Mechanics of Cells and Polymer Networks: Bridging Theory, Simulation and Experiment
Videos from BIRS Workshop
Rae Robertson-Anderson, USD
Monday Sep 11, 2023 09:03 - 09:43
Emergent micro-mechanics of active cytoskeletal composites
Michael Murrell, Yale University
Monday Sep 11, 2023 09:43 - 10:24
Energetic constraints on biological assembly and motion
Vivek Shenoy, University of Pennsylvania
Monday Sep 11, 2023 10:43 - 11:22
Chemo-mechanical diffusion waves orchestrate collective dynamics of immune cell podosomes
John Berezney, Brandeis University
Monday Sep 11, 2023 11:22 - 12:00
In vitro cytoskeletal active solid composites
Moumita Das, Rochester Institute of Technology
Monday Sep 11, 2023 19:33 - 20:13
From Rigidity to Resilience: How Rigidity Transitions Modulate Bipolymer Network Mechanics in Cells and Tissues
Ming Guo, MIT
Monday Sep 11, 2023 20:13 - 20:53
Nonlinear effect in cell-matrix interactions
Alison Patteson, Syracuse University
Tuesday Sep 12, 2023 09:01 - 09:41
Vimentin intermediate filaments are critical for 3D cell migration and nuclear translocation
Alexander Bershadsky, National University of Singapore
Tuesday Sep 12, 2023 09:41 - 10:24
Integrin-mediated adhesions in a crosstalk with actomyosin cytoskeleton and microtubules
Jean-Francois Joanny, Collège de France and Institut Curie
Tuesday Sep 12, 2023 10:47 - 11:27
Geometry and rheology of epithelial tissues
Christoph Schmidt, Duke University
Tuesday Sep 12, 2023 19:34 - 20:16
Slender-filament microrheology in vitro and in vivo
Veronica Ciocanel, Duke University
Tuesday Sep 12, 2023 20:17 - 20:53
Agent-based modeling and data analysis for actomyosin dynamics and organization
Jian Liu, Johns Hopkins University
Wednesday Sep 13, 2023 09:02 - 09:40
Mechanochemistry of focal adhesion dynamics
Jennifer Ross, Syracuse University
Wednesday Sep 13, 2023 09:41 - 10:22
Self-organization of microtubule asters from crosslinker protein condensates
Itai Cohen, Cornell University
Wednesday Sep 13, 2023 10:41 - 11:21
The mechanical phase transition organizing cartilage shear properties and function
Fred MacKintosh, Rice University
Wednesday Sep 13, 2023 11:22 - 12:06
Mechanical phase transitions and fiber network mechanics
Daniel Needleman, Harvard University and Flatiron Institute
Wednesday Sep 13, 2023 20:12 - 20:55
Mechanics of spindle positioning and orientation in human cells
Arpita Upadhyaya, University of Maryland
Thursday Sep 14, 2023 09:06 - 09:41
Transcription factor dynamics in gene expression: the long and short of it
Stéphanie Portet, University of Manitoba
Thursday Sep 14, 2023 09:41 - 10:23
Modelling intermediate filaments – from filament elongation to network organization
Xiaoming Mao, University of Michigan
Thursday Sep 14, 2023 11:22 - 12:02
Isostaticity, fracturing, and topological polarization of fiber networks
Paul Janmey, University of Pennsylvania
Thursday Sep 14, 2023 19:32 - 20:11
Polymer physics of metabolically active nuclei
Emannuela Del Gado, Georgetown University
Thursday Sep 14, 2023 20:11 - 20:56
The hidden hierarchical nature of soft particulate gels
Jonathan Michel, Rochester Institute of Technology
Friday Sep 15, 2023 10:22 - 11:00
The role of heterogeneity and nonlinearity in cartilage mechanics
