Self Organization in the Cytoskeleton I

Presentations

• Reconstitution of aster movement and cell division plane positioning in <i>Xenopus</i> egg extract

  ORAL

  March 6, 2018, 11:15 AM – March 6, 2018, 11:27 AM

  Presenters

  • James Pelletier

    • Physics, Massachusetts Inst of Tech-MIT
    • Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • James Pelletier

    • Physics, Massachusetts Inst of Tech-MIT
    • Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Christine Field

    • Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School

  • John Oakey

    • Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Wyoming

  • Jay Gatlin

    • Department of Molecular Biology, University of Wyoming

  • Nikta Fakhri

    • Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • Physics, Massachusetts Inst of Tech-MIT
    • Massachusetts Inst of Tech-MIT
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology-MIT
    • Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Timothy Mitchison

    • Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School

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• Coarse-grained simulations elucidate mechanical sorting principles in the actin cytoskeleton

  ORAL

  March 6, 2018, 11:27 AM – March 6, 2018, 11:39 AM

  Presenters

  • Simon Freedman

    • Physics, Univ of Chicago

  Authors

  • Simon Freedman

    • Physics, Univ of Chicago

  • Glen Hocky

    • Chemistry, Univ of Chicago

  • Isabelle Bunge

    • Physics, Smith College

  • Aaron Dinner

    • Chemistry, Univ of Chicago

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• Mechanistic Basis of Spindle Size Control and Scaling

  ORAL

  March 6, 2018, 11:39 AM – March 6, 2018, 11:51 AM

  Presenters

  • Reza Farhadifar

    • CCB, Flatiron Institute

  Authors

  • Reza Farhadifar

    • CCB, Flatiron Institute

  • Michael Shelley

    • Center for Computational Biology, Simons Foundation; Courant Institute of Mathematical Science, New York University
    • New York University
    • Courant Institute/Flatiron Institute
    • Center for Computational Biology, Flatiron Institute, Simons Foundation
    • Flatiron Institute, Simons Foundation
    • Center for Computational Biology, Flatiron Institute
    • Flatiron Institute
    • CCB, Flatiron Institute

  • Daniel Needleman

    • School of Engineering, Harvard University
    • SEAS, Harvard University
    • MCB/SEAS, Harvard University

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• Active Self-Organization of a Composite Actin and Microtubule Gliding System.

  ORAL

  March 6, 2018, 11:51 AM – March 6, 2018, 12:03 PM

  Presenters

  • Leila Farhadi

    • Univ of Mass - Amherst

  Authors

  • Leila Farhadi

    • Univ of Mass - Amherst

  • Carline Do Rosario Fermino

    • Univ of Mass - Amherst

  • Jennifer Ross

    • Univ of Mass - Amherst

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• Model of mitotic spindle self-assembly without motor proteins

  ORAL

  March 6, 2018, 12:03 PM – March 6, 2018, 12:15 PM

  Presenters

  • Adam Lamson

    • Physics, Univ of Colorado - Boulder

  Authors

  • Adam Lamson

    • Physics, Univ of Colorado - Boulder

  • Christopher Edelmaier

    • Physics, Univ of Colorado - Boulder

  • Matthew Glaser

    • Physics, Univ of Colorado
    • Physics, Univ of Colorado - Boulder
    • Soft Materials Research Center, University of Colorado, Boulder
    • Univ of Colorado - Boulder

  • M. Betterton

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

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• Microtubule cryptography: the effects of tubulin diversity on polymer structure, dynamics and readout by cellular effectors

  COFFEE_KLATCH · Invited

  March 6, 2018, 12:15 PM – March 6, 2018, 12:51 PM

  Presenters

  • Antonina Roll-Mecak

    • National Institutes of Health

  Authors

  • Antonina Roll-Mecak

    • National Institutes of Health

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• Effects of tubulin post-translational modification on microtubule bending rigidity and C-terminal tails

  ORAL

  March 6, 2018, 12:51 PM – March 6, 2018, 1:03 PM

  Presenters

  • Loren Hough

    • Biofrontiers Institute, University of Colorado Boulder
    • BioFrontiers Institute and Department of Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder

  Authors

  • Kathryn Wall

    • BioFrontiers Institute and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder

  • Tanner Bobak

    • BioFrontiers Institute, University of Colorado, Boulder

  • Scott Tilden

    • BioFrontiers Institute, University of Colorado, Boulder

  • Taviare Hawkins

    • Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin

  • Loren Hough

    • Biofrontiers Institute, University of Colorado Boulder
    • BioFrontiers Institute and Department of Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder

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• 3D modeling of cargo motility on microtubule networks

