Focus Session: Active Biopolymers and Biomaterials

Presentations

• Connecting Atomic Structures with Continuum Mechanics in Cytoskeletal Polymers

  COFFEE_KLATCH · Invited

  March 21, 2011, 8:00 AM – March 21, 2011, 8:36 AM

  Authors

  • David Sept

    • University of Michigan

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• The Interplay of Nonlinearity and Architecture and Nonequilibrium Dynamics in Cytoskeletal Mechanics

  ORAL

  March 21, 2011, 8:36 AM – March 21, 2011, 8:48 AM

  Authors

  • Shenshen Wang

    • Dept of Physics, UCSD

  • Tongye Shen

    • Dept of Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology, Univ. of Tennessee

  • Peter Wolynes

    • University of California, San Diego
    • Dept of Physics, Dept of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCSD

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• Buckling of Branched Cytoskeletal Filaments

  ORAL

  March 21, 2011, 8:48 AM – March 21, 2011, 9:00 AM

  Authors

  • D.A. Quint

    • Syracuse University

  • J.M. Schwarz

    • Physics Department, Syracuse University
    • Syracuse University

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• ``Twist-state" transitions in parallel actin bundles induced by crosslinking proteins

  ORAL

  March 21, 2011, 9:00 AM – March 21, 2011, 9:12 AM

  Authors

  • Homin Shin

    • UMass Amherst
    • University of Massachusetts Amherst

  • Gregory Grason

    • Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
    • University of Massachusetts Amherst

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• Elasticity of a cross-linked active bundle

  ORAL

  March 21, 2011, 9:12 AM – March 21, 2011, 9:24 AM

  Authors

  • Silke Henkes

    • Syracuse University

  • Tanniemola B. Liverpool

    • University of Bristol

  • M. Cristina Marchetti

    • Syracuse University

  • A. Alan Middleton

    • Syracuse University

  • J.M. Schwarz

    • Physics Department, Syracuse University
    • Syracuse University

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• Bursts of active transport in living cells

  ORAL

  March 21, 2011, 9:24 AM – March 21, 2011, 9:36 AM

  Authors

  • Bo Wang

    • UIUC
    • University of Illinois

  • James Kuo

    • UIUC
    • University of Illinois

  • Sung Chul Bae

    • UIUC
    • University of Illinois

  • Steve Granick

    • University of Illinois

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• Mechanically Activated Motion of a Single Self-Propelled Polymeric Microcapsule

  ORAL

  March 21, 2011, 9:36 AM – March 21, 2011, 9:48 AM

  Authors

  • German Kolmakov

    • University of Pittsburgh
    • Chemical Engineering Department, University of Pittsburgh
    • Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh

  • Alexander Schaefer

    • Chemical Engineering Department, University of Pittsburgh

  • Igor Aranson

    • Argonne National Lab
    • Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory

  • Anna Balazs

    • University of Pittsburgh
    • Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh
    • Chemical Engineering Department, University of Pittsburgh
    • Chemical Engineering Department, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 15261

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• Coarse-grained models for biological simulations

  ORAL

  March 21, 2011, 9:48 AM – March 21, 2011, 10:00 AM

  Authors

  • Zhe Wu

    • UW Madison

  • Qiang Cui

    • UW Madison

  • Arun Yethiraj

    • University of Wisconsin Madison
    • University of Wisconsin
    • UW Madison

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• Guided Transport of a Transmembrane Nanochannel

  ORAL

  March 21, 2011, 10:00 AM – March 21, 2011, 10:12 AM

  Authors

  • Meenakshi Dutt

    • University of Pittsburgh

  • Olga Kuksenok

    • University of Pittsburgh

  • Anna Balazs

    • University of Pittsburgh
    • Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh
    • Chemical Engineering Department, University of Pittsburgh
    • Chemical Engineering Department, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 15261

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• Accidental Interactions and Purposeful Flaws in Polymer Brushes: Variations in Bioadhesive Mechanisms

  COFFEE_KLATCH · Invited

  March 21, 2011, 10:12 AM – March 21, 2011, 10:48 AM

  Authors

  • Maria Santore

    • University of Massachusetts

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• Nanoparticle Self-Lighting Photodynamic Therapy For Cancer Treatment

  ORAL

  March 21, 2011, 10:48 AM – March 21, 2011, 11:00 AM

  Authors

  • Wei Chen

    • Department of Physics, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX 760190059
    • University of Texas at Arlington

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