Session B4a

CELL AND MOLECULAR MECHANICS

Thursday 10:20 - 12:20, ECCR 200

Session Chairs:  Rohan Abeyaratne and Roger Kamm 

10:20  L. Deng, X. Trepat, J.P. Butler, E. Millet, K.G. Morgan, D.A. Weitz, and J.J. Fredberg, “Two distinct regimes of cytoskeletal dynamics”

10:40  G. Bao, “A biomechanics model of endocytosis”

11:00  S. Suresh, M. Dao, and J.P. Mills, “Cellular and Molecular Nanomechanics and human disease states”

11:20  A. J. Engler, S. Sen, H.L Sweeney, and D.E. Discher, “Elasticity of extra-cellular matrix directs stem cell differentiation”

11:40  J.E Olberding, K. Garikipati, E.M. Arruda, and K. Grosh “Fibroblast-mediated collagen fibril reorientation in three dimensions using confocal reflection microscopy”

12:00  M. R. King and D. J. Gee, “Multiparticle adhesion of deformable cells”

Session B4b

CELL AND MOLECULAR MECHANICS

Thursday 1:00 - 3:00, ECCR 200

Session Chairs: Roger Kamm and Rohan Abeyaratne

1:00  R. R. Brau, J. M. Ferrer, P. B. Tarsa, and M. J. Lang, “An optical force-fluorescence microscope for molecular biomechanical studies”

1:20  D. A. Hammer, L. Smith, C. Reinhart-King, R. Jannat, and M. Dembo, “Traction force microscopy of cardiovascular cells”

1:40  D. A. Fletcher, “Mechanics of actin networks in cell protrusions”

2:00  B. A. Harley, “Quantifying cell migration and contraction behavior in a series of characterized collagen-GAG scaffolds”

2:20  Y. Han, S.C. Cowin, M.B. Schaffler, and Sheldon Weinbaum, “Bone cell processes”

2:40  C. Rockne, V. Tsvankin, H. Qi, and W. Tan, "Study of  cell mico/nano mechanics with a polymer mems-based device"