Session: Cell Biomechanics (2010 Annual Meeting)

Description:

This session invites contributions in the area of cell mechanics. Topics include measurement of cellular mechanical properties, cytoskeletal mechanics, cellular response to mechanical cues and modulation of cell mechanical properties by external stimuli.

Sponsor:

Engineering Fundamentals in Life Science

Chair:

Yiider Tseng
University of Florida
Chemical Engineering
Bldg 723 Room 118
Gainesville, FL 32611
Phone Number: 352-392-0862
Email: ytseng@che.ufl.edu

Co-Chair:

Neil S. Forbes
University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Chemical Engineering
686 North Pleasant Street
Amherst, MA 01003
Phone Number: 413-577-0132
Email: forbes@ecs.umass.edu

Papers:

721a

Force Generation On the Nucleus by Dynein Walking On Dynamic Microtubules Is Sufficient to Explain Nuclear Rotation
Jun Wu, University of Florida; Kristen C. Lee, University of Florida; Richard B. Dickinson, University of Florida; Tanmay Lele, University of Florida

721b

Mediating Functions of Dendritic Cells by Tuning the Substratum Elasticity
Christina Yacoob, University of Washington; Hong Shen, University of Washington

721c

Dissecting the Active Gel Dynamics of the Microtubule Cytoskeleton in Living Epithelial Cells
Brenton D. Hoffman, University of Virginia; Kathleen M. Van Citters, University of Pennsylvania; Andy W.C. Lau, Florida Atlantic University; John C. Crocker, University of Pennsylvania

721d

Differential Endothelial Cell Response to Simultaneous Shear and Cytokine Stimulation
Ryan B. Huang, University of Michigan; Omolola Eniola-Adefeso, University of Michigan

Break

721e

The Effect of Mechanical Load on Collagen Proteolysis by Matrix Metalloproteinase-1
Arjun S. Adhikari, Stanford University; Jack Chai, Stanford University; Alexander R. Dunn, Stanford University

721f

3-Dimensional Mechanics and Shapes of Cells On Micropatterned Substrates
Goher Mahmud, Northwestern University; Siowling Soh, Northwestern University; Sabil Huda, Northwestern University; Kristiana Kandere-Grzybowska, Northwestern University; Bartosz Grzybowski, Northwestern University

721g

Arginine Vasopressin Increases Aquaporin-1 Expression and Hydraulic Conductivity in Bovine Aortic Endothelium Monolayers
Chirag B. Raval, Gradute Center at the City University of New York; John M. Tarbell, Gradute Center at the City University of New York; Kung-Ming Jan, College of Physician and Surgeons, Columbia University; David S. Rumschitzki, City College of City University of New York

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