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Journal Club for October 2021: Mechanobiology and Mechanomedicine: tuning the tension in the life

Submitted by bhji on

 

Mechanobiology and Mechanomedicine: tuning the tension in the life

 

Baohua Ji (bhji [at] zju.edu.cn)

Department of Engineering Mechanics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027

 

Abstract

Mechanotropism of single cells adhering to elastic substrates subject to exogenous forces

Submitted by Luca-Deseri on

Adherent cells are able to actively generate internal forces, channeled by cytoskeletal protein filaments and transmitted through transmembrane receptors to the surrounding environment by means of focal adhesions.

PhD opening on Mechanics of Bio-adhesion and Mechanobiology @ University of British Columbia, Vancouver (BC, Canada) - Mechanical Engineering

Submitted by mattia.bacca on

We are looking for a highly motivated PhD student to work on Computational Solid Mechanics, with focus on Cell Adhesion and Mechanobiology. The project is in collaboration with experimental biologists and biophysicists located at UBC and other international laboratories. It will involve the use analytical tools in Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics (e.g. Statistical Mechanics), and computational tools such as Finite Element Analysis. The goal will be to derive important scaling laws to understand the mechanical behavior of Biological Cells under different processes such as Motility, Differentiation and Mitosis.

Biomechanics of Collective Cell Migration in Cancer Progression: Experimental and Computational Methods

Submitted by zichen on

ABSTRACT: Cell migration is essential for regulating many biological processes in physiological or pathological conditions, including embryonic development and cancer invasion.

Cell Mechanics Postdoc Position Available in the Franck Lab at Wisconsin

Submitted by franck@brown.edu on

Postdoc Position Available in the Franck Lab

 

Effective Sept 1, I am looking to fill 1-2 postdoc position in the general area of 3D cell mechanics. 

Candidates should have a strong background in solid mechanics, preferably experimental, with an interest in learning innovative techniques in experimental mechanics including digital volume correlation, 3D Traction Force Microscopy, 3D confocal, multiphoton and Super resolution imaging. 

 

 

Multidisciplinary Cancer Research UK 4-year PhD Studentship

Submitted by emadmoeen1 on

We are seeking an outstanding PhD candidate to join Mechanics in Biology and Medicine laboratory (MecBioMed.com) as part of a multidisciplinary collaborative project between Dr Emad Moeendarbary at the Department of Mechanical Engineering (University College London, UCL) and Dr Fernando Calvo at the Division of Cancer Biology (Institute of Cancer Research, London).

Postdoctoral position in mechanobiology, Buffalo, New York

Submitted by ruogang zhao on

One postdoctoral position will be available in Fall, 2015 in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the State University of New York at Buffalo (SUNY). The research area will focus on using bio-MEMS techniques to create novel cell culture platforms for cell mechanics and mechanobiological studies. Projects may involve studies of the fibrosis diseases, cancer invasion and stem cell differentiation. Some research topics can be found on our website at http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~rgzhao/index.html

Call for abstracts and special issue papers: Computational mechanics of cells, tissues, and biomaterials

Submitted by azadpoor on

We would be pleased to have a contribution from you or from one of the members of your group among the presentations of the symposium entitled

COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS OF CELLS TISSUES  AND BIOMATERIALS

organized within the joint World Congress on Computational Mechanics and European Conference on Computational Mechanics (http://www.wccm-eccm-ecfd2014.org/frontal/default.asp )

to be held on 20-25 July 2014 in Barcelona (Spain).