Physics of the Cytoskeleton II

Presentations

• Reconstitution of active actin cortex

  ORAL · Invited

  March 20, 2025, 11:00 AM – March 20, 2025, 11:36 AM

  Presenters

  • Makito Miyazaki

    RIKEN

  Authors

  • Makito Miyazaki

    RIKEN

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• Confining geometry determines the contracted shape of the active cytoskeleton

  ORAL

  March 20, 2025, 11:36 AM – March 20, 2025, 11:48 AM

  Presenters

  • Archit Negi

    Kyushu University

  Authors

  • Archit Negi

    Kyushu University

  • Ryota Sakamoto

    Yale University

  • Yusuke T Maeda

    Kyoto University

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• 3D printing cytoskeletal networks: ROS-induced filament severing leads to surge in actin polymerization

  ORAL

  March 20, 2025, 11:48 AM – March 20, 2025, 12:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Thomas Litschel

    Harvard University

  Authors

  • Thomas Litschel

    Harvard University

  • Dimitrios Vavylonis

    Lehigh University

  • David A Weitz

    Harvard University

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• Gelsolin-Mediated Actin Filament Severing, Mechanics, and Conformational Changes by Various pH

  ORAL

  March 20, 2025, 12:00 PM – March 20, 2025, 12:12 PM

  Presenters

  • Taylor V Douglas

    University of Central Florida

  Authors

  • Taylor V Douglas

    University of Central Florida

  • Claire A Toland

    University of Central Florida

  • Sydney A Paulin

    University of Central Florida

  • Nicholas Castaneda

    University of Central Florida

  • Laurene Tetard

    University of Central Florida

  • Ellen H Kang

    University of Central Florida

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• Abstract Withdrawn

  ORAL Withdrawn

  March 20, 2025, 12:12 PM – March 20, 2025, 12:24 PM

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• Mapping out the Microtubule Lattice in situ with Cryo-EM: Towards A Statistical Physics of Motor-Mediated Microtubule Interactions

  ORAL

  March 20, 2025, 12:24 PM – March 20, 2025, 12:36 PM

  Presenters

  • Michael J O'Brien

    Harvard University

  Authors

  • Michael J O'Brien

    Harvard University

  • William Conway

    Flatiron Institute

  • Pilar Cossio

    Flatiron Institute

  • Daniel J Needleman

    Harvard, Flatiron Institute (Simons Foundation), Harvard University

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• Microtuble Pair Separation under Kinesin Driving with PRC1 Crosslinker Resistance

  ORAL

  March 20, 2025, 12:36 PM – March 20, 2025, 12:48 PM

  Publication: Daniel Steckhahn, Shane Fiorenza, Ellinor Tai, Scott Forth, Peter R. Kramer, and Meredith Betterton, "PRC1 resists microtubule sliding in two distinct resistive modes due to variations in the separation between overlapping microtubules," in preparation.<br><br>Peter R. Kramer and Daniel Steckhahn, "Load dependence of microtubule velocity and diffusivity in kinesin-driven gliding," in preparation.

  Presenters

  • Peter R Kramer

    Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

  Authors

  • Peter R Kramer

    Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

  • Daniel Steckhahn

    University of Colorado, Boulder

  • Shane A Fiorenza

    University of Colorado, Boulder

  • Ellinor Tai

    Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

  • Scott T Forth

    Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

  • Meredith D Betterton

    University of Colorado, Boulder

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• Branching Nucleation Meets Active Cross-Linking in Cytoskeletal Networks

  ORAL

  March 20, 2025, 12:48 PM – March 20, 2025, 1:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Ido Lavi

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

  Authors

  • Ido Lavi

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

  • Sebastian Fürthauer

    TU Wien

  • Daniel J Needleman

    Harvard, Flatiron Institute (Simons Foundation), Harvard University

  • Michael J Shelley

    Flatiron Institute (Simons Foundation)

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• Filament-level mechanical model of symmetry breaking and comet tail propulsion by branched actin networks

  ORAL

  March 20, 2025, 1:00 PM – March 20, 2025, 1:12 PM

  Presenters

  • David M Rutkowski

    Lehigh University

  Authors

  • David M Rutkowski

    Lehigh University

  • Dimitrios Vavylonis

    Lehigh University

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• Computational modeling of two-dimensional cell migration

  ORAL

  March 20, 2025, 1:12 PM – March 20, 2025, 1:24 PM

  Presenters

  • Donghyun Yim

    Purdue University

  Authors

  • Donghyun Yim

    Purdue University

  • Taeyoon Kim

    Purdue University

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• Force Velocity for Contracting Actomyosin Networks

  ORAL

  March 20, 2025, 1:24 PM – March 20, 2025, 1:36 PM

  Presenters

  • Jasper Reid

    University of California, Santa Barbrara

  Authors

  • Jasper Reid

    University of California, Santa Barbrara

  • Remi Gaspard Jean Boros

    University of California, Santa Barbara

  • Zvonimir Dogic

    University of California, Santa Barbara

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• Cooperative active contractility in elastic cytoskeletal networks

  ORAL

  March 20, 2025, 1:36 PM – March 20, 2025, 1:48 PM

  Presenters

  • Abhinav Kumar

    University of California, Merced

  Authors

  • Abhinav Kumar

    University of California, Merced

  • David A Quint

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Kinjal Dasbiswas

    University of California, Merced

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