Cellular Biomechanics

Presentations

• Dynamics of Traction Force Reinforcement in Smooth Muscle Cells

  ORAL

  March 17, 2010, 2:30 PM – March 17, 2010, 2:42 PM

  Authors

  • Yi-Chia Lin

    • Johns Hopkins University

  • Corinne Kramer

    • Johns Hopkins University

  • Christopher Chen

    • University of Pennsylvania

  • Daniel Reich

    • Johns Hopkins University

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• Mechanics of Anisotropic Semiflexible Gels

  ORAL

  March 17, 2010, 2:42 PM – March 17, 2010, 2:54 PM

  Authors

  • Andrew Missel

    • UCLA
    • Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCLA

  • Mo Bai

    • UCLA
    • Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, UCLA

  • William Klug

    • UCLA
    • Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, UCLA

  • Alex Levine

    • University of California, Los Angeles
    • UCLA
    • Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCLA
    • Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles
    • Department of Chemistry \& Biochemistry and The California Nanosystems Institute, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA

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• Intracellular mechanical properties of living cells

  ORAL

  March 17, 2010, 2:54 PM – March 17, 2010, 3:06 PM

  Authors

  • Ming-Tzo Wei

    • Lehigh University

  • H. Daniel Ou-Yang

    • Lehigh University

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• The size, shape, and dynamics of cellular blebs

  ORAL

  March 17, 2010, 3:06 PM – March 17, 2010, 3:18 PM

  Authors

  • Keng-Hwee Chiam

    • A*STAR Institute of High Performance Computing

  • Fong Yin Lim

    • A*STAR Institute of High Performance Computing

  • L. Mahadevan

    • Harvard University

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• ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN

  March 17, 2010, 3:18 PM – March 17, 2010, 3:30 PM

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• Effect of cell mechanics on instantaneous molecular bond force and measured kinetic parameters

  ORAL

  March 17, 2010, 3:30 PM – March 17, 2010, 3:42 PM

  Authors

  • Vijay Gupta

    • UMBC

  • Charles Eggleton

    • University of Maryland Baltimore County
    • UMBC

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• Probing non-Newtonian cell-matrix interactions with a confocal rheometer

  ORAL

  March 17, 2010, 3:42 PM – March 17, 2010, 3:54 PM

  Authors

  • Ryan McAllister

    • Georgetown Univeristy

  • Richard Arevalo

    • Georgetown University

  • Daniel Koch

    • Georgetown University

  • Jeffrey Urbach

    • Department of Physics, Georgetown University
    • Georgetown University

  • Susette Mueller

    • Georgetown University

  • Daniel Blair

    • Georgetown Univeristy
    • Department of Physics, Georgetown University
    • Georgetown University

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• Cell migration at the edge of a cliff

  ORAL

  March 17, 2010, 3:54 PM – March 17, 2010, 4:06 PM

  Authors

  • Wolfgang Losert

    • University of Maryland

  • Colin McCann

    • University of Maryland and the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health
    • University of Maryland

  • Rael Kopace

    • University of Maryland

  • Tess Homann

    • University of Twente
    • University of Maryland

  • Meghan Driscoll

    • University of Maryland

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• A Bio-Mechanical Model for Dictyostelium Motility

  ORAL

  March 17, 2010, 4:06 PM – March 17, 2010, 4:18 PM

  Authors

  • Mathias Buenemann

    • UC San Diego

  • Herbert Levine

    • UCSD
    • UC San Diego
    • CTBP,UCSD
    • CTBP, UCSD
    • University of California, San Diego

  • Leonard M. Sander

    • Department of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI
    • University of Michigan

  • Wouter-Jan Rappel

    • UC San Diego
    • CTBP, UCSD

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• Feeling for Cells with Light: Illuminating the Role of Biomechanics for Tumor Progession

  ORAL

  March 17, 2010, 4:18 PM – March 17, 2010, 4:30 PM

  Authors

  • Josef A. Kas

    • Division of Soft Matter Physics, Institute of Experimental Physics I, University of Leipzig
    • Division of Soft Matter Physics, Institute for Experimental Physics I, University of Leipzig

