Subgroup Chair: Patricia Bassereau, Institut Curie, France
Symposium Time: 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM EST
Symposium Room: 113C
Business Meeting: 10:25 - 10:40 AM EST
Speakers:
8:35 AM Shamik Sen, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India
Proteolytic and Non-Proteolytic Functions of MMP9 in Cancer Invasion
9:00 AM Rafael Tapia Rojo, Kings College, London, UK
Mechanochemical Regulation of the Talin-Vinculin Interaction
9:25 AM Student/Postdoc Talk: Qin Ni
Deciphering the Role of Hydrostatic Pressure in Cellular Functions and Behaviors
9:35 AM Allen Ehrlicher, McGill University, Canada
Nuclear Mechanics and Deformation Regulate Cellular Lineage and Senescence via YAP Mechanotransduction
10:00 AM Rebecca Wells, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Lipid Droplets with Varied Mechanical Properties as Mechanical Stressors in Steatotic Liver Disease
10:40 AM Allen Liu, University of Michigan, USA
Mechanobiology of Collective Cell Migration
11:05 AM Student/Postdoc Talk: Xuechen Shi
Compression Stiffening in Adipose Tissues
11:15 AM Margaret Gardel, University of Chicago, USA
How Adherent Cells Process Mechanical Information?
11:40 AM Orion Weiner, University of California, San Francisco, USA
Membrane Tension as a Long-Range Integrator of Immune Cell Physiology
12:05 PM Viola Vogel, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Mechanobiology of Extracellular Matrix Fibers: From Blood Clots to Healthy and Diseased Organs