During embryonic morphogenesis, the heart undergoes a complex series of cellular
phenotypic maturations (eg, transition of myocytes from proliferative to quiescent or …

Inertial particle microfluidics (IPMF) is an emerging technology for the manipulation and
separation of microparticles and biological cells. Since the flow physics of IPMF is complex …

In contrast to most synthetic hydrogels, biological gels are made of fibrous networks. This
architecture gives rise to unique properties, like low concentration, high porosity gels with a …

Invasion by cancer cells is a crucial step in metastasis. An oversimplified view in the
literature is that cancer cells become more deformable as they become more invasive. β …

The mechanical and structural properties of actin cytoskeleton drive various cellular
processes, including structural support of the plasma membrane and cellular motility. Actin …

Cells assemble numerous types of actomyosin bundles that generate contractile forces for
biological processes, such as cytokinesis and cell migration. One example of contractile …

The cytoskeletal protein actin polymerizes into filaments that are essential for the
mechanical stability of mammalian cells. In vitro experiments showed that direct interactions …

Cell mechanics has proven to be important in many biological processes. Although there is
a number of experimental techniques which allow us to study mechanical properties of cell …

Cells are a fundamental structural, functional and biological unit for all living organisms. Up
till now, considerable efforts have been made to study the responses of single cells and …

Actin filaments continually assemble and disassemble within a cell. Assembled filaments"
age" as a bound nucleotide ATP within each actin subunit quickly hydrolyzes followed by a …