This ICAM workshop brought together junior and senior researchers working on the emergent properties of soft active matter. It focused on nonequilibrium collective behavior and locomotion in active systems, including mixtures of cytoskeletal filaments and motor proteins, the cell cytoskeleton, bacteria colonies, collections of cells in elastic matrices or living tissues, plankton in the ocean, insects or animal groups and vibrated granular layers. By bringing together researchers from a variety of disciplines we hope to stimulate new interactions and ideas in this rapidly evolving field.
This talk discusses various types of forces that cells often experience. Rumi De also explains how these forces may influence cellular activity.
Published 05/21/09
Cynthia Reinhart-King explains how substrates play a large role in cell connectivity. The effects on cell assembly are also examined.
Published 05/21/09
This presentation discusses tissue stiffness and how cells react to this type of stress. In addition, the effects of gels on cell signaling are also examined.
Published 05/21/09