Focus Session: Mechanics of Cells and Biological Networks I

Presentations

• Mechanics of composite cytoskeletal and extracellular networks

  COFFEE_KLATCH · Invited

  March 3, 2014, 8:00 AM – March 3, 2014, 8:36 AM

  Authors

  • Moumita Das

    • Rochester Institute of Technology
    • Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
    • School of Physics \& Astronomy, Rochester Institute of Technology

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• Modeling the role of nuclear mechanics in determining cell shape and motility through microfluidic channels

  ORAL

  March 3, 2014, 8:36 AM – March 3, 2014, 8:48 AM

  Authors

  • Jake Shechter

    • Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY

  • Kara Maki

    • Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY

  • Moumita Das

    • Rochester Institute of Technology
    • Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
    • School of Physics \& Astronomy, Rochester Institute of Technology

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• Dynamic contact guidance of migrating cells

  ORAL

  March 3, 2014, 8:48 AM – March 3, 2014, 9:00 AM

  Authors

  • Wolfgang Losert

    • University of Maryland
    • Univ of Maryland-College Park
    • University of Maryland College Park
    • University of Maryland, College Park

  • Xiaoyu Sun

    • University of Maryland College Park

  • Can Guven

    • University of Maryland College Park

  • Meghan Driscoll

    • University of Maryland College Park

  • John Fourkas

    • University of Maryland College Park

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• Fc-receptor induced cell spreading during frustrated phagocytosis in J774A.1 macrophages

  ORAL

  March 3, 2014, 9:00 AM – March 3, 2014, 9:12 AM

  Authors

  • Daniel Kovari

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Jennifer Curtis

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

  • Wenbin Wei

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

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• Silk Electrogel Rheology

  ORAL

  March 3, 2014, 9:12 AM – March 3, 2014, 9:24 AM

  Authors

  • A.P. Tabatabai

    • Department of Physics, Georgetown University

  • J.S. Urbach

    • Department of Physics, Georgetown University

  • D.L. Blair

    • Department of Physics, Georgetown University

  • D.L. Kaplan

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University

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• Nonlinear intracellular elasticity controlled by myosin-generated fluctuating stress

  ORAL

  March 3, 2014, 9:24 AM – March 3, 2014, 9:36 AM

  Authors

  • Ming-Tzo Wei

    • Lehigh University

  • H. Daniel Ou-Yang

    • Lehigh University

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• Structure-function relations in cartilage under shear: Does fiber organization matter?

  ORAL

  March 3, 2014, 9:36 AM – March 3, 2014, 9:48 AM

  Authors

  • Moumita Das

    • Rochester Institute of Technology
    • Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
    • School of Physics \& Astronomy, Rochester Institute of Technology

  • Jesse Silverberg

    • Physics Department, Cornell University

  • Aliyah Barrett

    • Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University

  • Poul Peterson

    • Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University

  • Lawrence Bonassar

    • Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University

  • Itai Cohen

    • Physics Department, Cornell University

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• Strain stiffening and stress heterogeneities in sheared collagen networks

  COFFEE_KLATCH · Invited

  March 3, 2014, 9:48 AM – March 3, 2014, 10:24 AM

  Authors

  • Jeffrey Urbach

    • Georgetown University

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• Longitudinal fluctuations and higher cumulants of biopolymers in the strong stretching limit

  ORAL

  March 3, 2014, 10:24 AM – March 3, 2014, 10:36 AM

  Authors

  • Lipeng Lai

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Singapore University of Technology and Design

  • Jianshu Cao

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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• Universal Crossover Dynamics of a Semi-Flexible Polymer in Two Dimensions

  ORAL

  March 3, 2014, 10:36 AM – March 3, 2014, 10:48 AM

  Authors

  • Aniket Bhattacharya

    • University of Central Florida

  • Aiqun Huang

    • University of Central Florida

  • Ramesh Adhikari

    • University of Central Florida

  • Kurt Binder

    • Johannes Gutenberg-Universit\"at Mainz

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• Conformations and Transverse Fluctuations of a Semi-Flexible Chain in Two Dimensions

  ORAL

  March 3, 2014, 10:48 AM – March 3, 2014, 11:00 AM

  Authors

  • Aiqun Huang

    • University of Central Florida

  • Aniket Bhattacharya

    • University of Central Florida

  • Kurt Binder

    • Johannes Gutenberg-Universit\"at Mainz

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