Mechanics of Cells and Tissues I

Presentations

• Pushing Multicellular Living Systems to Extreme: Reality and Virtual world

  Invited-In-person · Invited · Withdrawn

  March 16, 2026, 12:00 PM – March 16, 2026, 12:36 PM

  Presenters

  • Ming Guo

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Ming Guo

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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• Membrane potential mediates the cellular response to mechanical pressure

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 12:36 PM – March 16, 2026, 12:48 PM

  Presenters

  • Markus Basan

    • Harvard University

  Authors

  • Markus Basan

    • Harvard University

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• A percolation transition in multicellular fibroblast networks drives compaction of collagen disks.

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 12:48 PM – March 16, 2026, 1:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Suraj Sahu

    • University of California, Merced

  Authors

  • Suraj Sahu

    • University of California, Merced

  • Ajay Gopinathan

    • University of California, Merced

  • Kinjal Dasbiswas

    • University of California, Merced

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• Parameterization of the critically rigid manifolds of vertex models

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 1:00 PM – March 16, 2026, 1:12 PM

  Presenters

  • Kelly Aspinwall

    • Syracuse University

  Authors

  • Kelly Aspinwall

    • Syracuse University

  • Tyler Hain

    • Syracuse University

  • M Lisa Manning

    • Syracuse University

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• Driving tissues into shape: controlling patterning and morphogenesis in the early human brain

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 1:12 PM – March 16, 2026, 1:24 PM

  Presenters

  • Alexandru Bacanu

    • Harvard University

  Authors

  • Alexandru Bacanu

    • Harvard University

  • William Weiter

  • Sharad Ramanathan

    • Harvard University

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• Porous mesenchymal tissue as a fluid under tension

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 1:24 PM – March 16, 2026, 1:36 PM

  Presenters

  • Alex Grigas

    • Syracuse University

  Authors

  • Alex Grigas

    • Syracuse University

  • Rajendra Negi

    • Syracuse University

  • Arthur Michaut

  • Alessandro Mongera

  • M Lisa Manning

    • Syracuse University

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• Chirality across scales in tissue dynamics

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 1:36 PM – March 16, 2026, 1:48 PM

  Publication: arXiv:2506.12276

  Presenters

  • Sihan Chen

    • University of Chicago

  Authors

  • Sihan Chen

    • University of Chicago

  • Doruk Gökmen

  • Michel Fruchart

    • CNRS

  • Miriam Krumbein

  • pascal silberzan

    • Institut Curie / CNRS

  • Victor Yashunsky

  • vincenzo vitelli

    • University of Chicago

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• Can single-fiber level strain change the molecular structure and metabolism of fibrin?

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 1:48 PM – March 16, 2026, 2:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Thomas Dutta

    • Brown University

  Authors

  • Thomas Dutta

    • Brown University

  • Fitzroy Byfield

  • Lukasz Suprewicz

  • Jakub Kochanowski

    • University of Pennsylvania

  • Jay Tang

    • Brown University

  • Paul Janmey

    • University of Pennsylvania

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• Landscape of Metastable States for Epithelial Tissue Monolayers

  Oral-In-person · Withdrawn

  March 16, 2026, 2:00 PM – March 16, 2026, 2:12 PM

  Presenters

  • Mayisha Nakib

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  Authors

  • Mayisha Nakib

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Sascha Hilgenfeldt

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Jairo Martin Rojas Huamaní

    • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  • William Brieher

  • Ran Yang

  • Vivian Tang

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• Comparative analysis of mechanical efficiency and robustness of different spherical cap shaping strategies in elastic sheets

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 2:12 PM – March 16, 2026, 2:24 PM

  Presenters

  • Lior Moneta

    • Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics

  Authors

  • Lior Moneta

    • Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics

  • Carl Modes

    • Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics (MPI-CBG)

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• Extreme Elastic Properties of Mechanosensory Chordotonal Organs in Drosophila melanogaster

  Oral-In-person · Withdrawn

  March 16, 2026, 2:24 PM – March 16, 2026, 2:36 PM

  Presenters

  • Kengo Nishi

    • Duke University

  Authors

  • Kengo Nishi

    • Duke University

  • Chonglin Guan

    • Duke University

  • Xiaoxuan Jian

    • Duke University

  • Christian Kreis

  • Oliver Bäumchen

  • Martin Göpfert

  • Christoph Schmidt

    • Duke University

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• Characterizing the high-rate viscoelastic behavior of tendons using time-temperature and time-ethanol superposition

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 2:36 PM – March 16, 2026, 2:48 PM

  Presenters

  • Amelia Acker

    • Harvey Mudd College

  Authors

  • Amelia Acker

    • Harvey Mudd College

  • Mark Ilton

    • Harvey Mudd College

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• Dynamic mechanical response in a human stem cell-derived smooth muscle cell model.

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 2:48 PM – March 16, 2026, 3:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Melissa Kissling

    • Johns Hopkins University

  Authors

  • Melissa Kissling

    • Johns Hopkins University

  • Stanley Chun Ming Wu

  • Mangaiyarkarasy Swethakumar

  • Kenneth Boheler

  • Daniel Reich

    • Johns Hopkins University

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