Mechanics of Cells and Tissues I

Presentations

• Deciphering Intracellular Forces: Mechanical Interactions Shaping Mitochondrial Transport and Morphology

  ORAL · Invited

  March 17, 2025, 11:00 AM – March 17, 2025, 11:36 AM

  Publication: 1. Retraction of rod-like mitochondria during microtubule-dependent transport. M.C. De Rossi, V. Levi and L. Bruno. Bioscience Reports 38 BSR20180208 (2018)
  2. Intracellular motor-driven transport of rod-like smooth organelles along microtubules. A. B. Fernández Casafuz, M. C. De Rossi and L. Bruno. Physical Review E 101, 062416 (2020)
  3. Morphological fluctuations of individual mitochondria in living cells. A. B. Fernández Casafuz, M. C. De Rossi and L. Bruno. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter. 34 094005
  (2021)
  4. Mitochondrial cellular organization and shape fluctuations are differentially modulated by cytoskeletal networks. A. B. Fernández Casafuz, M. C. De Rossi and L. Bruno. Scientific Reports. 13:4065. (2023)
  5. Deciphering the intracellular forces shaping mitochondrial motion.Fernández Casafuz, A. B., Brigante, A. M., De Rossi, M. C., Monastra, A. G., & Bruno, L. . Scientific Reports, 14(1), 23914. (2024)
  
  

  Presenters

  • Luciana Bruno

    Instituto de Cálculo,IC-CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Universidad de Buenos Aires

  Authors

  • Luciana Bruno

    Instituto de Cálculo,IC-CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Universidad de Buenos Aires

  • Agustina B Fernández Casafuz

    Instituto de Cálculo, Universidad de Buenos Aires

  • Azul M Brigante

    Universidad de Buenos Aires

  • María Cecilia De Rossi

    Depto. Química Biológica, Universidad de Buenos Aires

  • Valeria Levi

    Depto. Química Biológica, Universidad de Buenos Aires

  • Alejandro G Monastra

    Universidad de Gral. Sarmiento

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• Modeling the multiscale order of epithelia with the cellular Potts model

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 11:36 AM – March 17, 2025, 11:48 AM

  Presenters

  • Calvin Bakker

    Lorentz Institute

  Authors

  • Calvin Bakker

    Lorentz Institute

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• Universal scaling of disordered rigidity transitions: RG flows near two dimensions

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 11:48 AM – March 17, 2025, 12:00 PM

  Publication: arXiv:2407.14586

  Presenters

  • Stephen J Thornton

    Cornell University

  Authors

  • Stephen J Thornton

    Cornell University

  • James Patarasp Sethna

    Cornell University

  • Danilo B Liarte

    ICTP-SAIFR South American Institute for Fundamental Research

  • Itai Cohen

    Cornell University

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• A mathematical framework for linked, interacting cytoskeletal domains

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 12:00 PM – March 17, 2025, 12:12 PM

  Presenters

  • XinXin Du

    Simons Foundation (Flatiron Institute)

  Authors

  • XinXin Du

    Simons Foundation (Flatiron Institute)

  • Ido Lavi

    Flatiron Institute (Simons Foundation), Simons Foundation (Flatiron Institute)

  • Michael J Shelley

    Flatiron Institute (Simons Foundation)

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• Bacillus subtilis biofilms exhibit decreased shear storage and loss moduli in response to nutrient depletion and sporulation

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 12:12 PM – March 17, 2025, 12:24 PM

  Presenters

  • Nicolas A Ducharme

    Boston University

  Authors

  • Nicolas A Ducharme

    Boston University

  • Joe Larkin

    Boston University

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• Quantifying the Complexity of Cardiac System by Analyzing its APD Sequence

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 12:24 PM – March 17, 2025, 12:36 PM

  Presenters

  • xiaodong an

    Georgia Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • xiaodong an

    Georgia Institute of Technology

  • xiaodong an

    Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Mikael Toye

    Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Flavio H Fenton

    Georgia Institute of Technology

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• How do epithelial tissues acquire their shape?

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 12:36 PM – March 17, 2025, 12:48 PM

  Publication: Cammarota C, Dawney NS, Bellomio PM, Jüng M, Fletcher AG, Finegan TM, Bergstralh DT. The mechanical influence of densification on epithelial architecture. PLoS Comput Biol. 2024 Apr 1;20(4):e1012001. doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1012001. PMID: 38557605; PMCID: PMC11008847.

  Presenters

  • Tara M Finegan

    University of Missouri

  Authors

  • Tara M Finegan

    University of Missouri

  • Christian Cammarota

    Rochester Institute of Technology

  • Alexander G Fletcher

    University of Sheffield

  • Dan T Bergstralh

    University of Missouri

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• Role of cell-matrix mechanical communication during lumen formation

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 12:48 PM – March 17, 2025, 1:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Sergio E. Garcia-Hernandez

    University of Rochester

  Authors

  • Sergio E. Garcia-Hernandez

    University of Rochester

  • Liam O’Donnell

    University of Rochester

  • Laura Galeano Tirado

    Rochester Institute of Technology

  • Marisol Herrera-Perez

    University of Rochester

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• Spatially patterned collective cell motion within large tissue sheets changes local mechanics

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 1:00 PM – March 17, 2025, 1:12 PM

  Presenters

  • Jeremy Yodh

    Princeton University

  Authors

  • Jeremy Yodh

    Princeton University

  • Yubin Lin

    Princeton University

  • Daniel J Cohen

    Princeton University

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• Regulating transepithelial transport with electric fields

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 1:12 PM – March 17, 2025, 1:24 PM

  Presenters

  • Sameeksha Rao

    Princeton University

  Authors

  • Sameeksha Rao

    Princeton University

  • Daniel J Cohen

    Princeton University

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• Power law scaling in the mechanics of the developing mammalian retina

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 1:24 PM – March 17, 2025, 1:36 PM

  Publication: E. R. Shelton, M. Frischmann, A. T. Brinkop, R. M. James, and F. Serwane. "Scale invariance of mechanical properties in the developing mammalian retina" Submitted manuscript. Preprint available: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.10.21.619491

  Presenters

  • Elijah R Shelton

    Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich

  Authors

  • Elijah R Shelton

    Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich

  • Michael Frischmann

    Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich

  • Achim T Brinkop

    Ludwig Maximilian Univeristy of Munich

  • Rebecca M James

    Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich

  • Friedhelm Serwane

    Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich

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• A reaction-diffusion model of galvanotaxis coupling cell shape and sensor transport

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 1:36 PM – March 17, 2025, 1:48 PM

  Presenters

  • Daiyue Sun

    Johns Hopkins University

  Authors

  • Daiyue Sun

    Johns Hopkins University

  • Brian A Camley

    Johns Hopkins University

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• Oral: Mechanical Microenvironment Sensing and Cell Migration: Analysis of Motor-Clutch Dynamics

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 1:48 PM – March 17, 2025, 2:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Yiyang Ye

    Peking University

  Authors

  • Yiyang Ye

    Peking University

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