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Session A41: Focus Session: Active Biopolymers and Biomaterials

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Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: jennifer Ross, University of Massachusetts--Amherst
Room: A115/117


Monday, March 21, 2011
8:00AM - 8:36AM

A41.00001: Connecting Atomic Structures with Continuum Mechanics in Cytoskeletal Polymers
Invited Speaker: David Sept

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Monday, March 21, 2011
8:36AM - 8:48AM

A41.00002: The Interplay of Nonlinearity and Architecture and Nonequilibrium Dynamics in Cytoskeletal Mechanics
Shenshen Wang , Tongye Shen , Peter Wolynes

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Monday, March 21, 2011
8:48AM - 9:00AM

A41.00003: Buckling of Branched Cytoskeletal Filaments
D.A. Quint , J.M. Schwarz

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Monday, March 21, 2011
9:00AM - 9:12AM

A41.00004: ``Twist-state" transitions in parallel actin bundles induced by crosslinking proteins
Homin Shin , Gregory Grason

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Monday, March 21, 2011
9:12AM - 9:24AM

A41.00005: Elasticity of a cross-linked active bundle
Silke Henkes , Tanniemola B. Liverpool , M. Cristina Marchetti , A. Alan Middleton , Jennifer M. Schwarz

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Monday, March 21, 2011
9:24AM - 9:36AM

A41.00006: Bursts of active transport in living cells
Bo Wang , James Kuo , Sung Chul Bae , Steve Granick

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Monday, March 21, 2011
9:36AM - 9:48AM

A41.00007: Mechanically Activated Motion of a Single Self-Propelled Polymeric Microcapsule
German Kolmakov , Alexander Schaefer , Igor Aranson , Anna Balazs

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Monday, March 21, 2011
9:48AM - 10:00AM

A41.00008: Coarse-grained models for biological simulations
Zhe Wu , Qiang Cui , Arun Yethiraj

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Monday, March 21, 2011
10:00AM - 10:12AM

A41.00009: Guided Transport of a Transmembrane Nanochannel
Meenakshi Dutt , Olga Kuksenok , Anna Balazs

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Monday, March 21, 2011
10:12AM - 10:48AM

A41.00010: Accidental Interactions and Purposeful Flaws in Polymer Brushes: Variations in Bioadhesive Mechanisms
Invited Speaker: Maria Santore

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Monday, March 21, 2011
10:48AM - 11:00AM

A41.00011: Nanoparticle Self-Lighting Photodynamic Therapy For Cancer Treatment
Wei Chen

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