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Mechanobiology of Disease
Program Schedule
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How Bacteria and Cancer Cells Regulate Mutagenesis and Their Ability to Evolve
15:00 – 15:30
Marco Foiani, IFOM, Italy
An Integrated ATR, ATM, and mTOR Mechanical Network Controlling Nuclear
Plasticity
15:30 – 15:45
Elisa Caberlotto, L’OREAL, France*
Effects of a Soft Massaging Device, Based on an Oscillating Torque, upon the
Expression of Some Dermal Proteins of Human Skin. Influence of Frequency
15:45 – 16:00
Rafi Rashid, National University of Singapore, Singapore*
A Tale of Two Viscosities: Microviscosity More Important Than Macroviscosity in
a Crowded Microenvironment
16:00 – 18:00
Coffee Break and Posters Session I
Level 2 Hall Foyer
Wednesday, September 28, 2016
9:00 – 16:00
Registration/Information
Level 1 Theatre Foyer
Session IV
Jochen Guck, Technische Universität, Dresden, Germany, Chair
9:30 – 10:00
Chwee Teck Lim, Mechanobiology Institute, Singapore
Mechanobiology of Collective Cell Migration in Health and Disease
10:00 – 10:30
Amy Rowat, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Cell Mechanotype in Cancer
10:30 – 11:00
Oliver Otto, Dresden University of Technology, Germany
Feeling for Phenotype: Real-Time Deformability Cytometry for Label-Free Cell
Functional Assays
11:00 – 11:30
Coffee Break
Level 1 Hall Foyer
Session V
Jochen Guck, Technische Universität, Dresden, Germany, Chair
11:30 – 12:00
Shyni Varghese, University of California, San Diego, USA
Role of Matrix Proteins in Balancing Tissue Stiffness and Inflammation in
Fibrosis
12:00 – 12:30
Henry T. Tse, CytoVale, Inc., USA
Next-Generation Deformability Cytometry for Rapid Biophysical Phenotyping
12:30 – 12:45
Natalie Woolger, INMR, Australia*
Calpains Influence both Cytoskeletal Remodeling and Ca
2+
-Triggered Vesicle
Fusion in the Emergency Response to Repair a Membrane Injury
12:45 – 13:00
Victor Ma, Emory University, USA*
Molecular Tension Probes Reveal the Role of Mechanics in T-Cell Recognition
13:00 – 14:00
Lunch
Level 1 Hall Foyer
Session VI
Dino Di Carlo, University of California, Los Angeles, USA, Chair