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<div class="csl-entry">Fürthauer, S. (2025, November 5). <i>The physics of highly crosslinked cytoskeletal networks</i> [Presentation]. CSH Talk, Wien, Austria. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/226311</div>
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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/226311
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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 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 show detailed comparison with a numerical implementation of the same system. I will then discuss its implications for cytoskeletal networks in vitro and in vivo. In particular I will demonstrate how our theory can usefully describe important aspect of mitotic spindles and contractile actomyosin cortices.
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Biophysics
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The physics of highly crosslinked cytoskeletal networks
