Biopolymers: Dynamics of Molecules Under Confinement, Networks, and Proteins

Presentations

• Tales told by tails: watching DNA driven through a random medium

  ORAL

  March 21, 2013, 8:00 AM – March 21, 2013, 8:12 AM

  Authors

  • Juan Guan

    • U of Illinois - Urbana Champaign

  • Bo Wang

    • Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    • U of Illinois - Urbana Champaign

  • Sung Chul Bae

    • University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
    • U of Illinois - Urbana Champaign
    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Steve Granick

    • University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
    • U of Illinois - Urbana Champaign
    • University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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• A localized transition in the size variation of circular DNA in nanoslits

  ORAL

  March 21, 2013, 8:12 AM – March 21, 2013, 8:24 AM

  Authors

  • Elizabeth A. Strychalski

    • National Institute of Standards and Technology

  • Samuel M. Stavis

    • NIST/CNST
    • National Institute of Standards and Technology

  • Jon Geist

    • National Institute of Standards and Technology

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• Analysis of conflicting experimental studies of DNA size in nanofluidic slits

  ORAL

  March 21, 2013, 8:24 AM – March 21, 2013, 8:36 AM

  Authors

  • Samuel M. Stavis

    • NIST/CNST
    • National Institute of Standards and Technology

  • Elizabeth A. Strychalski

    • NIST/MML

  • Brian J. Nablo

    • NIST/PML

  • Jon Geist

    • NIST/PML

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• Universal Regimes of Semiflexible Polymers Confined in a Channel

  ORAL

  March 21, 2013, 8:36 AM – March 21, 2013, 8:48 AM

  Authors

  • Douglas Tree

    • University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
    • University of Minnesota

  • Yanwei Wang

    • Soochow University

  • Kevin Dorfman

    • University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
    • University of Minnesota

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• Fluctuations, structural transitions, and escape of confined biopolymers

  ORAL

  March 21, 2013, 8:48 AM – March 21, 2013, 9:00 AM

  Authors

  • Aiqun Huang

    • University of Central Florida

  • Aniket Battacharya

    • University of Central Florida
    • University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816

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• Complex effects of molecular topology on diffusion in entangled biopolymer blends

  ORAL

  March 21, 2013, 9:00 AM – March 21, 2013, 9:12 AM

  Authors

  • Rae M. Robertson-Anderson

    • University of San Diego

  • Cole D. Chapman

    • University of California, San Diego

  • Sachin Shanbhag

    • Florida State University

  • Douglas E. Smith

    • University of California, San Diego

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• Direct imaging of entangled actin solutions

  ORAL

  March 21, 2013, 9:12 AM – March 21, 2013, 9:24 AM

  Authors

  • Chi Hang Boyce Tsang

    • University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Lingxiang Jiang

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Kejia Chen

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Bo Wang

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Steve Granick

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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• Casimir interactions between crosslinkers in semiflexible networks

  ORAL

  March 21, 2013, 9:24 AM – March 21, 2013, 9:36 AM

  Authors

  • Devin Kachan

    • University of California, Los Angeles

  • Robijn Bruinsma

    • University of California, Los Angeles
    • University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Physics and Astronomy

  • Alex Levine

    • Department of Chemistry \& Biochemistry and Department of Physics \& Astronomy, University of California at Los Angeles
    • UCLA
    • University of California, Los Angeles

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• Rheology of rigid rod -- flexible chain composite networks

  ORAL

  March 21, 2013, 9:36 AM – March 21, 2013, 9:48 AM

  Authors

  • Meenakshi M. Prabhune

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

  • Knut Heidemann

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

  • Florian Rehfeldt

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

  • Max Wardetzky

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

  • Christoph Schmidt

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

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• Cooperativity and redundancy in the mechanics of compositely crosslinked branched anisotropic cytoskeletal networks

  ORAL

  March 21, 2013, 9:48 AM – March 21, 2013, 10:00 AM

  Authors

  • Jennifer Schwarz

    • Syracuse University

  • Tao Zhang

    • Syracuse University

  • Moumita Das

    • Rochester Institute of Technology

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• Sacrificial bonds and hidden length in biomaterials -- a kinetic description of strength and toughness in bone

