Bulletin of the American Physical Society

2009 APS March Meeting

Volume 54, Number 1

Monday–Friday, March 16–20, 2009; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Session Index

Session B39: Cellular Biomechanics II	Show Abstracts
Sponsoring Units: DBP Chair: Arpita Upadhyaya, University of Maryland Room: 411

Monday, March 16, 2009 11:15AM - 11:27AM		B39.00001: Fibroblast motility on substrates with different rigidities: modeling approach Maria Gracheva, Irina Dokukina Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 11:27AM - 11:39AM		B39.00002: Locomotion of C. elegans through jammed granular media Kevin Lu, Paulo E. Arratia Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 11:39AM - 11:51AM		B39.00003: Mechanics of an Ultrafast Cellular Contraction Gaurav Misra, Richard B. Dickinson, Tony Ladd Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B39.00004: Polymer Microlenses for Quantifying Cell Sheet Mechanics Guillaume Miquelard-Garnier, Jessica Zimberlin, Patricia Wadsworth, Alfred Crosby Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B39.00005: Why is Actin Patchy? Anders Carlsson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B39.00006: Direct dynamical measurement of the cytoskeletal contribution to the adhesion and mechanics of living cells Marie-Josee Colbert, Cecile Fradin, Kari Dalnoki-Veress Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B39.00007: Force generated by polymerization of actin filaments: an entropic role? Jean Baudry, Coraline Brangbour, Olivia du Roure, Emmanu\`ele Helfer, Marc Fermigier, Paul M. Chaikin, Marie-France Carlier, Jerome Bibette Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B39.00008: Cytoskeleton mediated spreading dynamics of immune cells King-Lam Hui, Jessica Wayt, Brian Grooman, Arpita Upadhyaya Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B39.00009: How deep cells feel: Mean-field Computations and Experiments Amnon Buxboim, Shamik Sen, Dennis E. Discher Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B39.00010: Tether extrusion from biomimetic cells Karine Guevorkian, L\'ea Laetitia Pontani, C\'ecile Sykes, Fran\c{c}oise Brochard-Wyart Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B39.00011: Mechanics of Nascent Cell Adhesions Cecile O. Mejean, Andrew W. Schaefer, Paul Forscher, Eric R. Dufresne Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B39.00012: Epithelial Mechanics during Germband Retraction in Fruit Fly Embryogenesis Xiaoyan Ma, Holley E. Lynch, M. Shane Hutson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B39.00013: Matrix elasticity directs stem cell differentiation in 3D too Allison Zajac, Florian Rehfeldt, Dennis Discher Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B39.00014: Cell response to long term mechanical interaction with nanopipettes Zulfiya Orynbayeva, Riju Singhal, Elina Vitol, Michael Bouchard, Jane Azizkhan-Clifford, Bradley Layton, Gary Friedman, Yury Gogotsi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B39.00015: Gold Nanoparticles effect on Human Dermal Fibroblast Tatsiana Mironava, Nadine Pernodet, Miriam Rafailovich Preview Abstract

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Bulletin of the American Physical Society

2009 APS March Meeting

Volume 54, Number 1

Monday–Friday, March 16–20, 2009; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Session Index

Session B39: Cellular Biomechanics II

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