Integrative Mechanobiology

Part I. Micro/Nano Techniques in Cell Mechanobiology: 1. Nanotechnologies and FRET imaging in live cells Eddie Y. Chung, Qin Qin, Agamoni Bhattacharyya, Shaoying Lu and Yingxiao Wang; 2. Electron microscopy and three-dimensional single-particle analysis as tools for understanding the structural basis of mechanobiology Niels Volkmann and Dorit Hanein; 3. Stretchable micropost array cytometry: a powerful tool for cell mechanics and mechanobiology research Yue Shao, Shinuo Weng and Jianping Fu; 4. Microscale generation of dynamic forces in cell culture systems Christopher Moraes, Luke A. MacQueen, Yu Sun and Craig A. Simmons; 5. Multi-scale topographical approaches for cell mechanobiology studies Koichiro Uto, Elliot Fisher, Hong-Nam Kim, Chang Ho Seo and Deok-Ho Kim; 6. Hydrogels with dynamically tunable properties Murat Guvendiren and Jason A. Burdick; 7. Micro-engineered tools for studying cell migration in electric fields Jiandong Wu and Francis Lin; 8. Laser ablation to investigate cell and tissue mechanics in vivo Teresa Zulueta-Coarasa and Rodrigo Fernandez-Gonzalez; 9. Computational image analysis techniques for cell mechanobiology Ge Yang and Hao-Chih Lee; 10. Micro- and nanotools to probe cancer cell mechanics and mechanobiology Yasaman Nematbakhsh and Chwee Teck Lim; 11. Stimuli-responsive polymeric substrates for cell-matrix mechanobiology Mitsuhiro Ebara and Koichiro Uto; Part II. Recent Progress in Cell Mechanobiology: 12. Forces of nature: understanding the role of mechanotransduction in stem cell differentiation Andrew W. Holle, Jennifer L. Young and Yu Suk Choi; 13. Heart valve mechanobiology Craig Simmons; 14. Bone cell mechanobiology using micro- and nano-techniques Chao Liu, Kevin Middleton and Lidan You; 15. Molecular mechanisms of cellular mechanotransduction in wound healing Vincent F. Fiore, Dwight M. Chambers and Thomas H. Barker; 16. Micropost arrays as a means to assess cardiac muscle cells Andrea Leonard, Marita L. Rodriguez and Nathan J. Sniadecki; 17. Micro/nanofabrication for the study of biochemical and biomechanical regulation of T cell activation Hye Mi Kim and Junsang Doh; 18. Study of tumor angiogenesis using microfluidic approaches Yoojin Shin, Sewoon Han, Hyo-Eun Jeong, Jeong Ah Kim, Jessie S. Jeon and Sid Chung; 19. Neuromechanobiology of the brain: mechanics of neuronal structure, function, and pathophysiology Jerel Mueller and William Tyler.