This is an overview of theoretical approaches to semiflexible polymers and their networks.
Such semiflexible polymers have large bending rigidities that can compete with the entropic …

We review recent evidence showing that cell and tissue dynamics are governed by
mesoscale physical principles. These principles can be understood in terms of simple state …

Living cells are viscoelastic materials, dominated by an elastic response on timescales
longer than a millisecond. On shorter timescales, the dynamics of individual cytoskeleton …

Despite their overwhelming complexity, living cells display a high degree of internal
mechanical and functional organization which can largely be attributed to the intracellular …

From the cell cytoskeleton to connective tissues, fibrous networks are ubiquitous in
metazoan life as the key promoters of mechanical strength, support and integrity. In recent …

Every adherent eukaryotic cell exerts appreciable traction forces upon its substrate.
Moreover, every resident cell within the heart, great vessels, bladder, gut or lung routinely …

The implications of the existence of different actins expressed in epithelial cells for network
mechanics and dynamics is investigated by microrheology and confocal imaging. γ-actin …

With the recent revolution in Molecular Biology and the deciphering of the Human Genome,
understanding of the building blocks that comprise living systems has advanced rapidly. We …

Physiological processes in cells are performed efficiently without getting jammed although
cytoplasm is highly crowded with various macromolecules. Elucidating the physical …

Intermediate filaments (IFs) constitute a sophisticated filament system in the cytoplasm of
eukaryotes. They form bundles and networks with adapted viscoelastic properties and are …