Mechanics of Biopolymers: Networks and Assemblies

Presentations

• Rheology and nonlinear mechanics of transiently cross linked semiflexible networks: Bundling, ripping, healing, and mechnomemory

  COFFEE_KLATCH · Invited

  March 17, 2016, 11:15 AM – March 17, 2016, 11:51 AM

  Authors

  • Alex Levine

    • UCLA

  View abstract →

• A coarse-grained model of microtubule self-assembly

  ORAL

  March 17, 2016, 11:51 AM – March 17, 2016, 12:03 PM

  Authors

  • Chola Regmi

    • Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

  • Shengfeng Cheng

    • Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
    • Department of Physics & Macromolecules and Interfaces Institute, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

  View abstract →

• Molecular Simulations of Actomyosin Network Self-Assembly and Remodeling

  ORAL

  March 17, 2016, 12:03 PM – March 17, 2016, 12:15 PM

  Authors

  • James Komianos

    • Univ of Maryland-College Park

  • Konstantin Popov

    • Univ of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

  • Garegin Papoian

    • Univ of Maryland-College Park

  View abstract →

• Active mechanics in living oocytes reveal molecular-scale force kinetics

  ORAL

  March 17, 2016, 12:15 PM – March 17, 2016, 12:27 PM

  Authors

  • Wylie Ahmed

    • Institut Curie

  • Etienne Fodor

    • Universite Paris Diderot

  • Maria Almonacid

    • College de France

  • Matthias Bussonnier

    • Institut Curie

  • Marie-Helene Verlhac

    • College de France

  • Nir Gov

    • Weizmann Institute of Science

  • Paolo Visco

    • Universite Paris Diderot

  • Frederic van Wijland

    • Universite Paris Diderot

  • Timo Betz

    • University of Muenster

  View abstract →

• Biopolymer mechanics across the force regimes

  COFFEE_KLATCH · Invited

  March 17, 2016, 12:27 PM – March 17, 2016, 1:03 PM

  Authors

  • Omar Saleh

    • Materials Department and BMSE Program, UCSB

  View abstract →

• Investigating collagen self-assembly with optical tweezers microrheology

  ORAL

  March 17, 2016, 1:03 PM – March 17, 2016, 1:15 PM

  Authors

  • Nancy Forde

    • Department of Physics, Simon Fraser University

  • Marjan Shayegan

    • Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University
    • McGill University

  • Tuba Altindal

    • Department of Physics, Simon Fraser University

  View abstract →

• Nonlinear microrheology and molecular imaging to map microscale deformations of entangled DNA networks

  ORAL

  March 17, 2016, 1:15 PM – March 17, 2016, 1:27 PM

  Authors

  • Tsai-Chin Wu

    • University of San Diego

  • Rae M. Robertson-Anderson

    • Univ of San Diego
    • University of San Diego

  View abstract →

• Dual-feedback microrheology in cytoskeletal networks

  ORAL

  March 17, 2016, 1:27 PM – March 17, 2016, 1:39 PM

  Authors

  • Natsuki Honda

    • Kyushu Univ

  • Kenji Nishizawa

    • Kyushu Univ

  • Takayuki Ariga

    • Kyushu Univ

  • Daisuke Mizuno

    • Kyushu Univ

  View abstract →

• Coupled actin-lamin biopolymer networks and protecting DNA

  ORAL

  March 17, 2016, 1:39 PM – March 17, 2016, 1:51 PM

  Authors

  • Tao Zhang

    • Chemical Engineering Department, University of Pittsburgh
    • Chemical Engineering Department, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, USA

  • D. Zeb Rocklin

    • University of Michigan, Department of Physics

  • Xiaoming Mao

    • University of Michigan, Department of Physics
    • Univ of Michigan - Ann Arbor

  • J. M. Schwarz

    • Department of Physics, Syracuse University
    • Syracuse University

  View abstract →

• The Effect of Crosslinking on the Microscale Stress Response and Molecular Deformations in Actin Networks

  ORAL

  March 17, 2016, 1:51 PM – March 17, 2016, 2:03 PM

  Authors

  • Bekele Gurmessa

    • Univ of San Diego

  • Robert Fitzpatrick

    • Univ of San Diego
    • University of San Diego

  • Jonathon Valdivia

    • Univ of San Diego

  • Rae M. Robertson-Anderson

    • Univ of San Diego
    • University of San Diego

  View abstract →

• Mechanically tunable actin networks using programmable DNA based cross-linkers

  ORAL

  March 17, 2016, 2:03 PM – March 17, 2016, 2:15 PM

  Authors

  • Joerg Schnauss

    • University of Leipzig & Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology IZI

  • Jessica Lorenz

    • Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology IZI

  • Carsten Schuldt

    • University of Leipzig & Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology IZI

  • Josef Kaes

    • University of Leipzig

  • David Smith

    • Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology IZI

  View abstract →