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The effects of membrane and cytoskeletal mechanics on cell adhesiveness (2004) read it
Development of a model to explain the effect of variable membrane compliance on single molecule adhesive bond force
Maddigan, Brendan T. (Brendan Thomas), 1981- (2004)
- Advisor: Richard J. Gilbert
- Department of Mechanical Engineering
Viscoelastic two-dimensional modeling of cell deformation due to shear stress on apical focal adhesion, with experimental design considerations
Hsu, Jeffrey J (2005)
- Advisors: Kamm, Roger D; Mohammad R. Kaazempur-Mofrad
- Department of Mechanical Engineering
- Advisor: C. Forbes Dewey, Jr.
- Department of Mechanical Engineering
- Advisors: Kamm, Roger D; Mohammad R. Kaazempur Mofrad
- Biological Engineering Division
Cartilage response to in vitro models of injury in combination with growth factor and antioxidant treatments
Wheeler, Cameron, 1978- (2007)
- Advisor: Grodzinsky, Alan Jay
- Biological Engineering Division
Microstructurally-based constitutive models of cytoskeletal networks for simulation of the biomechanical response of biological cells
Palmer, Jeffrey Shane (2008)
- Advisor: Mary C. Boyce
- Department of Mechanical Engineering
Dynamic viscoelasticity of actin networks cross-linked with wild-type and mutant [alpha]-actinin-4
Volkmer Ward, Sabine M (2008)
- Advisor: David A. Weitz
- Department of Physics
- Advisor: Douglas A. Lauffenburger
- Department of Chemical Engineering
- Advisor: Rohit Karnik
- Department of Mechanical Engineering
Mechanisms of myosin regulation and function during tissue folding
Vasquez, Claudia G. (Claudia Gabriela) (2015)
- Advisor: Adam C. Martin
- Department of Biology