  ORAL

  March 6, 2018, 1:03 PM – March 6, 2018, 1:15 PM

  Presenters

  • Michael Vershinin

    • Univ of Utah

  Authors

  • Jared Bergman

    • Univ of Utah

  • Matthew Bovyn

    • UC Irvine
    • Univ of California - Irvine

  • Manasa Gudheti

    • Bruker Corporation

  • Steven Gross

    • UC Irvine
    • Univ of California - Irvine

  • Jun Allard

    • UC Irvine
    • Univ of California - Irvine

  • Michael Vershinin

    • Univ of Utah

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• Combining Computational Fluid Dynamics and Electron Tomography to Study the Mechanics of Kinetochore Microtubules

  ORAL

  March 6, 2018, 1:15 PM – March 6, 2018, 1:27 PM

  Presenters

  • Michael Shelley

    • Center for Computational Biology, Simons Foundation; Courant Institute of Mathematical Science, New York University
    • New York University
    • Courant Institute/Flatiron Institute
    • Center for Computational Biology, Flatiron Institute, Simons Foundation
    • Flatiron Institute, Simons Foundation
    • Center for Computational Biology, Flatiron Institute
    • Flatiron Institute
    • CCB, Flatiron Institute

  Authors

  • Ehssan Nazockdast

    • Applied Physical Sciences, University of North Carolina
    • New York Univ NYU

  • Stefanie Redemann

    • University of Virginia

  • Sebastian Fürthauer

    • Center for Computational Biology, Flatiron Institute, Simons Foundation

  • Thomas Mueller-Reichert

    • Technische Universität Dresden

  • Michael Shelley

    • Center for Computational Biology, Simons Foundation; Courant Institute of Mathematical Science, New York University
    • New York University
    • Courant Institute/Flatiron Institute
    • Center for Computational Biology, Flatiron Institute, Simons Foundation
    • Flatiron Institute, Simons Foundation
    • Center for Computational Biology, Flatiron Institute
    • Flatiron Institute
    • CCB, Flatiron Institute

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• Density fields for branched cytoskeletal networks in confined regions

  ORAL

  March 6, 2018, 1:27 PM – March 6, 2018, 1:39 PM

  Presenters

  • Somiealo Azote

    • Departement of Physics, Institute of theoretical Physics, Stellenbosch University

  Authors

  • Somiealo Azote

    • Departement of Physics, Institute of theoretical Physics, Stellenbosch University

  • Kristian K. Müller-Nedebock

    • National Institute for Theoretical Physics, Stellenbosch

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• Modeling F-actin Disassembly by Severing and its Effect on Stress Relaxation

  ORAL

  March 6, 2018, 1:39 PM – March 6, 2018, 1:51 PM

  Presenters

  • Sadjad Arzash

    • Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University

  Authors

  • Sadjad Arzash

    • Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University

  • Jingchen Feng

    • Center for Theoretical Biological Physics, Rice University

  • Patrick McCall

    • Department of Physics, University of Chicago

  • Margaret Gardel

    • James Franck Institute, The University of Chicago
    • Physics, University of Chicago
    • University of Chicago Medical Center
    • Department of Physics, University of Chicago
    • James Franck Institute, University of Chicago

  • Fred MacKintosh

    • Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, , Rice University
    • Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University

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• Substrate Mobility Produces Velocity Time Dependence in Microtubule Gliding

  ORAL

  March 6, 2018, 1:51 PM – March 6, 2018, 2:03 PM

  Presenters

  • Joseph Lopes

    • Physics, University of California - Merced

  Authors

  • Joseph Lopes

    • Physics, University of California - Merced

  • David Quint

    • Center for Cellular and Biomolecular Machines, University of California, Merced

  • Dail Chapman

    • Developmental and Cell Biology, University of California, Irvine

  • Melissa Xu

    • Biological Engineering and Small-Scale Technologies, University of California, Merced

  • Ajay Gopinathan

    • Univ of California - Merced
    • Physics, University of California, Merced
    • Physics, Univ of California - Merced
    • UC Merced
    • Physics, University of California - Merced
    • University of California - Merced

  • Linda Hirst

    • Univ of California - Merced
    • Physics, University of California - Merced

  • Jing Xu

    • Univ of California - Merced
    • Physics, University of California - Merced
    • Physics, Univ of California - Merced

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• Coupled Shear-bending Effects on Energy Dissipation in Thermally Fluctuating Biofilaments

  ORAL

  March 6, 2018, 2:03 PM – March 6, 2018, 2:15 PM

  Presenters

  • Ameneh Maghsoodi

    • Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan

  Authors

  • Ameneh Maghsoodi

    • Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan

  • Noel Perkins

    • Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan

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