The measurement of viscoelasticity of cells in physiological environments with high spatio-
temporal resolution is a key goal in cell mechanobiology. Traditionally only the elastic …

A longstanding goal in cellular mechanobiology has been to link dynamic biomolecular
processes underpinning disease or morphogenesis to spatio-temporal changes in …

The goal of mechanobiology is to understand the links between changes in the physical
properties of living cells and normal physiology and disease. This requires mechanical …

Cells are complex, viscoelastic bodies. Their mechanical properties are defined by the
arrangement of semiflexible cytoskeletal fibers, their crosslinking, and the active remodeling …

The increasingly recognised importance of viscoelastic properties of cells in pathological
conditions requires rapid development of advanced cell microrheology technologies. Here …

Mechanical properties play important roles at different scales in biology. At the level of a
single cell, the mechanical properties mediate mechanosensing and mechanotransduction …

Imaging of surface topography and elasticity of living cells can provide insight into the roles
played by the cells' volumetric and mechanical properties and their response to external …

The nanomechanical properties of living cells, such as their surface elastic response and
adhesion, have important roles in cellular processes such as morphogenesis, mechano …

The atomic force microscope (AFM) is emerging as a powerful tool in cell biology. Originally
developed for high‐resolution imaging purposes, the AFM also has unique capabilities as a …

Living cells exhibit a complex mechanical behavior, whose underlying mechanisms are still
largely unknown. Emerging from the molecular structure and dynamics of the cytoskeleton …