Poster abstracts

Correlation between cell morphology, tractions and motility of endothelial cells on compliant substrates

Alicia Izquierdo-Alvarez, Alvaro Jorge-Peñas, Diego A. Vargas, Srilakshmi Ragunathan, Hans Van Oosterwyck, Ramesh Subramani

3D ultrastructure and morphology of stem cell spheroids by SBF-SEM

Josef Jaros, Ales Hampl, Michal Petrov, Marketa Tesarova

Directed protrusion growth: communication and critical length-scales

Aldo Jesorkaa, Gavin D. M. Jeffriesa , Shijun Xua, Haijiang Zhang, Anna A. Kim

Designing an artificial 3D microenvironment for probing geometrical cues influencing stem cell fate

Min Bao, Jing Xie, Stéphanie Bruekers, Wilhelm Huck

Decellularized extracellular matrices to dissect the contribution of mechanosome to cardiac pathologies

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

The dynamic mechanical adaptation of keratocytes squeezed on 2D micropatterns

Danahe Mohammed, Sylvain Gabriele, Guillaume Charras

Following the leader: mechanical loading or stiffness sensing?

John A. Jansen, X. Frank Walboomers, Hatice Imran Gungordu

Geometry-guided cell migration on competing length scales

Carlijn Bouten, Nicholas Kurniawan, Maike Werner, Ansgar Petersen

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

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

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

Wilhelm Huck, Min Bao, Jing Xie

Measuring local 3D tissue stiffness using microengineered smart material probes

Stephanie Mok, Wontae Lee, Sarah Dubois, Katherine Macdonald, Richard L Leask, Christopher Moraes

Influence of actin stress fibers on endothelial cell dynamics

Taíla O. Meiga, Alvaro Jorge-Peñas, Hans Van Oosterwyck, Susanna Piluso, Jennifer Patterson

Hydrolytically-degradable click alginate hydrogels

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

Investigating regulation of mammary epithelial morphogenesis by ECM remodeling

Zuzana Koledova

Confounding effects of macromolecular crowding and extracellular matrix on fibroblast proliferation

Jenna Graham, Nikhil Jain, Viola Vogel, Denis Wirtz

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

Biophysical interactions of primary human cells and porous silicon nanoneedles

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

Re-programming cell contacts

Simge Yuz

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

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

Asja Guzman, Oh Sang Kweon, Laura J. Kaufman

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

Nicholas A. Kurniawan

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

Medhavi Vishwakarma, Tamal Das, Joachim Spatz

Adhesivity modulates cell mechanics on in vivo mimetic methacrylated gelatin gels

Shamik Sen, Amlan Barai, Edna George

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

Filipe Almeida, John Connelly

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

Lakshmi Kavitha Sthanam, Shamik Sen

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

Uwe Rauch, Anna Hultgardh Nilsson, Vignesh Murugesan

Protein Kinase A Subunit Response to Hydrogel Substrates

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

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

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

Andrew Holle, Joachim Spatz, Ralf Kemkemer

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

Frank Baaijens, Carlijn Bouten, Chiara Tamiello

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

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

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