  • Anatol Fritsch

    • Division of Soft Matter Physics, Institute for Experimental Physics I, University of Leipzig

  • Franziska Wetzel

    • Division of Soft Matter Physics, Institute for Experimental Physics I, University of Leipzig

  • Tobias Kiessling

    • Division of Soft Matter Physics, Institute for Experimental Physics I, University of Leipzig

  • Kenechukwu D. Nnetu

    • Division of Soft Matter Physics, Institute for Experimental Physics I, University of Leipzig

  • Mareike Zink

    • Division of Soft Matter Physics, Institute for Experimental Physics I, University of Leipzig

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• Forward ray tracing method for simulating transient cell optical deformation

  ORAL

  March 17, 2010, 4:30 PM – March 17, 2010, 4:42 PM

  Authors

  • Ihab Sraj

    • University of Maryland Baltimore County

  • David Marr

    • Colorado School of Mines

  • Charles Eggleton

    • University of Maryland Baltimore County
    • UMBC

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• Polydispersity in semiflexible networks: Implications for mechanics of the cytoskeleton

  ORAL

  March 17, 2010, 4:42 PM – March 17, 2010, 4:54 PM

  Authors

  • Mo Bai

    • UCLA
    • Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, UCLA

  • Andrew Missel

    • UCLA
    • Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCLA

  • William Klug

    • UCLA
    • Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, UCLA

  • Alex Levine

    • University of California, Los Angeles
    • UCLA
    • Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCLA
    • Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles
    • Department of Chemistry \& Biochemistry and The California Nanosystems Institute, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA

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• Effects of motor-induced stresses and pre-stress on the elasticity of semiflexible cytoskeletal networks

  ORAL

  March 17, 2010, 4:54 PM – March 17, 2010, 5:06 PM

  Authors

  • William Klug

    • UCLA
    • Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, UCLA

  • Andrew Missel

    • UCLA
    • Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCLA

  • Mo Bai

    • UCLA
    • Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, UCLA

  • Alex Levine

    • University of California, Los Angeles
    • UCLA
    • Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCLA
    • Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles
    • Department of Chemistry \& Biochemistry and The California Nanosystems Institute, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA

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• Insights into the Cell Shape Dynamics of Migrating \textit{Dictyostelium discoideum}

  ORAL

  March 17, 2010, 5:06 PM – March 17, 2010, 5:18 PM

  Authors

  • Meghan Driscoll

    • University of Maryland

  • Tess Homann

    • University of Twente
    • University of Maryland

  • Colin McCann

    • University of Maryland and the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health
    • University of Maryland

  • Carole Parent

    • National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health

  • John Fourkas

    • University of Maryland

  • Wolfgang Losert

    • University of Maryland

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• Spectroscopic Studies of High Pressure Effects on Single Erythrocytes

  ORAL

  March 17, 2010, 5:18 PM – March 17, 2010, 5:30 PM

  Authors

  • Silki Arora

    • Department of Physics and College of Optics and Photonics, University of Central Florida

  • Sang Hoon Park

    • Department of Physics and College of Optics and Photonics, University of Central Florida

  • Lawrence Ayong

    • Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Central Florida

  • Debopam Chakrabarti

    • Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Central Florida

  • Alfons Schulte

    • UCF Orlando
    • Department of Physics and College of Optics and Photonics, University of Central Florida

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• Measurement of spatio-temporal transport in live cells

  ORAL

  March 17, 2010, 5:30 PM – March 17, 2010, 5:42 PM

  Authors

  • Ru Wang

    • Beckman Institute, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana and Champaign

  • Zhuo Wang

    • Beckman Institute, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana and Champaign

  • Larry Millet

    • Dept. of Cell and Developmental Biology, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Martha U. Gillette

    • Dept. of Cell and Developmental Biology, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Gabriel Popescu

    • Beckman Institute, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana and Champaign
    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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