Poster abstracts

Stefania Pagliari, Giancarlo Forte, Ana Rubina Perestrelo, Jorge Oliver de la Cruz, Vladimír Vinarský, Víta Žampachová, Vladimír Horváth, Diana S. Nascimento, Perpétua Pinto-do-Ó

Local microenvironment of collagen gels drives cell spreading through cell-fiber interactions

Wilhelm Huck, Min Bao, Jing Xie

YAP/TAZ mechanosensors as determinants of cardiac cell maturation and function

Stefania Pagliari, Vladimir Vinarsky, Fabiana Martino, Ana Rubina Perestrelo, Giancarlo Forte

Hydrolytically-degradable click alginate hydrogels

Daniela Garske, Aline Lueckgen, Georg N. Duda, Amaia Cipitria, Rajiv M. Desai, David J. Mooney, Peter Fratzl

Effect of physicochemical properties and peptide ligands on fibroblasts embedded in dual crosslinked pectin hydrogels for skin repair

Aureliana Sousa, Ruben Pereira, Cristina Barrias, Pedro Granja, Paulo Bártolo

Functional impact of blebs in a novel alternative cancer 3D invasion mode.

Asja Guzman, Oh Sang Kweon, Laura J. Kaufman

Biophysical interactions of primary human cells and porous silicon nanoneedles

Spencer Crowder, Catherine Hansel, Sahana Gopal, Ciro Chiappini, Molly Stevens

Mapping cell forces within 3D tissue engineered spheroid cultures using dispersible hydrogel mechanosensors

Wontae Lee, Richard L. Leask, Christopher Moraes, Shuichi Takayama, Andrew J. Putnam, Rahul K. Singh

Investigating regulation of mammary epithelial morphogenesis by ECM remodeling

Zuzana Koledova

Re-programming cell contacts

Simge Yuz

Group Decisions influence emergence and regulation of leaders during collective migration of epithelial cells

Medhavi Vishwakarma, Tamal Das, Joachim Spatz

Mouse embryonic fibroblast derived matrices regulate fate and genomic integrity of mouse embryonic stem cells

Lakshmi Kavitha Sthanam, Shamik Sen

Adhesivity modulates cell mechanics on in vivo mimetic methacrylated gelatin gels

Shamik Sen, Amlan Barai, Edna George

Confounding effects of macromolecular crowding and extracellular matrix on fibroblast proliferation

Jenna Graham, Nikhil Jain, Viola Vogel, Denis Wirtz

Development of a high-throughput cell migration assay using dynamically adhesive micro-patterned substrates

Filipe Almeida, John Connelly

Confined cancer cell invasion is dependent on the physical properties of the extracellular matrix

Andrew Holle, Joachim Spatz, Ralf Kemkemer

Protein Kinase A Subunit Response to Hydrogel Substrates

Michelle L. Oyen, Jenna M. Shapiro, Constantine A. Stratakis

Tracing cell fate and decision-making to local, dynamic cellâ€“matrix mechanical interactions

Nicholas A. Kurniawan

Computational model of cell migration through a viscoelastic extracellular matrix by local degradation and filopodia-based traction forces

Tommy Heck, Hans Van Oosterwyck, Herman Ramon, Bart Smeets, Paul Van Liedekerke

Force loading explains how substrate rigidity and ligand nano-distribution regulate cell response

Alberto Elosegui-Artola, Pere Roca-Cusachs, Roger Oria, Daniel Navajas, Xavier Trepat, Juan Jose Uriarte, Tina Wiegand, Elisabetta Ada Cavalcanti-Adam, Jorge Escribano, José Manuel García-Aznar

Differential response of basal and cap actin fibers to combined topographical cues and cyclic uniaxial strain

Frank Baaijens, Carlijn Bouten, Chiara Tamiello

Beta-sarcoglycan deficiency displays reduced atherosclerotic plaque development in ApoE-null mice

Uwe Rauch, Anna Hultgardh Nilsson, Vignesh Murugesan

Scaffold mechanics modulates lipid uptake in THP-1 derived macrophages in 3D matrices

Mischa Bonn, Sapun Parekh, Mischa Schwendy, Ronald E. Unger