Physics of the Cytoskeleton I

Presentations

• Trainable control of active nematic defect dynamics using imperfect feedback and artificial intelligence

  ORAL · Invited

  March 4, 2024, 9:00 AM – March 4, 2024, 9:36 AM

  Presenters

  • Carlos S Floyd

    University of Chicago

  Authors

  • Carlos S Floyd

    University of Chicago

  • Aaron R Dinner

    University of Chicago

  • Suriyanarayanan Vaikuntanathan

    University of Chicago

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• Dynamic remodeling biopolymer networks achieve mechanical homeostasis

  ORAL

  March 4, 2024, 9:36 AM – March 4, 2024, 9:48 AM

  Presenters

  • Marco Aurelio Galvani Cunha

    University of Pennsylvania

  Authors

  • Marco Aurelio Galvani Cunha

    University of Pennsylvania

  • John C Crocker

    University of Pennsylvania

  • Andrea J Liu

    University of Pennsylvania

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• Residue-specific coarse-grained model of actin filaments

  ORAL

  March 4, 2024, 9:48 AM – March 4, 2024, 10:00 AM

  Presenters

  • Shuting Zhang

    Lehigh Univ

  Authors

  • Dimitrios Vavylonis

    Lehigh University

  • Shuting Zhang

    Lehigh Univ

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• Cytoskeletal response to external forces: Contractile to extensile transition

  ORAL

  March 4, 2024, 10:00 AM – March 4, 2024, 10:12 AM

  Presenters

  • Deb S Banerjee

    Carnegie Mellon University, The University of Chicago

  Authors

  • Deb S Banerjee

    Carnegie Mellon University, The University of Chicago

  • Alexandra Lamtyugina

    University of Chicago

  • Yuqing Qiu

    University of Chicago

  • Suriyanarayanan Vaikuntanathan

    University of Chicago

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• Stress Relaxation of Actin Networks and Solutions via Severing

  ORAL

  March 4, 2024, 10:12 AM – March 4, 2024, 10:24 AM

  Presenters

  • Prathamesh Kulkarni

    Rice University

  Authors

  • Prathamesh Kulkarni

    Rice University

  • Frederick C MacKintosh

    Rice University

  • Anatoly B Kolomeisky

    Rice Univ

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• Active deformation and self-organization in elastic fiber networks

  ORAL · Invited

  March 4, 2024, 10:24 AM – March 4, 2024, 11:00 AM

  Publication: 1. Zakharov et al., bioRxiv 2023.03.24.534185
  2. Kumar et al. Soft Matter, 2023,19, 5805-5823

  Presenters

  • Kinjal Dasbiswas

    University of California Merced

  Authors

  • Kinjal Dasbiswas

    University of California Merced

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• Role of fiber bending in the macroscopic active contraction of model cytoskeletal networks

  ORAL

  March 4, 2024, 11:00 AM – March 4, 2024, 11:12 AM

  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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• Myosin-I enhances the force generation of Arp2/3-mediated branched actin assembly

  ORAL

  March 4, 2024, 11:12 AM – March 4, 2024, 11:24 AM

  Presenters

  • Mengqi Xu

    University of Pennsylvania

  Authors

  • Mengqi Xu

    University of Pennsylvania

  • David M Rutkowski

    Lehigh University

  • Luther Pollard

    University of Pennsylvania

  • Grzegorz Rebowski

    University of Pennsylvania

  • Malgorzata Boczkowska

    University of Pennsylvania

  • Roberto Dominguez

    University of Pennsylvania

  • Dimitrios Vavylonis

    Lehigh University

  • Michael Ostap

    University of Pennsylvania

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• Confined actin ring assembly through bundle coarsening prior to kinetic arrest

  ORAL

  March 4, 2024, 11:24 AM – March 4, 2024, 11:36 AM

  Presenters

  • Dimitrios Vavylonis

    Lehigh University

  Authors

  • Dimitrios Vavylonis

    Lehigh University

  • Adam R Lamson

    Flatiron Institute

  • David M Rutkowski

    Lehigh University

  • Bryce Palmer

    Michigan State University

  • Bryce Palmer

    Michigan State University

  • Michael J Shelley

    Flatiron Institute (Simons Foundation)

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• Lévy distributed fluctuations and cytoquakes in the actomyosin cortex

  ORAL

  March 4, 2024, 11:36 AM – March 4, 2024, 11:48 AM

  Publication: ArXiV:2309.06226

  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

  • Clary Rodriguez-Cruz

    University of Pennsylvania

  • Christopher L Porter

    University of Pennsylvania

  • Geran M Kostecki

    Johns Hopkins University

  • Leslie Tung

    Johns Hopkins University

  • John C Crocker

    University of Pennsylvania

  • Daniel H Reich

    Johns Hopkins University

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