Day Two: Cytoskeletal Mechanics and Mechanically Active Cells

Morning Session: Semiflexible Filament Networks and Random Solids

8:00 am to 9:00 amBreakfast - Continental Breakfast served in CNSI Lobby
9:00 to 10:00 am Mechanics and Dynamics of Biopolymer Networks: Criticality, Mechanical Integrity and Motor Activity, F. MacKintosh (Vrije Universiteit)
10:00 to 11:00 am Random Solids and their Universal Features: A Simple Landau-type Picture, P. Goldbart (Georgia Tech)
11:00 to 12:00 pm Discussion: A Universal Theoretical Framework for Filamentous Network Mechanics? Discussion Leaders: MacKintosh and Goldbart
12:00 to 1:00 pm Lunch - Sandwiches provided in the CNSI lobby

Afternoon Session: Experiments on Filaments and Mechanics at the Cellular Scale

1:00 to 2:00 pm From Isolated Filaments and Filamentous Bundles to Active Gels and Liquid Crystals, Z. Dogic (Brandeis)
2:00 to 3:00 pm Mechanical Detection by Hair Cells of the Inner Ear, D. Bozovic (UCLA)
3:00 to 3:30 pm Break: Coffee and cookies provided in the CNSI lobby
3:30 to 4:30 pm Optical Measurement of Biomechanical Properties of Red Blood Cells: Applications in Hematology, P. Park (KAIST)
4:30 to 6:00 pm Discussion: The Role of Active Force Generation in Mechancis at the Cellular Scale and the Connection of Cellular Mechanics to in vivo Network Mechanics led by D. Bozovic, P. Park and and M. Valentine
6:00 pm Dinner: In Westwood