Cellular and Molecular Mechanics
researchbiomechanicscellular mechanicsmolecular biomechanicsCellular and Molecular Mechanics I was invited by Dr. Zhigang Suo to write a short piece on “Cellular and Molecular Mechanics”. I am writing...
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Nanoscale Intracellular Organization and Functional Architecture Mediating...
researchbiomechanicscellular mechanicsmolecular biomechanicsCells function based on a complex set of interactions that control pathways resulting in ultimate cell fates including proliferation,...
View ArticleMechanics vs. Biochemistry in Adhesions-Cytoskeleton-Nucleus Signal...
researchbiomechanicscellular mechanicsmolecular biomechanicsThe essence of mechanobiology is, probably, the interrelation between mechanical and biochemical factors. An exciting example of such...
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A structure-based sliding-rebinding mechanism for catch bonds
researchbiomechanicsmolecular biomechanicsZhu lab researchThis is a paper by Jizhong Lou and myself, which is in press in Biophysical Journal.Abstract. Catch bonds, whose lifetimes are prolonged by...
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Molecular and Cellular Biomechanics Journal
researchmolecular biomechanicsA new journal dedicated to the field of Molecular and Cellular Biomechanics has been formed for about a year. Many members in this community (such as Ning Wang, Cheng Zhu,...
View ArticleJournal Club Theme of January 2007: Biomechanics and Non-Affine Kinematics
Biological materials are frequently constructed of hydrated biopolymer networks. Examples include fibrous collagen in the extracellular matrix and actin within the cell's cytoskeleton. There are...
View ArticleThe comings and goings in a cell
videobiomechanicsmolecular biomechanicscell biomechanicsUpdate 23 March 2007. This wonderful educational video has now been removed from YouTube because it violates copyright. What a pity! Andre of...
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Journal Club Theme of April 2007: Analytical Modeling of Biomolecules
researchbiomechanicscellular mechanicsmolecular biomechanicsanalytical modelsJournal Club ForumThe molecular building blocks of a cell include:♦ membrane components (e.g. fatty acids and...
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Will you ever be able to buy fitness in a bottle?
opinionbiomechanicsmolecular biomechanics The diet pill industry is worth billions per year in the US alone so there’s huge incentive for companies to market miracle pills and the 1994 Dietary...
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Cell and Biomolecular Mechanics in silico, Nature Materials, Volume 7, 2008.
researchcomputational mechanicscellular mechanicsmolecular biomechanicsRecent developments in computational cell and biomolecular mechanics have provided valuable insights into the mechanical...
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Gating Mechanisms of Mechanosensitive Channels of Large Conductance
researchchen groupmolecular biomechanicsmechanobiologyWe present a top-down hierarchical computational framework for mechanobiology problems, the molecular dynamics decorated finite element method...
View ArticleIm looking for a PhD Position in the area of molecular simulations
educationmolecular dynamicsmolecular biomechanicsmolecular mechanicsphdSeeking PhD positionsPhD Studentshipphd openings My name is Mario Pinto. I have a bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering...
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Looking for postdoc position in solid mechanics/biophysics
jobbiomechanicssolid mechanicsmolecular biomechanicsbiophysicsbiopolymer gelspostdoctoral positionDear everyone, My name is Tianxiang Su. I am a 4th year PhD student in ME department in UPenn, working...
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ASME IDETC 2013 biomechanics symposium at MSNDC conference
conferencemolecular biomechanics Dear colleagues, The 2013 ASME multibody systems and nonlinear dynamics conference (MSNDC) to be held Aug 4-7 in Portland, Oregon will host a special symposium on...
View ArticleJournal Club Theme of May 2013: Mechanics of biological and bio-inspired...
researchmolecular biomechanicshydrogen bondingsupramolecular mechanicsSupramolecular assemblies are dynamic structures composed of simple molecular building blocks that self-assemble into...
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