Focus Session: Active Soft Matter II - Dynamical Response

Presentations

• Active nematics of flat and spherical surfaces

  COFFEE_KLATCH · Invited

  March 4, 2014, 11:15 AM – March 4, 2014, 11:51 AM

  Authors

  • Zvonimir Dogic

    • Brandeis University
    • Brandeis University, Dept. of Physics

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• Visualization of the material response in an actomyosin network at the onset of internal motor activity

  ORAL

  March 4, 2014, 11:51 AM – March 4, 2014, 12:03 PM

  Authors

  • Samantha Stam

    • Biophysical Sciences Graduate Program, University of Chicago

  • Margaret L. Gardel

    • The University of Chicago
    • James Franck Institute, University of Chicago
    • Dept. of Physics, University of Chicago
    • Department of Physics, University of Chicago
    • MRSEC and The James Franck Institute, University of Chicago, IL 60637

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• Quantifying actin wave modulation on periodic topography

  ORAL

  March 4, 2014, 12:03 PM – March 4, 2014, 12:15 PM

  Authors

  • Can Guven

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

  • Meghan Driscoll

    • University of Maryland College Park

  • Xiaoyu Sun

    • University of Maryland College Park

  • Joshua Parker

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

  • John Fourkas

    • University of Maryland College Park

  • Anders Carlsson

    • Washington University St. Louis

  • Wolfgang Losert

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

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• Characterizing tunable dynamics in an active gel

  ORAL

  March 4, 2014, 12:15 PM – March 4, 2014, 12:27 PM

  Authors

  • Gil Henkin

    • Brandeis University

  • Stephen DeCamp

    • Brandeis University
    • Brandeis University, Dept. of Physics

  • Daniel Chen

    • Brandeis University
    • Brandeis University, Dept. of Physics

  • Zvonimir Dogic

    • Brandeis University
    • Brandeis University, Dept. of Physics

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• Tuning mechanical relaxation through the regulation of non-equilibrium actin assembly

  ORAL

  March 4, 2014, 12:27 PM – March 4, 2014, 12:39 PM

  Authors

  • Patrick M. McCall

    • Dept. of Physics, University of Chicago

  • David R. Kovar

    • Depts. of MGCB and BMB, University of Chicago

  • Margaret L. Gardel

    • The University of Chicago
    • James Franck Institute, University of Chicago
    • Dept. of Physics, University of Chicago
    • Department of Physics, University of Chicago
    • MRSEC and The James Franck Institute, University of Chicago, IL 60637

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• Non-equilibrium States of Active Filament Networks

  ORAL

  March 4, 2014, 12:39 PM – March 4, 2014, 12:51 PM

  Authors

  • Robert A. Blackwell

    • Univ of Colorado - Boulder
    • University of Colorado Boulder

  • Meredith D. Betterton

    • University of Colorado Boulder
    • University of Colorado at Boulder
    • Univ of Colorado - Boulder

  • Oliver M. Sweezy

    • Univ of Colorado - Boulder

  • Matthew A. Glaser

    • Univ of Colorado - Boulder
    • University of Colorado Boulder
    • University of Colorado, Boulder

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• Dynamics and rheological applications of chiral nanostructures

  ORAL

  March 4, 2014, 12:51 PM – March 4, 2014, 1:03 PM

  Authors

  • Arijit Ghosh

    • Department of Electrical Communication Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

  • Ambarish Ghosh

    • Department of Physics; Centre for Nano Science \& Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

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• Confocal Rheometry of Active Networks

  ORAL

  March 4, 2014, 1:03 PM – March 4, 2014, 1:15 PM

  Authors

  • Daniel Chen

    • Brandeis University
    • Brandeis University, Dept. of Physics

  • Stephen DeCamp

    • Brandeis University
    • Brandeis University, Dept. of Physics

  • Daniel Blair

    • Georgetown University, Dept. of Physics
    • Georgetown University

  • Zvonimir Dogic

    • Brandeis University
    • Brandeis University, Dept. of Physics

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• Chain-configuration dependent rheological properties in transient networks

  ORAL

  March 4, 2014, 1:15 PM – March 4, 2014, 1:27 PM

  Authors

  • Michelle Sing

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Zhen-Gang Wang

    • California Institute of Technology
    • Cal Inst of Tech (Caltech)
    • Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology

  • Gareth McKinley

    • MIT
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Bradley Olsen

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • Massachusetts Inst of Tech-MIT

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• Effects of filament rigidity in myosin II-induced actin network contractility and dynamics

  ORAL

  March 4, 2014, 1:27 PM – March 4, 2014, 1:39 PM

  Authors

  • Kimberly Weirich

    • James Franck Institute, University of Chicago

  • Margaret L. Gardel

    • The University of Chicago
    • James Franck Institute, University of Chicago
    • Dept. of Physics, University of Chicago
    • Department of Physics, University of Chicago
    • MRSEC and The James Franck Institute, University of Chicago, IL 60637

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• Defect Dynamics in Active 2D Nematic Liquid Crystals

  ORAL

  March 4, 2014, 1:39 PM – March 4, 2014, 1:51 PM

  Authors

  • Stephen DeCamp

    • Brandeis University
    • Brandeis University, Dept. of Physics

  • Gabriel Redner

    • Brandeis University

  • Michael Hagan

    • Brandeis University
    • Brandeis

  • Zvonimir Dogic

    • Brandeis University
    • Brandeis University, Dept. of Physics

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• Simulation Study of Defect Dynamics in an Extensile Active Nematic

  ORAL

  March 4, 2014, 1:51 PM – March 4, 2014, 2:03 PM

  Authors

  • Gabriel Redner

    • Brandeis University

  • Aparna Baskaran

    • Brandeis University

  • Michael Hagan

    • Brandeis University
    • Brandeis

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• Living liquid crystal: collective bacteria motion in anisotropic viscoelastic media

  ORAL

  March 4, 2014, 2:03 PM – March 4, 2014, 2:15 PM

  Authors

  • Shuang Zhou

    • Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242

  • Andrey Sokolov

    • Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL60439

  • Oleg D. Lavrentovich

    • Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University
    • Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University, Kent. OH 44240
    • Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242

  • Igor S. Aranson

    • Argonne National Laboratory
    • Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL60439

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