Mechanics of Cells and Tissues I

Presentations

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

  ORAL · Invited

  March 17, 2025, 8:00 AM – March 17, 2025, 8:36 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, 8:36 AM – March 17, 2025, 8:48 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, 8:48 AM – March 17, 2025, 9:00 AM

  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, 9:00 AM – March 17, 2025, 9:12 AM

  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, 9:12 AM – March 17, 2025, 9:24 AM

  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, 9:24 AM – March 17, 2025, 9:36 AM

  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, 9:36 AM – March 17, 2025, 9:48 AM

  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, 9:48 AM – March 17, 2025, 10:00 AM

  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, 10:00 AM – March 17, 2025, 10:12 AM

  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, 10:12 AM – March 17, 2025, 10:24 AM

  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, 10:24 AM – March 17, 2025, 10:36 AM

  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, 10:36 AM – March 17, 2025, 10:48 AM

  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, 10:48 AM – March 17, 2025, 11:00 AM

  Presenters

  • Yiyang Ye

    • Peking University

  Authors

  • Yiyang Ye

    • Peking University

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