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2281-P os B oard B418 AXIAL ELASTICITY AND MECHANICAL FRAGMENTATION OF DESMIN INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS. Balazs Kiss , Miklós S.Z. B oard B419 A COMPETE-AND-SURVIVE MECHANISM EXPLAINS THE SINGLE FTSZ-RING FORMATION. Liping Xiong , Ganhui Lan 2283-P os B oard B420 FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY AND SOLUTION NMR STUDIES OF CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS FROM TETRAHYMENA. Robert Sterner , Jerry Honts, Adina Kilpatrick 2284-P os B oard B421 TEMPORAL RESPONSE OF BACTERIAL CELLS TO HIGH PRESSURES. Sudip Nepal , Pradeep Kumar 2285-P os B oard B422 DEVELOPMENT OF A MICROFLUIDIC PLATFORM TO STUDY EFFECTS OF PHYSICAL STRESSES ON MICROGLIAL ACTIVATION. Jin-Sung Park , Song Ih Ahn, Eun Young Park, Minjeong Son, Sukhyun Song, jennifer H. Shin Cell Mechanics, Mechanosensing, and Motility III (Boards B423-B450) 2286-P os B oard B423 education travel awardee MECHANICAL ADAPTABILITY OF CELL MIGRATION IN 3D COLLAGEN GELS. Nicholas A. Kurniawan , Wei Sun, Chwee Teck Lim 2287-P os B oard B424 ACTIN DYNAMICS AND SIGNALING ACTIVATION OF B LYMPHOCYTES RESPOND TO SUBSTRATE TOPOGRAPHY. Christina M. Ketchum , Xiaoyu Sun, Heather Miller, John Fourkas, Wenxia Song, Arpita Upadhyaya 2288-P os B oard B425 minority affairs travel awardee MECHANICS OF NEUTROPHIL MIGRATION IN THREE- DIMENSIONAL MATRICES. Joshua Francois , Ruedi Meili, Juan Carlos del Alamo, Richard Firtel, Juan C. Lasheras 2289-P os B oard B426 COLLECTIVE 3D MIGRATION OF EMBRYONIC EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL COMPOSITE TISSUES ARE REGULATED BY SURFACE TOPOLOGY. Jiho Song , Joe Shawky, Yong Tae Kim, Melis Hazar, Metin Sitti, Philip R. LeDuc, Lance A. Davidson 2290-P os B oard B427 education travel awardee HIGH LOCAL CURVATURE REDUCES MIGRATION RATE IN SPREADING MULTI-LAYER TISSUES. Holley E. Lynch , Shirley X. Yancey, Lance A. Davidson 2291-P os B oard B428 KEY EFFECTS OF CONFINEMENT ON CELL MOTILITY. Amélie Godeau , Daniel Riveline 2292-P os B oard B429 CELLS AS ACTIVE PARTICLES IN ASYMMETRIC POTENTIALS: MOTILITY UNDER EXTERNAL GRADIENTS. Jordi Comelles , David Caballero, Raphael Voituriez, Verónica Hortigüela, Viktoria Wollrab, Amélie L. Godeau, Josep Samitier, Elena Martínez, Daniel Riveline Kellermayer 2282-P os

Cytoskeletal Assemblies and Dynamics (Boards B406-B422) 2269-P os B oard B406 EFFECTS OF ADDED DIVALENT COUNTERIONS ON THE PROPERTIES AND BEHAVIORS OF MICROTUBULE FILAMENTS. Nathan F. Bouxsein, George D. Bachand 2270-P os B oard B407 SPATIO-TEMPORAL MODEL FOR SILENCING OF THE MITOTIC SPINDLE ASSEMBLY CHECKPOINT. Jing Chen , Jian Liu 2271-P os B oard B408 A BUNDLE OF ANTIPARALLEL MICROTUBULES CONNECTS SISTER K-FIBERS AND BALANCES FORCES WITHIN THE METAPHASE SPINDLE. Anastasia Solomatina , Janko Kajtez, Jonas Rudiger, Anna H. Klemm, Gheorghe Cojoc, Ivana Šumanovac Šestak, Maja Novak, Nenad Pavin, Iva M. Tolić 2272-P os B oard B409 THE KINETICS OF FESSELIN (AVIAN SYNAPTOPODIN 2) BINDING TO SMOOTH MUSCLE MYOSIN IS DEPENDENT ON CALCIUM-CALMODULIN. Joseph M. Chalovich , Nathaniel Kingsbury, Alexandria Mara 2273-P os B oard B410 FORCE GENERATION AND CONTRACTION OF RANDOM ACTOMYOSIN RINGS. Dietmar B. Oelz , Boris Rubinstein, Alex Mogilner 2274-P os B oard B411 SIMULATING COMPLEX MECHANOCHEMISTRY OF ACTIN NETWORKS. James E. Komianos , Konstantin Popov, Garegin Papoian 2275-P os B oard B412 VISUALIZING F-ACTIN STRUCTURE IN DEVELOPING ZEBRAFISH ZYGOTES TO SUPPLEMENT VISCOELASTIC MEASUREMENTS. Luka Matej Devenica , Marco A. Catipovic, Josef G. Trapani, Ashley R. Carter 2276-P os B oard B413 VISUALIZING THE COMPARTMENTALIZATION OF THE SURFACE OF MAMMALIAN CELLS BY CORTICAL ACTIN WITH SUPERRESOLUTION. Sanaz Sadegh , Jenny L. Higgins, Michael M. Tamkun, Diego Krapf 2277-P os B oard B414 NON-INVASIVE IMAGING OF F-ACTIN DYNAMICS IN LIVING CELLS BY ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY. Aiko Yoshida 2278-P os B oard B415 STUDYING THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF CYTOSKELETAL FORMATION USING MICRORHEOLOGY. Elizabeth D. White , Marco A. Catipovic, Maria L. Kilfoil, Josef G. Trapani, Ashley R. Carter 2279-P os B oard B416 ADAPTATION OF ACTIN CYTOSKELETON DURING SUSPENDED ANIMATION. Clara Kao, Mark A. Messerli, Jonathan D. Gitlin, Shalin B. Mehta 2280-P os B oard B417 HOW DOES THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN SEMIFLEXIBLE POLYMERS DETERMINE COMPOSITE NETWORK MECHANICS? Mikkel H. Jensen , Eliza J. Morris, Robert D. Goldman, David A. Weitz

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