772 Cell Biomechanics I

Friday, November 8, 2013: 8:30 AM
Golden Gate 5 (Hilton)
Description:
This session invites contributions in the area of cell mechanics. Topics include measurement of cellular mechanical properties, cytoskeletal mechanics, cellular response to mechanical cues and modulation of cell mechanical properties by external stimuli. Of interest, but not limited to, is the manner in which cells react to biomaterial-related properties, but of greater interest is whether or not these biomaterial properties can be engineered to control or guide cell behavior.

Sponsor:
Engineering Fundamentals in Life Science

Chair:
Michelle Dawson
Email: michelle.dawson@chbe.gatech.edu

Co-Chair:
Esther Gomez
Email: ewg10@psu.edu

- indicates paper has an Extended Abstract file available on CD.


8:30 AM
(772a) Traction Stress As a Modulator for Protease Dependent Invasion of Cancer Cells
Aereas Aung and Shyni Varghese

8:48 AM
(772b) Mechanical Tropism in Metastatic Ovarian Cancer Cells
Daniel J. McGrail, Quang Kieu and Michelle R. Dawson

9:06 AM
(772c) A Microfluidic Device to Measure Traction Forces During Confined Chemotactic Migration
Colin D. Paul, Phrabha Shalini Raman, Kimberly M. Stroka and Konstantinos Konstantopoulos

9:24 AM
(772d) Regulation of Melanoma Induced Endothelial Gap Formation By Contractile Forces
Steven E. Pohler, Changliang Fu, Cheng Dong and Esther W. Gomez

9:42 AM
(772e) Assessment of Microgroove-Aligned Endothelial Cells for in Vitro Simulations of Cancer Cell Adhesion
Jennifer Fischer, Lindsay Gray, Richard E. Eitel, Christine Trinkle and Kimberly W. Anderson

10:00 AM
(772f) Utilizing Multiple Particle Tracking Microrheology and Traction Force Microscopy to Monitor Mechanical Progression of Differentiating Mesenchymal Stem Cells
Kathleen McAndrews, Daniel J. McGrail, Nhat Quach and Michelle R. Dawson

10:18 AM
(772g) The Role of Actomyosin Generated Tension in Coordinating Cell Movements During Zebrafish Development
Jack Chai, Andrea Hamilton, Michael Krieg, Craig Buckley and Alexander R. Dunn
File available
10:36 AM
(772h) Physical Role of E-Cadherin Mediated Cell-Cell Adherent Junctions in Multicellular Motility
Pei-Hsun Wu, Denis Wirtz, Jorge Marchand and Meng Horng Lee
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