Platelet mechanosensing as key to understanding platelet function

I Schoen, M Kenny, S Patil - Current Opinion in Hematology, 2024 - journals.lww.com
New findings unravel novel mechanotransduction pathways and effector functions in
platelets, establishing mechanobiology as a pivotal component of platelet function. These …

Celebrating the creative scientific life of Ken Jacobson

KM Hahn, MS Itano, LM Loew, EA Vitriol - Biophysical Journal, 2023 - cell.com
Our friend and colleague Kenneth Jacobson passed away on February 7, 2022. With Ken's
passing, we lost both a leading light in biophysics and a force for collegiality and …

Uncertainty-Aware Traction Force Microscopy

A Kandasamy, YT Yeh, R Serrano, M Mercola… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Abstract Traction Force Microscopy (TFM) is a versatile tool to quantify cell-exerted forces by
imaging and tracking fiduciary markers embedded in elastic substrates. The computations …

Understanding and Leveraging Mechanical Forces in Haemostasis

IM Briongos - 2023 - search.proquest.com
Cardiovascular disease accounts for one third of deaths worldwide, of which over 75% are
in low-and middle-income countries. Platelets and von Willebrand Factor play a central role …

Understanding and leveraging mechanical forces in haemostasis

I Macleod Briongos, D Bark, C Olver, K Popat, C Henry - mountainscholar.org
Cardiovascular disease accounts for one third of deaths worldwide, of which over 75% are
in low-and middle-income countries. Platelets and von Willebrand Factor play a central role …