Geometry, Mechanics, and Transport in the Cell

Cells have their tasks and one is to move or position stuff within (or between) themselves.

Genetic material needs to be properly positioned before a cell division, and development

factors need to land in the right place in a growing egg or embryo. Much of this is accomplished

by the mechanics of the cellular cytoskeleton. Using coarse-grained modeling, abstracted analysis,

and large-scale simulation of fluid-structure interactions integrated with biophysical experiment,

I'll focus on the important role that the geometry of the cell and its evolving contents can play

in the dynamics.