Bulletin of the American Physical Society

APS March Meeting 2012

Volume 57, Number 1

Monday–Friday, February 27–March 2 2012; Boston, Massachusetts

Session Index

Session V52: Focus Session: Extreme Mechanics - Biological Systems and Structures	Show Abstracts
Sponsoring Units: GSNP DFD Chair: Jacy Bird, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Room: 153C

Thursday, March 1, 2012 8:00AM - 8:36AM		V52.00001: Micro-actuation through swelling and tissue engineering Invited Speaker: Nicholas Fang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 8:36AM - 8:48AM		V52.00002: Plant tendrils: Nature's hygroscopic springs Sharon Gerbode, Joshua Puzey, Andrew McCormick, L. Mahadevan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 8:48AM - 9:00AM		V52.00003: Radial force development during root growth measured by photoelasticity Evelyne Kolb, Christian Hartmann, Patricia Genet Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 9:00AM - 9:12AM		V52.00004: Digging Like Plants: Flexible Intruders in Granular Materials Dawn Wendell, Katharine Luginbuhl, Diego Solano, Peko Hosoi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 9:12AM - 9:24AM		V52.00005: Helical Buckling of Plant Roots: Mechanics and Morphology Jesse Silverberg, Roslyn Noar, Michael Packer, Maria Harrison, Chris Henley, Itai Cohen, Sharon Gerbode Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 9:24AM - 9:36AM		V52.00006: Dislocations and Grain Boundaries in Optimally-Packed, Twisted Filament Bundles Amir Azadi, Gregory Grason Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 9:36AM - 9:48AM		V52.00007: Mechanical Behavior of Bio-inspired Model Suture Joints Yaning Li, Erica Lin, Christine Ortiz, Mary Boyce Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		V52.00008: Morphogenesis of protrusions from confined lipid bilayers mediated by mechanics Marino Arroyo, Margarita Staykova, Mohammad Rahimi, Howard A Stone Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 10:00AM - 10:12AM		V52.00009: Thin-shell model for faceting of multicomponent elastic vesicles Rastko Sknepnek, Monica Olvera de la Cruz Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 10:12AM - 10:24AM		V52.00010: Charge Effects on Mechanical Properties of Elastomeric Proteins Ravi Kappiyoor, Ganesh Balasubramanian, Daniel Dudek, Ishwar Puri Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 10:24AM - 10:36AM		V52.00011: Denaturation of Circular DNA: Supercoils, overtwist and condensation Alkan Kabakcioglu, Amir Bar, David Mukamel Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 10:36AM - 10:48AM		V52.00012: Mechanics of short rod-like molecules in tension Prashant Purohit Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 10:48AM - 11:00AM		V52.00013: Turning by buckling: a cheap evolutionary strategy for turning among marine bacteria Kwangmin Son, Jeffrey Guasto, Roman Stocker Preview Abstract

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Bulletin of the American Physical Society

APS March Meeting 2012

Volume 57, Number 1

Monday–Friday, February 27–March 2 2012; Boston, Massachusetts

Session Index

Session V52: Focus Session: Extreme Mechanics - Biological Systems and Structures

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