Focus Session: Physics of the Cytoskeleton I

Presentations

• Filament turnover kinetics determine the mechanical relaxation of entangled F-actin solutions

  ORAL

  March 20, 2013, 8:00 AM – March 20, 2013, 8:12 AM

  Authors

  • Patrick M. McCall

    • Department of Physics and the James Franck Institute, University of Chicago

  • David R. Kovar

    • Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology \& Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chicago

  • Margaret L. Gardel

    • University of Chicago
    • Department of Physics, the James Franck Institute, \& the Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, University of Chicago

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• Measuring actin dynamics during phagocytosis using photo-switchable fluorescence

  ORAL

  March 20, 2013, 8:12 AM – March 20, 2013, 8:24 AM

  Authors

  • Daniel T. Kovari

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Jennifer E. Curtis

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

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• Model of Yeast Actin Cable Distribution and Dynamics

  ORAL

  March 20, 2013, 8:24 AM – March 20, 2013, 8:36 AM

  Authors

  • Haosu Tang

    • Lehigh University

  • Dimitrios Vavylonis

    • Lehigh University

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• Myosin II Dynamics during Embryo Morphogenesis

  COFFEE_KLATCH · Invited

  March 20, 2013, 8:36 AM – March 20, 2013, 9:12 AM

  Authors

  • Karen Kasza

    • Sloan-Kettering Institute

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• Model of Capping Protein and Arp2/3 Complex Turnover in the Lamellipodium Based on Single Molecule Statistics

  ORAL

  March 20, 2013, 9:12 AM – March 20, 2013, 9:24 AM

  Authors

  • Laura McMillen

    • Lehigh University

  • Matthew Smith

    • UCL London/Max Planck Institure-CBG Dresden

  • Dimitrios Vavylonis

    • Lehigh University

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• Effect of surface topography on actin dynamics and receptor clustering in B cells

  ORAL

  March 20, 2013, 9:24 AM – March 20, 2013, 9:36 AM

  Authors

  • Christina Ketchum

    • University of Maryland - College Park

  • Xiaoyu Sun

    • University of Maryland - College Park

  • Wenxia Song

    • University of Maryland - College Park

  • John Fourkas

    • University of Maryland
    • University of Maryland - College Park

  • Arpita Upadhyaya

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

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• Biomimetic active emulsions capture cell dynamics and direct bio-inspired materials

  ORAL

  March 20, 2013, 9:36 AM – March 20, 2013, 9:48 AM

  Authors

  • Allen Ehrlicher

    • Harvard University

  • Esther Amstad

    • Harvard University

  • Jana Segmehl

    • Harvard University

  • Fumihiko Nakamura

    • Harvard Medical School

  • Thomas Stossel

    • Harvard Medical School

  • Martin Pollak

    • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

  • David Weitz

    • Harvard University
    • Dept. of Physics \& SEAS, Harvard University
    • Physics Department and SEAS Harvard University

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• Eukaryotic and Prokaryotic Cytoskeletons: Structure and Mechanics

  COFFEE_KLATCH · Invited

  March 20, 2013, 9:48 AM – March 20, 2013, 10:24 AM

  Authors

  • Ajay Gopinathan

    • University of California Merced
    • University of California, Merced

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• Cell shape can mediate the spatial organization of the bacterial cytoskeleton

  ORAL

  March 20, 2013, 10:24 AM – March 20, 2013, 10:36 AM

  Authors

  • Siyuan Wang

    • Harvard University

  • Ned Wingreen

    • Princeton University

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• Elastic behavior of vimentin intermediate filament networks

  ORAL

  March 20, 2013, 10:36 AM – March 20, 2013, 10:48 AM

  Authors

  • Huayin Wu

    • Harvard University

  • Eliza Morris

    • Harvard University

  • David Weitz

    • Harvard University

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• Biopolymer Networks: Simulations of Rigid Rods Connected by Wormlike Chains

  ORAL

  March 20, 2013, 10:48 AM – March 20, 2013, 11:00 AM

  Authors

  • Knut M. Heidemann

    • Department for Numerical and Applied Mathematics, Georg August University Goettingen

  • Meenakshi M. Prabhune

    • Third Institute of Physics - Biophysics, Georg August University, G\"ottingen
    • Third Institute of Physics - Biophysics, Georg August University Goettingen

  • Florian Rehfeldt

    • Third Institute of Physics - Biophysics, Georg August University Goettingen

  • Max Wardetzky

    • Department for Numerical and Applied Mathematics, Georg August University, G\"ottingen
    • Department for Numerical and Applied Mathematics, Georg August University Goettingen

  • Christoph F. Schmidt

    • Third Institute of Physics - Biophysics, Georg August University Goettingen

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