Focus Session: Cytoskeleton and Biomechanics - Forced Dynamics

Presentations

• Dynamics of focals adhesions modulates active cellular response

  ORAL

  Feb. 29, 2012, 2:30 PM – Feb. 29, 2012, 2:42 PM

  Authors

  • Moumita Das

    • Syracuse University
    • Department of Physics, Syracuse University
    • Physics Department, Syracuse University

  • Shiladitya Banerjee

    • Department of Physics, Syracuse University
    • Syracuse University

  • M. Cristina Marchetti

    • Department of Physics, Syracuse University
    • Physics Department \& Syracuse Biomaterials Institute, Syracuse University

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• 3D Neutrophil Tractions in Changing Microenvironments

  ORAL

  Feb. 29, 2012, 2:42 PM – Feb. 29, 2012, 2:54 PM

  Authors

  • Jennet Toyjanova

    • Graduate Student, School of Engineering, Brown University, Providence, RI

  • Estefany Flores

    • Research Asisstant, Department of Surgery, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI

  • Jonathan Reichner

    • Department of Surgery, Rhode Island Hospital and the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence

  • Christian Franck

    • School of Engineering, Brown University, Providence, RI

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• Force transmission through intercellular fluid transfer

  ORAL

  Feb. 29, 2012, 2:54 PM – Feb. 29, 2012, 3:06 PM

  Authors

  • Steven Zehnder

    • University of Florida

  • Jolie Breaux

    • University of Florida

  • Alison Dunn

    • University of Florida

  • Gregory Sawyer

    • University of Florida

  • Thomas Angelini

    • University of Florida

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• Forcing it on: Cytoskeletal dynamics during lymphocyte activation

  COFFEE_KLATCH · Invited

  Feb. 29, 2012, 3:06 PM – Feb. 29, 2012, 3:42 PM

  Authors

  • Arpita Upadhyaya

    • University of Maryland
    • Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park

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• Aging phenomena in a network model of the cytoskeleton

  ORAL

  Feb. 29, 2012, 3:42 PM – Feb. 29, 2012, 3:54 PM

  Authors

  • Nasrin Afzal

    • Virginia Tech

  • Michel Pleimling

    • Virginia Tech
    • Department of Physics, Virginia Tech

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• Mechanical interactions may explain synchronized growth of cytoskeletal actin networks in motile cells

  ORAL

  Feb. 29, 2012, 3:54 PM – Feb. 29, 2012, 4:06 PM

  Authors

  • Antonio DeSimone

    • SISSA-International School for Advanced Studies

  • Luca Cardamone

    • SISSA-International School for Advanced Studies

  • Alessandro Laio

    • SISSA-International School for Advanced Studies
    • Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA)

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• Investigations of biomechanical activity of macrophages during phagocytosis

  ORAL

  Feb. 29, 2012, 4:06 PM – Feb. 29, 2012, 4:18 PM

  Authors

  • Daniel Kovari

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Jennifer E. Curtis

    • Georgia Institute of Technology
    • School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology

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• Collective cell migration during inflammatory response

  ORAL

  Feb. 29, 2012, 4:18 PM – Feb. 29, 2012, 4:30 PM

  Authors

  • Di Wu

    • Fischell Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland

  • Kimberly Stroka

    • Fischell Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland

  • Helim Aranda-Espinoza

    • Fischell Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland
    • University of Maryland

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• Temperature dependence of optically induced cell deformations

  ORAL

  Feb. 29, 2012, 4:30 PM – Feb. 29, 2012, 4:42 PM

  Authors

  • Anatol Fritsch

    • University of Leipzig, Division of Soft Matter Physics

  • Tobias R. Kiessling

    • University of Leipzig, Division of Soft Matter Physics

  • Roland Stange

    • University of Leipzig, Division of Soft Matter Physics

  • Josef A. K\"as

    • University of Leipzig, Division of Soft Matter Physics
    • Institut f\"ur Experimentelle Physik I, Universit\"at Leipzig, D-04103, Leipzig, Germany

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• ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN

  Feb. 29, 2012, 4:42 PM – Feb. 29, 2012, 4:54 PM

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• Biomechanical changes in endothelial cells result from an inflammatory response

  ORAL

  Feb. 29, 2012, 4:54 PM – Feb. 29, 2012, 5:06 PM

  Authors

  • Janina Vaitkus

    • Fischell Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland

  • Kimberly Stroka

    • Fischell Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland

  • Helim Aranda-Espinoza

    • Fischell Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland
    • University of Maryland

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• Healing of small circular model wounds

  ORAL

  Feb. 29, 2012, 5:06 PM – Feb. 29, 2012, 5:18 PM

  Authors

  • Olivier Cochet

    • Laboratoire Physico-Chimie Curie, UMR168, Institut Curie/CNRS
    • Physico-Chimie Curie - UMR 168 - CNRS - Institut Curie

  • Philippe Marcq

    • Laboratoire Physico-Chimie Curie, UMR168, Institut Curie/CNRS

  • Jonas Ranft

    • Laboratoire Physico-Chimie Curie, UMR168, Institut Curie/CNRS

  • Myriam Reffay

    • Laboratoire Mati\`ere et Syst\`emes Complexes, Universit\'e Paris Diderot/CNRS

  • Axel Buguin

    • Laboratoire Physico-Chimie Curie, UMR168, Institut Curie/CNRS
    • Physico-Chimie Curie - UMR 168 - CNRS - Institut Curie

  • Pascal Silberzan

    • Laboratoire Physico-Chimie Curie, UMR168, Institut Curie/CNRS
    • Physico-Chimie Curie - UMR 168 - CNRS - Institut Curie

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• Mechanical coupling of smooth muscle cells using local and global stimulations

  ORAL

  Feb. 29, 2012, 5:18 PM – Feb. 29, 2012, 5:30 PM

  Authors

  • Craig Copeland

    • Johns Hopkins University

  • Christopher Chen

    • University of Pennsylvania

  • Daniel Reich

    • Johns Hopkins University

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