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Session T27: Cellular Biomechanics

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Sponsoring Units: DBP
Chair: Wolfgang Losert, University of Maryland
Room: D137


Wednesday, March 17, 2010
2:30PM - 2:42PM

 T27.00001: Dynamics of Traction Force Reinforcement in Smooth Muscle Cells
Yi-Chia Lin , Corinne Kramer , Christopher Chen , Daniel Reich

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Wednesday, March 17, 2010
2:42PM - 2:54PM

 T27.00002: Mechanics of Anisotropic Semiflexible Gels
Andrew Missel , Mo Bai , William Klug , Alex Levine

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Wednesday, March 17, 2010
2:54PM - 3:06PM

 T27.00003: Intracellular mechanical properties of living cells
Ming-Tzo Wei , H. Daniel Ou-Yang

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Wednesday, March 17, 2010
3:06PM - 3:18PM

 T27.00004: The size, shape, and dynamics of cellular blebs
Keng-Hwee Chiam , Fong Yin Lim , L. Mahadevan

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Wednesday, March 17, 2010
3:18PM - 3:30PM

 T27.00005: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN


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Wednesday, March 17, 2010
3:30PM - 3:42PM

 T27.00006: Effect of cell mechanics on instantaneous molecular bond force and measured kinetic parameters
Vijay Gupta , Charles Eggleton

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Wednesday, March 17, 2010
3:42PM - 3:54PM

 T27.00007: Probing non-Newtonian cell-matrix interactions with a confocal rheometer
Ryan McAllister , Richard Arevalo , Daniel Koch , Jeffrey Urbach , Susette Mueller , Daniel Blair

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Wednesday, March 17, 2010
3:54PM - 4:06PM

 T27.00008: Cell migration at the edge of a cliff
Wolfgang Losert , Colin McCann , Rael Kopace , Tess Homann , Meghan Driscoll

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Wednesday, March 17, 2010
4:06PM - 4:18PM

 T27.00009: A Bio-Mechanical Model for Dictyostelium Motility
Mathias Buenemann , Herbert Levine , Leonard Sander , Wouter-Jan Rappel

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Wednesday, March 17, 2010
4:18PM - 4:30PM

 T27.00010: Feeling for Cells with Light: Illuminating the Role of Biomechanics for Tumor Progession
Josef A. Kas , Anatol Fritsch , Franziska Wetzel , Tobias Kiessling , Kenechukwu D. Nnetu , Mareike Zink

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Wednesday, March 17, 2010
4:30PM - 4:42PM

 T27.00011: Forward ray tracing method for simulating transient cell optical deformation
Ihab Sraj , David Marr , Charles Eggleton

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Wednesday, March 17, 2010
4:42PM - 4:54PM

 T27.00012: Polydispersity in semiflexible networks: Implications for mechanics of the cytoskeleton
Mo Bai , Andrew Missel , William Klug , Alex Levine

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Wednesday, March 17, 2010
4:54PM - 5:06PM

 T27.00013: Effects of motor-induced stresses and pre-stress on the elasticity of semiflexible cytoskeletal networks
William Klug , Andrew Missel , Mo Bai , Alex Levine

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Wednesday, March 17, 2010
5:06PM - 5:18PM

 T27.00014: Insights into the Cell Shape Dynamics of Migrating \textit{Dictyostelium discoideum}
Meghan Driscoll , Tess Homan , Colin McCann , Carole Parent , John Fourkas , Wolfgang Losert

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Wednesday, March 17, 2010
5:18PM - 5:30PM

 T27.00015: Spectroscopic Studies of High Pressure Effects on Single Erythrocytes
Silki Arora , Sang Hoon Park , Lawrence Ayong , Debopam Chakrabarti , Alfons Schulte

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Wednesday, March 17, 2010
5:30PM - 5:42PM

 T27.00016: Measurement of spatio-temporal transport in live cells
Ru Wang , Zhuo Wang , Larry Millet , Martha U. Gillette , Gabriel Popescu

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