Physics of the Cytoskeleton I

Presentations

• Mechanics of nuclear deformation in cells

  ORAL · Invited

  March 6, 2023, 2:30 PM – March 6, 2023, 3:06 PM

  Publication: Mechanical principles of nuclear shaping and positioning.<br>Lele TP, Dickinson RB, Gundersen GG.<br>J Cell Biol. 2018 Oct 1;217(10):3330-3342.<br><br> <br>Viscous shaping of the compliant cell nucleus.<br>Dickinson RB, Katiyar A, Dubell CR, Lele TP.<br>APL Bioeng. 2022 Jan 4;6(1):010901. doi: 10.1063/5.0071652. <br><br><br>The Nucleus Bypasses Obstacles by Deforming Like a Drop with Surface Tension Mediated by Lamin A/C.<br>Katiyar A, Zhang J, Antani JD, Yu Y, Scott KL, Lele PP, Reinhart-King CA, Sniadecki NJ, Roux KJ, Dickinson RB, Lele TP.<br>Adv Sci (Weinh). 2022 Aug;9(23):e2201248.

  Presenters

  • Tanmay Lele

    Texas A&M University

  Authors

  • Tanmay Lele

    Texas A&M University

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• Active mechanics of sea star oocytes

  ORAL

  March 6, 2023, 3:06 PM – March 6, 2023, 3:18 PM

  Publication: PJ Foster, S Fürthauer, N Fakhri, Active mechanics of sea star oocytes, bioRxiv, 2022; doi:10.1101/2022.04.22.489189

  Presenters

  • Peter J Foster

    Brandeis University

  Authors

  • Peter J Foster

    Brandeis University

  • Jinghui Liu

    Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Center for Systems Biology Dresden, Center for Systems Biology Dresden, Physics of Living Systems, Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA, Max Planck Institute for Physics of Complex Systems

  • Alexandra Zampetaki

    Technical University of Vienna, Institute for Applied Physics, TU Wien, A-1040 Wien, Austria

  • Sebastian Fürthauer

    Technical University of Vienna, Institute for Applied Physics, TU Wien, A-1040 Wien, Austria

  • Nikta Fakhri

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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• Investigating the control principles behind formation of stress fibers by probing their response to external forces in silico

  ORAL

  March 6, 2023, 3:18 PM – March 6, 2023, 3:30 PM

  Presenters

  • Alexandra Lamtyugina

    University of Chicago

  Authors

  • Alexandra Lamtyugina

    University of Chicago

  • Yuqing Qiu

    James Franck Inst

  • Suriyanarayanan Vaikuntanathan

    University of Chicago

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• Ultrafast contraction: Investigating the structures underlying myoneme force generating networks in Spirostomum sp.

  ORAL

  March 6, 2023, 3:30 PM – March 6, 2023, 3:42 PM

  Presenters

  • Joseph Lannan

    North Carolina State University

  Authors

  • Joseph Lannan

    North Carolina State University

  • Jerry E Honts

    Drake university, Drake University, North Carolina State University

  • Saad Bhamla

    Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgia Tech

  • Mary W Elting

    North Carolina State University

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• Roles of Catch Bond Dynamics in Cytoskeletal Networks

  ORAL

  March 6, 2023, 3:42 PM – March 6, 2023, 3:54 PM

  Presenters

  • Md Foysal Rabbi

    Purdue University

  Authors

  • Md Foysal Rabbi

    Purdue University

  • Taeyoon Kim

    Purdue University

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• Force transmission via dynamic stretching of Talin as revealed by live-cell single-molecule imagingSawako Yamashiro (Kyoto University)

  ORAL · Invited

  March 6, 2023, 3:54 PM – March 6, 2023, 4:30 PM

  Presenters

  • Sawako Yamashiro

    Kyoto University

  Authors

  • Dimitrios Vavylonis

    Lehigh University

  • Sawako Yamashiro

    Kyoto University

  • David M Rutkowski

    Lehigh University, Lehigh Univ

  • Kelli Ann A Lynch

    Univ of South Florida

  • Ying Liu

    Kyoto University

  • Naoki Watanabe

    Kyoto University

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• A universal form for heavy-tailed fluctuations in the actomyosin cortex

  ORAL

  March 6, 2023, 4:30 PM – March 6, 2023, 4:42 PM

  Presenters

  • Shankar N Sivarajan

    Johns Hopkins University

  Authors

  • Shankar N Sivarajan

    Johns Hopkins University

  • Yu Shi

    Johns Hopkins University

  • Katherine M Xiang

    Johns Hopkins University

  • John C Crocker

    University of Pennsylvania

  • Daniel H Reich

    Johns Hopkins University

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• Myosin-I modulates the dynamics and architecture of motile actin ‘comet tails’

  ORAL

  March 6, 2023, 4:42 PM – March 6, 2023, 4:54 PM

  Presenters

  • Mengqi Xu

    University of Pennsylvania

  Authors

  • Mengqi Xu

    University of Pennsylvania

  • Luther Pollard

    University of Pennsylvania

  • Grzegorz Rebowski

    University of Pennsylvania

  • Malgorzata Boczkowska

    Univeristy of Pennsylvania

  • Roberto Dominguez

    Univeristy of Pennsylvania

  • Michael Ostap

    University of Pennsylvania

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• Thermodynamic framework for nonequilibrium self-assembly of branched actin networks

  ORAL

  March 6, 2023, 4:54 PM – March 6, 2023, 5:06 PM

  Presenters

  • Elisabeth Rennert

    University of Chicago

  Authors

  • Elisabeth Rennert

    University of Chicago

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• Bio-inspired fiber networks using peptide-DNA nanotechnology

  ORAL

  March 6, 2023, 5:06 PM – March 6, 2023, 5:18 PM

  Presenters

  • Kengo Nishi

    UNC Chapel Hill

  Authors

  • Kengo Nishi

    UNC Chapel Hill

  • Margaret Daly

    UNC Chapel Hill

  • Stephen J Klawa

    UNC Chapel Hill

  • Kameryn Y Hinton

    UNC Chapel Hill

  • Yuan Gao

    UNC Chapel Hill

  • Ronit Freeman

    University of North Carolina at Chapel H

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• Impacts of biosurfactants on bacterial spreading in soil

  ORAL

  March 6, 2023, 5:18 PM – March 6, 2023, 5:30 PM

  Publication: Y. Li, J. Sanfilippo, D. Kearns, and J. Yang, "Corner flows induced by surfactant-producing bacteria Pseudomonas fluorescens and Bacillus subtilis," Microbiology Spectrum, 2022. (in print)<br>J. Yang, J. Sanfilippo, N. Abbasia, Z. Gitai, B. Bassler, and H. Stone "Evidence for biosurfactant-induced flow in corners and bacterial spreading in unsaturated porous media," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 118, pp. e2111060118, 2021.

  Presenters

  • Judy Yang

    University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

  Authors

  • Judy Yang

    University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

  • Yuan Li

    University of Minnesota

  • Joe Sanfilippo

    UIUC

  • Daniel Kearns

    Indiana University

  • Howard A Stone

    Princeton University

  • Bonnie L Bassler

    Princeton University

  • Niki Abbasi

    Princeton University

  • Zemer Gitai

    Princeton University

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