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Advances in Cell Mechanics

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  • © 2011

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Editors:
  1. Shaofan Li

    1. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of California at Berkeley, USA

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  2. Bohua Sun

    1. Centre for Mechanics, Smart Structures and Microsystems, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town, South Africa

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  • Declarers the latest developments in cell biology from the perspective of molecular-physics, bio-mechanics, and multiscale modeling

  • Covers applications of the state-of-the-art atomistic, molecular, multiscale, and soft matter mechanics in order to understand cell biology

  • Serves as a detailed comprehensive review on cell mechanics and physics

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Modeling and Simulations of the Dynamics of Growing Cell Clusters

    • Ignacio Romero, Juan J. Arribas
    Pages 1-25

  3. Multiscale Biomechanical Modeling of Stem Cell-Extracellular Matrix Interactions

    • Xiaowei Zeng, Shaofan Li, Sean S. Kohles
    Pages 27-53

  4. Modeling of Proteins and Their Interactions with Solvent

    • Tao Wu, X. Sheldon Wang, Barry Cohen
    Pages 55-116

  5. Structural, Mechanical and Functional Properties of Intermediate Filaments from the Atomistic to the Cellular Scales

    • Zhao Qin, Chia-Ching Chou, Laurent Kreplak, Markus J. Buehler
    Pages 117-166

  6. Cytoskeletal Mechanics and Rheology

    • Hamed Hatami-Marbini, Mohammad R. K. Mofrad
    Pages 167-188

  7. On the Application of Multiphasic Theories to the Problem of Cellsubstrate Mechanical Interactions

    • Franck J. Vernerey
    Pages 189-224

  8. Effect of Substrate Rigidity on the Growth of Nascent Adhesion Sites

    • Alireza S. Sarvestani
    Pages 225-238

  9. Opto-Hydrodynamic Trapping for Multiaxial Single-Cell Biomechanics

    • Sean S. Kohles
    Pages 239-256

  10. Application of Nonlocal Shell Models to Microtubule Buckling in Living Cells

    • Hui-Shen Shen
    Pages 257-316
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"Advances in Cell Mechanics" presents the latest developments in cell mechanics and biophysics, mainly focusing on interdisciplinary research in cell biology and the biophysics of cells. Moreover, a unique feature of the book is its emphasis on the molecular and complex continuum modeling and simulations of the cells. It may be the first work that brings rigorous and quantitative scientific analysis and state-of-the-art simulation technology into cell biology research.

The book is intended for researchers and graduate students working in the fields of molecular cell biology, bio-engineering and bio-mechanics, soft matter physics, computational mechanics, bio-chemistry and bio-medicine.

All contributors are leading scholars in their respective fields. Dr. Shaofan Li is a professor and an expert for computational mechanics at the University of California-Berkeley, USA; Dr. Bohua Sun is a professor at Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of California at Berkeley, USA

    Shaofan Li

  • Centre for Mechanics, Smart Structures and Microsystems, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town, South Africa

    Bohua Sun

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