Mechanical anisotropy of viscoelasticity in biological cells

  ORAL

  March 16, 2009, 8:24 AM – March 16, 2009, 8:36 AM

  Authors

  • Ming-Tzo Wei

    • Lehigh University

  • H.D. Ou-Yang

    • Lehigh University

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• Traction forces associated with shape changes in migrating amoeboid cells

  ORAL

  March 16, 2009, 8:36 AM – March 16, 2009, 8:48 AM

  Authors

  • Baldomero Alonso-Latorre

    • University of California, San Diego

  • Juan C. del Alamo

    • University of California, San Diego

  • Effie Bastounis

    • University of California, San Diego

  • Rudolph Meili

    • University of California, San Diego

  • Richard Firtel

    • University of California, San Diego

  • Juan C. Lasheras

    • University of California, San Diego

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• Imaging spatiotemporal redistribution of cellular traction stresses during fibroblast migration on a physiologically relevant ECM mimic

  ORAL

  March 16, 2009, 8:48 AM – March 16, 2009, 9:00 AM

  Authors

  • Zhi Pan

    • Stony Brook University

  • Yajie Liu

    • Stony Brook University

  • Kaustabh Ghosh

    • Stony Brook University

  • Dhruv Nandamudi

    • Monta Vista High School

  • Danny Stemp

    • North Shore Hebrew Academy High School

  • Toshio Nakamura

    • Stony Brook University

  • Richard Clark

    • Stony Brook University

  • Miriam Rafailovich

    • Stony Brook University

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• Achieving in-vitro axonal polarization~by using micro-patterns

  ORAL

  March 16, 2009, 9:00 AM – March 16, 2009, 9:12 AM

  Authors

  • Sophie Roth

    • Institut Neel, MCBT et CRETA, CNRS Grenoble -- GIN, INSERM UMR 836

  • Jacques Brocard

    • GIN, INSERM UMR 836

  • Sylvie Gory-Faure

    • GIN, INSERM UMR 836

  • Catherine Villard

    • Institut Neel, MCBT et CRETA, CNRS Grenoble

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• Matrix rigidity optimizes the polarization of stem cells

  ORAL

  March 16, 2009, 9:12 AM – March 16, 2009, 9:24 AM

  Authors

  • Assaf Zemel

    • Institute of Dental Sciences, the Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, 91120, Israel

  • Florian Rehfeldt

    • Georg-August University, III. Physics Institute, Friedrich-Hund-Platz 1, 37077 G\"ottingen, Germany

  • Andre Brown

    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA

  • Dennis Discher

    • MRSEC, University of Pennsylvania
    • University of Pennsylvania
    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA

  • Samuel Safran

    • Dept. Materials and Interfaces, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel 76100
    • Department of Materials and Interfaces,Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel

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• Structure at the Leading Edge

  ORAL

  March 16, 2009, 9:24 AM – March 16, 2009, 9:36 AM

  Authors

  • D. A. Quint

    • Syracuse University

  • J. M. Schwarz

    • Syracuse University

  • M. C. Marchetti

    • Syracuse University

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• Chemotactic strategy of Vibrio alginolyticus studied with an optical trap

  ORAL

  March 16, 2009, 9:36 AM – March 16, 2009, 9:48 AM

  Authors

  • Suddhashil Chattopadhyay

    • University of Pittsburgh

  • Tuba Altindal

    • University of Pittsburgh

  • Xie Li

    • University of Pittsburgh

  • X.L. Wu

    • University of Pittsburgh
    • Univ.of Pittsburgh

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• Chemotaxis in Marine Bacterium Vibrio alginolyticus

  ORAL

  March 16, 2009, 9:48 AM – March 16, 2009, 10:00 AM

  Authors

  • Xie Li

    • University of Pittsburgh

  • Suddhashil Chattopadhyay

    • University of Pittsburgh

  • Tuba Altindal

    • University of Pittsburgh

  • X.L. Wu

    • University of Pittsburgh
    • Univ.of Pittsburgh

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• The flagellar ``flick'': direction randomization in single falgellated cells of V. alginolyticus

  ORAL

  March 16, 2009, 10:00 AM – March 16, 2009, 10:12 AM

  Authors

  • Suddhashil Chattopadhyay

    • University of Pittsburgh

  • Tuba Altindal

    • University of Pittsburgh

  • Xie Li

    • University of Pittsburgh

  • X.L. Wu

    • University of Pittsburgh
    • Univ.of Pittsburgh

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• Probing the Dynamics of Cellular Traction Forces with Magnetic Micropost Arrays

  ORAL

  March 16, 2009, 10:12 AM – March 16, 2009, 10:24 AM

  Authors

  • Corinne Kramer

    • Johns Hopkins University

  • Christopher Chen

    • University of Pennsylvania

  • Daniel Reich

    • Johns Hopkins University

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• Differential cellular response to linear and strain-stiffening hydrogel substrates

  ORAL

  March 16, 2009, 10:24 AM – March 16, 2009, 10:36 AM

  Authors

  • Jessamine P. Winer

    • University of Pennsylvania

  • Shaina A. Oake

    • University of Pennsylvania

  • Bethany C. Baumann

    • University of Pennsylvania

  • Paul A. Janmey

    • University of Pennsylvania
    • Departments of Physics and Astronomy, and Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania

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• Elasticity of the eye's crystalline lens: A Brillouin light scattering study.

  ORAL

  March 16, 2009, 10:36 AM – March 16, 2009, 10:48 AM

  Authors

  • S. Bailey

    • Department of Physics, The Ohio State University

  • J. Gump

    • Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head, MD

  • R. Sooryakumar

    • Department of Physics, The Ohio State University

  • C. Jayaprakash

    • Department of Physics, The Ohio State University

  • M.S. Venkiteshwar

    • Department of Optometry, The Ohio State University

  • M. Bullimore

    • Department of Optometry, The Ohio State University

  • M. Twa

    • College of Optometry, University of Houston

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• Physical Description of Mitotic Spindle Orientation During Cell Division

  ORAL

  March 16, 2009, 10:48 AM – March 16, 2009, 11:00 AM

  Authors

  • Andrea Jim\'enez-Dalmaroni

    • University College London, UK

  • Manuel Th\'ery

    • Laboratoire Biopuces CEA, Grenoble, France

  • Victor Racine

    • Institut Curie, Paris, France

  • Michel Bornens

    • Institut Curie, Paris, France

  • Frank J\"ulicher

    • Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden, Germany

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