Active Polymers and Filaments Organization and Dynamics
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Date (published):
8-Feb-2024
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Event name:
Workshop Active Polymers and Filaments - Organization and Dynamics
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Event date:
5-Feb-2024 - 9-Feb-2024
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Event place:
Leiden, Netherlands (the)
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Number of Pages:
1
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Keywords:
Biophysik
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Abstract:
Living cells move, deform and divide. The engine of these behaviors is the cytoskeleton, a highly crosslinked network of polymer filaments and molecular scale motors that use chemical energy to do work. We develop a theory that predicts how the micro-scale properties of molecular motors and crosslinks tune the networks emergent material properties and generate predictable, and possibly controllable, behaviors. I will present how this theory is constructed, and discuss its implications for cytoskeletal networks in vitro and in vivo.
