Mechanics of Cells and Tissues: The Role of Heterogeneity II

Presentations

• Microtubule deacetylation enables in vivo collective cell migration by tuning cell stiffness in relation to substrate stiffness

  ORAL

  March 18, 2022, 8:00 AM – March 18, 2022, 8:12 AM

  Publication: Microtubule deacetylation reduces cell stiffness to allow the onset of collective cell migration in vivo
  https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.08.12.456059v1

  Presenters

  • Abdul N Malmi Kakkada

    • Augusta University

  Authors

  • Abdul N Malmi Kakkada

    • Augusta University

  • Christian Marchant

    • N/A

  • Jaime Espina

    • IGC Gulbenkian

  • Elias Barriga

    • IGC Gulbenkian

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• Modulation of cell signals with nanotopography through cytoskeleton actuation

  ORAL

  March 18, 2022, 8:12 AM – March 18, 2022, 8:24 AM

  Presenters

  • Qixin Yang

    • University of Maryland, College Park

  Authors

  • Qixin Yang

    • University of Maryland, College Park

  • Yuchuan Miao

    • Johns Hopkins University

  • Matt Hourwitz

    • University of Maryland, College Park

  • Minxi Hu

    • Arizona State University

  • Quan Qing

    • Arizona State University

  • Peter N Devreotes

    • Johns Hopkins University

  • John T Fourkas

    • University of Maryland, College Park

  • Wolfgang Losert

    • University of Maryland, College Park
    • University of Maryland College Park

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• In the blink of an eye: Modeling structural transformations during the ultrafast contraction of a single-celled organism

  ORAL

  March 18, 2022, 8:24 AM – March 18, 2022, 8:36 AM

  Presenters

  • Carlos S Floyd

    • University of Chicago

  Authors

  • Carlos S Floyd

    • University of Chicago

  • Xiangting Lei

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Jerry E Honts

    • Drake University
    • Drake university

  • Suriyanarayanan Vaikuntanathan

    • University of Chicago

  • Aaron Dinner

    • University of Chicago

  • Saad Bhamla

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

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• How rigid is a microtubule?

  ORAL · Invited

  March 18, 2022, 8:36 AM – March 18, 2022, 9:12 AM

  Presenters

  • Taviare L Hawkins

    • St. Catherine University

  Authors

  • Taviare L Hawkins

    • St. Catherine University

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• Deciphering the origins of heterogeneity in biological tissues

  ORAL

  March 18, 2022, 9:12 AM – March 18, 2022, 9:24 AM

  Presenters

  • Alexandra Bermudez

    • University of California, Los Angeles
    • California State University, Los Angeles

  Authors

  • Alexandra Bermudez

    • University of California, Los Angeles
    • California State University, Los Angeles

  • Junxiang Huang

    • Northeastern University

  • Zachary Gonzalez

    • UCLA

  • Dapeng(Max) Bi

    • Northeastern University

  • Neil Lin

    • University of California, Los Angeles
    • UCLA

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• Mechanical Basis for Epithelialization

  ORAL

  March 18, 2022, 9:24 AM – March 18, 2022, 9:36 AM

  Publication: Competition Between Cell-Cell and Cell-Substrate Adhesion Determines Epithelial Monolayer Architecture in Culture
  Christian M. Cammarota, Nicole S. Dawney, Qingyuan Jia, Maren M. Jüng, Joseph A. Glichowski, Philip M. Bellomio, Alexander G. Fletcher, Dan T. Bergstralh
  bioRxiv 2021.09.13.460154; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.09.13.460154

  Presenters

  • Christian Cammarota

    • University of Rochester

  Authors

  • Christian Cammarota

    • University of Rochester

  • Nicole Dawney

    • University of Rochester

  • Mimi Jüng

    • University of Rochester

  • Dan Bergstralh

    • University of Rochester

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• No large-scale demixing due to differences in diffusivity at high densities

  ORAL

  March 18, 2022, 9:36 AM – March 18, 2022, 9:48 AM

  Presenters

  • Erin McCarthy

    • Syracuse University

  Authors

  • Erin McCarthy

    • Syracuse University

  • Ojan K Damavandi

    • Syracuse University

  • M. Lisa Manning

    • Syracuse University

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• Measuring mechanical heterogeneities in live epithelia

  ORAL

  March 18, 2022, 9:48 AM – March 18, 2022, 10:00 AM

  Presenters

  • Zachary A Gonzalez

    • University of California, Los Angeles

  Authors

  • Zachary A Gonzalez

    • University of California, Los Angeles

  • Alexandra Bermudez

    • University of California, Los Angeles
    • California State University, Los Angeles

  • Bao Zhao

    • University of California, Los Angeles

  • Xuanqing Liu

    • University of California, Los Angeles

  • Ethan Salter

    • University of California, Los Angeles

  • Mohammad Khalid Jawed

    • University of California, Los Angeles

  • Cho-Jui Hsieh

    • University of California, Los Angeles

  • Neil Lin

    • University of California, Los Angeles
    • UCLA

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• Alignment of tractions between neighboring cells in a monolayer causes more persistent migration and faster wound closure

  ORAL

  March 18, 2022, 10:00 AM – March 18, 2022, 10:12 AM

  Presenters

  • Kelly Vazquez

    • University of Wisconsin - Madison

  Authors

  • Kelly Vazquez

    • University of Wisconsin - Madison

  • Jacob Notbohm

    • University of Wisconsin-Madison

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• The mechanics of cephalic furrow formation in the Drosophila embryo investigated using anadvanced vertex model

  ORAL

  March 18, 2022, 10:12 AM – March 18, 2022, 10:24 AM

  Presenters

  • Redowan Ahmed Niloy

    • Texas Tech University

  Authors

  • Redowan Ahmed Niloy

    • Texas Tech University

  • Michael C Holcomb

    • Angelo State University

  • Jeffrey H Thomas

    • Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

  • Jerzy Blawzdziewicz

    • Texas Tech Univ

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• Mechanical boundaries in 3D models for confluent tissue

  ORAL

  March 18, 2022, 10:24 AM – March 18, 2022, 10:36 AM

  Presenters

  • Elizabeth Lawson-Keister

    • Syracuse University

  Authors

  • Elizabeth Lawson-Keister

    • Syracuse University

  • Tao Zhang

    • Shanghai Jiaotong University

  • Lisa Manning

    • Syracuse University

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• Emergent order in athree-dimensional vertex model for organoids

  ORAL

  March 18, 2022, 10:36 AM – March 18, 2022, 10:48 AM

  Presenters

  • Tao Zhang

    • Shanghai Jiaotong University

  Authors

  • Tao Zhang

    • Shanghai Jiaotong University

  • J. M Schwarz

    • Syracuse University

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