Cell Adhesion and Migration

Friday, November 13, 2009: 8:30 AM
Magnolia Boardroom B (Gaylord Opryland Hotel)

Description:
This session will focus on experimental and theoretical aspects of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell adhesion/migration. Appropriate papers include those addressing fundamental molecular mechanisms of cell-cell and cell-matrix/surface interactions in two or three dimensional structures, as well as the roles of these cellular processes in tissue engineering, cell physiology or biotechnology. Papers may also include studies of matrix remodeling (proteolysis, contraction, synthesis), matrix-driven phenotype, or tissue architecture regulation of cellular processes, as well as evaluation of critical biomaterial design parameters for controlling cell adhesion and migration.


Sponsor:
Engineering Fundamentals in Life Science


Chair:
Dacheng Ren
Email: dren@syr.edu

Co-Chair:
Hyunjoon Kong
Email: hjkong06@uiuc.edu


8:50 AM
(649b) Sarcomere Mechanics in Endothelial Cells
Robert J. Russell, Shen-Ling Xia, Richard B. Dickinson and Tanmay Lele

9:10 AM

9:30 AM
(649d) Analysis of Neutrophil Migration in Response to Complex Gradients Using Microfluidic Platforms
Ashish Kapoor, Yuki Kimura, Yuan He, Sara L. Cook, Fei Wang, Paul J.A. Kenis and Christopher V. Rao

9:50 AM

10:00 AM
(649e) A General Scaling Law Governing Chemotactic and Non-Directed Eukaryotic Cell Motility
J. Scott Gruver, Alka A. Potdar, Junhwan Jeon, Jiqing Sai, Bridget Anderson, Donna Webb, Ann Richmond, Vito Quaranta and Peter T. Cummings

10:20 AM
(649f) Amyloid-β Protein Aggregates Selectively Activate Brain Endothelium for Adhesion Via Nuclear Factor-κB-Mediated Upregulation of Cell Surface Adhesion Molecules
Francisco J. Gonzalez-Velasquez, J. Will Reed, Emily E. Matherly, Joseph A. Kotarek, Deborah Soto-Ortega and Melissa A. Moss
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