Physics of the Cytoskeleton II

Presentations

• Reconstitution of active actin cortex

  ORAL · Invited

  March 20, 2025, 8:00 AM – March 20, 2025, 8:36 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, 8:36 AM – March 20, 2025, 8:48 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, 8:48 AM – March 20, 2025, 9:00 AM

  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, 9:00 AM – March 20, 2025, 9:12 AM

  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• Abstract Withdrawn

  ORAL · Withdrawn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, 9:12 AM – March 20, 2025, 9:24 AM

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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, 9:24 AM – March 20, 2025, 9:36 AM

  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, 9:36 AM – March 20, 2025, 9:48 AM

  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.
  
  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, 9:48 AM – March 20, 2025, 10:00 AM

  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, 10:00 AM – March 20, 2025, 10:12 AM

  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, 10:12 AM – March 20, 2025, 10:24 AM

  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, 10:24 AM – March 20, 2025, 10:36 AM

  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, 10:36 AM – March 20, 2025, 10:48 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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