  ORAL

  March 21, 2013, 10:00 AM – March 21, 2013, 10:12 AM

  Authors

  • Charles K. C. Lieou

    • University of California, Santa Barbara

  • Ahmed E. Elbanna

    • University of California, Santa Barbara

  • Jean M. Carlson

    • University of California, Santa Barbara

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• Selectively Structural Determination of Cellulose and Hemicellulose in Plant Cell Wall

  ORAL

  March 21, 2013, 10:12 AM – March 21, 2013, 10:24 AM

  Authors

  • Shih-Chun Huang

    • Department of Chemical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University

  • Yong Bum Park

    • Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State University

  • Daniel Cosgrove

    • Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State University

  • Janna Maranas

    • Department of Chemical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University

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• Glass micro-wire tracks for guiding kinesin-powered gliding motion of microtubules

  ORAL

  March 21, 2013, 10:24 AM – March 21, 2013, 10:36 AM

  Authors

  • K. Kim

    • WPI-AIMR, Tohoku Univ
    • WPI-AIMR, Tohoku University

  • A. L. Liao

    • WPI-AIMR, Tohoku Univ; Materials Science and Engineering, Texas A\&M Univ

  • A. Sikora

    • WPI-AIMR, Tohoku Univ

  • D. Oliveira

    • WPI-AIMR, Tohoku Univ

  • M. Umetsu

    • WPI-AIMR, Tohoku Univ; Dept of Biomolecular Engineering, Tohoku Univ

  • I. Kumagai

    • Dept of Biomolecular Engineering, Tohoku Univ

  • T. Adschiri

    • WPI-AIMR, Tohoku Univ

  • W. Hwang

    • Materials Science and Engineering and Dept of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A\&M Univ

  • W. Teizer

    • WPI-AIMR, Tohoku Univ; Materials Science and Engineering and Dept of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A\&M Univ

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• Nanotransport Using The Kinesin Motor Protein

  ORAL

  March 21, 2013, 10:36 AM – March 21, 2013, 10:48 AM

  Authors

  • A. Sikora

    • WPI-AIMR, Tohoku University, Japan

  • J. Ramon-Azcon

    • WPI-AIMR, Tohoku University, Japan

  • D. Oliveira

    • WPI-AIMR, Tohoku University, Japan

  • K. Kim

    • WPI-AIMR, Tohoku University, Japan

  • A.L. Liao

    • WPI-AIMR, Tohoku University, Japan and Materials Science and Engineering, Texas A\&M University

  • M. Umestu

    • WPI-AIMR, Tohoku University, Japan

  • T. Adschiri

    • WPI-AIMR, Tohoku University, Japan

  • I. Kumagai

    • Department of Biomolecular Engineering, Tohoku University, Japan

  • W. Hwang

    • Materials Science and Engineering; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A\&M University

  • W. Teizer

    • WPI-AIMR, Tohoku University, Japan; Materials Science and Engineering and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A\&M University

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• On the assembly of kinesin-based nanotransport systems

  ORAL

  March 21, 2013, 10:48 AM – March 21, 2013, 11:00 AM

  Authors

  • Daniel Oliveira

    • WPI-AIMR, Tohoku University, Japan

  • Domyoung Kim

    • Department of Biomolecular Engineering, Tohoku University, Japan

  • Mitsuo Umetsu

    • Department of Biomolecular Engineering, Tohoku University, Japan; WPI-AIMR, Tohoku University, Japan

  • Tadafumi Adschiri

    • WPI-AIMR, Tohoku University, Japan
    • WPI-Advanced Institute for Materials Research (WPI-AIMR), Tohoku University

  • W. Teizer

    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A\&M University, USA; WPI-AIMR, Tohoku University, Japan
    • Texas A\&M University Materials Science \& Engineering,Texas A\&M University Department of Physics \& Astronomy, WPI-AIMR Tohoku University

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