ABSTRACT

Introduction to Cell Mechanics and Mechanobiology is designed for a one-semester course in the mechanics of the cell offered to advanced undergraduate and graduate students in biomedical engineering, bioengineering, and mechanical engineering. It teaches a quantitative understanding of the way cells detect, modify, and respond to the physical prope

part |2 pages

PART I: PRINCIPLES

chapter 1|16 pages

Cell Mechanics as a Framework

chapter 2|34 pages

Fundamentals in Cell Biology

chapter 3|36 pages

Solid Mechanics Primer

chapter 4|30 pages

Fluid Mechanics Primer

chapter 6|36 pages

Cell Mechanics in the Laboratory

part |2 pages

PART II: Practices

chapter 7|34 pages

Mechanics of Cellular Polymers

chapter 8|26 pages

Polymer Networks and the Cytoskeleton

chapter 9|30 pages

Mechanics of the Cell Membrane

chapter 10|32 pages

Adhesion, Migration, and Contraction

chapter 11|26 pages

Cellular Mechanotransduction