Soft Mechanics in Biological Systems

Presentations

• Intermediate response of complex fluids with biophysical implications

  ORAL

  March 18, 2016, 11:15 AM – March 18, 2016, 11:27 AM

  Authors

  • Haim Diamant

    • Tel Aviv University

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• Mechanical response of biopolymer double networks

  ORAL

  March 18, 2016, 11:27 AM – March 18, 2016, 11:39 AM

  Authors

  • Joshua Carroll

    • Rochester Institute of Technology

  • Moumita Das

    • Rochester Institute of Technology

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• The mechanics of endothelial gap formation

  ORAL

  March 18, 2016, 11:39 AM – March 18, 2016, 11:51 AM

  Authors

  • Joyjit Chattoraj

    • Georgetown Univ

  • Emanuela Del Gado

    • Georgetown Univ

  • C. Corey Hardin

    • Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

  • Ramaswamy Krishnan

    • Center for Vascular Biology Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA

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• A simple polymeric model describes cell nuclear mechanical response

  ORAL

  March 18, 2016, 11:51 AM – March 18, 2016, 12:03 PM

  Authors

  • Edward Banigan

    • Department of Physics \& Astronomy, Northwestern University

  • Andrew Stephens

    • Department of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University

  • John Marko

    • Departments of Physics \& Astronomy and Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University
    • Northwestern University

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• The Effect of Predators on Cholera Biofilms: If it Lyses, We Can Smash It

  ORAL

  March 18, 2016, 12:03 PM – March 18, 2016, 12:15 PM

  Authors

  • Arben Kalziqi

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Eryn Bernardy

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Jacob Thomas

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Will Ratcliff

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Brian Hammer

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Peter Yunker

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

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• Mechanical Properties of a Primary Cilium Measured by Resonant Oscillation

  ORAL

  March 18, 2016, 12:15 PM – March 18, 2016, 12:27 PM

  Authors

  • Andrew Resnick

    • Cleveland State University

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• Composition and Humidity Response of the Black Widow Spider's Gumfoot Silk and its Implications on Adhesion

  ORAL

  March 18, 2016, 12:27 PM – March 18, 2016, 12:39 PM

  Authors

  • Dharamdeep Jain

    • University of Akron

  • Ci Zhang

    • University of Akron

  • Lydia Rose Cool

    • University of Akron

  • Todd.A. Blackledge

    • University of Akron

  • Chrys Wesdemiotis

    • University of Akron

  • Toshikazu Miyoshi

    • University of Akron

  • Ali Dhinojwala

    • University of Akron

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• Flexibility of bacterial type IV pili determined using atomic force microscopy

  ORAL

  March 18, 2016, 12:39 PM – March 18, 2016, 12:51 PM

  Authors

  • Josh Mogyoros

    • University of Guelph

  • Shun Lu

    • University of Guelph

  • Hanjeong Harvey

    • McMaster University

  • Lori Burrows

    • McMaster University

  • Robert Wickham

    • University of Guelph

  • John Dutcher

    • University of Guelph

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• Passage times of confined cancer cells and deformable particles flowing through a microfluidic channel

  ORAL

  March 18, 2016, 12:51 PM – March 18, 2016, 1:03 PM

  Authors

  • Zeina Khan

    • Texas Tech University

  • Nabiollah Kamyabi

    • Texas Tech University

  • Fazle Hussain

    • Texas Tech University

  • Siva Vanapalli

    • Texas Tech University

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• Mechanics governs single-cell signaling and multi-cell robustness in biofilm infections.

  COFFEE_KLATCH · Invited

  March 18, 2016, 1:03 PM – March 18, 2016, 1:39 PM

  Authors

  • Vernita Gordon

    • The University of Texas at Austin
    • U. Texas, Austin

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• Suspended Solid-state Membranes on Glass Chips with Sub 1-pF Capacitance for Biomolecule Sensing Applications

  ORAL

  March 18, 2016, 1:39 PM – March 18, 2016, 1:51 PM

  Authors

  • Chen-Chi Chien

    • University of Pennsylvania

  • Adrian Balan

    • University of Pennsylvania

  • Rebecca Engelke

    • University of Pennsylvania

  • Marija Drndic

    • University of Pennsylvania

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