Mohammad R. K. Mofrad / Roger D. Kamm (eds.)

Cytoskeletal Mechanics

Models and Measurements in Cell Mechanics
Herausgeber: Kamm, Roger; Mofrad, Mohammad K.; Kaazempur-Mofrad, Mohammad

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book presents a full spectrum of views on current approaches to modeling cell mechanics.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 683g
• ISBN-13: 9780521846370
• ISBN-10: 0521846374
• Artikelnr.: 21808981

Autorenporträt

Professor Mofrad has recently joined the faculty at the University of California, Berkeley. After recieving his PhD from the University of Toronto he was a Post-Doctoral Fellow at MIT.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction and the biological basis for cell mechanics Mohammad R. K.
Mofrad and Roger Kamm; 2. Experimental measurements of intracellular
mechanics Paul Janmey and Christoph Schmidt; 3. The cytoskeleton as a soft
glassy material Jeffrey Fredberg and Ben Fabry; 4. Continuum elastic or
viscoelastic models for the cell Mohammad R. K. Mofrad, Helene Karcher and
Roger Kamm; 5. Multiphasic models of cell mechanics Farshid Guuilak,
Mansoor A. Haider, Lori A. Setton, Tod A. Laursen and Frank P. T. Baaijens;
6. Models of cytoskeletal mechanics based on tensegrity Dimitrije
Stamenovic; 7. Cells, gels and mechanics Gerald H. Pollack; 8.
Polymer-based models of cytoskeletal networks F. C. MacKintosh; 9. Cell
dynamics and the actin cytoskeleton James L. McGrath and C. Forbes Dewey,
Jr; 10. Active cellular motion: continuum theories and models Marc Herant
and Micah Dembo; 11. Summary Mohammad R. K. Mofrad and Roger Kamm.