Oct 19 – 22, 2011
Hotel Roanoke, Roanoke VA
US/Eastern timezone

Time-dependent mechanical response of the cytoskeleton

Oct 21, 2011, 11:57 AM
12m
Crystal Ballroom B (Hotel Roanoke, Roanoke VA)

Crystal Ballroom B

Hotel Roanoke, Roanoke VA

Speaker

Nasrin Afzal (Virginia Tech)

Description

Motivated by a series of experiments that study the response of the cytoskeleton in living cells to time-dependent mechanical forces, we investigate, through Monte Carlo simulations, a three-dimensional network subjected to perturbations. After having prepared the system in a relaxed state, shear is applied and the relaxation processes are monitored. We measure two time quantities and discuss the possible implications of our results for relaxation processes taking place in the cytoskeleton.

Co-author

Michel Pleimling (Virginia Tech)

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