Viscoelasticity of diverse biological samples quantified by Acoustic Force Microrheology (AFMR)

G Bergamaschi, KKH Taris, AS Biebricher… - Communications …, 2024 - nature.com
In the context of soft matter and cellular mechanics, microrheology-the use of micron-sized
particles to probe the frequency-dependent viscoelastic response of materials–is widely …

[HTML][HTML] Fascial Manual Medicine: A Continuous Evolution

B Bordoni, AR Escher - Cureus, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
From the perspective of fascial manual medicine (FMM), the body should not be considered
as a set of compartments, but as a functional continuum, where most of the tissues …

Actin instability alters red blood cell mechanics and Piezo1 channel activity

N Braidotti, D Rizzo, CD Ciubotaru, G Sacco… - … and Modeling in …, 2025 - Springer
The organization and dynamics of the spectrin–actin membrane cytoskeleton play a crucial
role in determining the mechanical properties of red blood cells (RBC). RBC are subjected …

Response to the comments on “Cellular aggregation dictates universal spreading behaviour of a whole-blood drop on a paper strip”

S Laha, S Kar, S Chakraborty - Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2025 - Elsevier
In 2023, we published a research article in the Journal of Colloidal and Interface Science,
based on our experimental findings and substantiating scaling arguments leading to a …

Assessment of multiple hemorheological properties in microfluidic environment

YJ Kang - Physics of Fluids, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Measuring and monitoring hemorheological properties provide valuable insights into
diseases. To effectively detect impaired blood, it is necessary to quantify the multiple …

Cells on a string: Characterizing cellular structure and dynamics through viscoelastic phenotyping

DA Fedosov, G Gompper - Biophysical Journal, 2024 - cell.com
Red blood cells (RBCs) are one of the simplest cells in our body, comprised of a solution of
hemoglobin wrapped in a membrane bag. However, their structure, dynamics, and response …

Resolving interface structure and local internal mechanics of mitotic chromosomes

A Ridolfi, H Witt, J Harju, TVM Clement, E Peterman… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
The interface of chromosomes enables them to interact with the cell environment and is
crucial for their mechanical stability during mitosis. Here, we use Atomic Force Microscopy …