Birs- 23w5120: Mechanics of Cells and Polymer Networks: Bridging Theory, Simulation and Experiment

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    Emergent micro-mechanics of active cytoskeletal composites

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    Energetic constraints on biological assembly and motion

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    Chemo-mechanical diffusion waves orchestrate collective dynamics of immune cell podosomes

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    In vitro cytoskeletal active solid composites

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    From Rigidity to Resilience: How Rigidity Transitions Modulate Bipolymer Network Mechanics in Cells and Tissues

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    Nonlinear effect in cell-matrix interactions

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    Vimentin intermediate filaments are critical for 3D cell migration and nuclear translocation

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    Integrin-mediated adhesions in a crosstalk with actomyosin cytoskeleton and microtubules

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    Geometry and rheology of epithelial tissues

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    Slender-filament microrheology in vitro and in vivo

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    Agent-based modeling and data analysis for actomyosin dynamics and organization

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    Mechanochemistry of focal adhesion dynamics

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    Self-organization of microtubule asters from crosslinker protein condensates

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    The mechanical phase transition organizing cartilage shear properties and function

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    Mechanical phase transitions and fiber network mechanics

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    Mechanics of spindle positioning and orientation in human cells

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    Transcription factor dynamics in gene expression: the long and short of it

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    Modelling intermediate filaments – from filament elongation to network organization

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    Isostaticity, fracturing, and topological polarization of fiber networks

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    Polymer physics of metabolically active nuclei

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