Gram-positive bacteria colonize mucosal tissues, withstanding large mechanical
perturbations such as coughing, which generate shear forces that exceed the ability of non …

Over the past three decades, as mechanobiology has become a distinct area of study,
researchers have developed novel imaging tools to discover the pathways of biomechanical …

The cytoskeleton, an intricate network of protein filaments, motor proteins, and cross-linkers,
largely determines the mechanical properties of cells. Among the three filamentous …

Sensing technologies for the real-time monitoring of biomolecules will allow studies of
dynamic changes in biological systems and the development of control strategies based on …

The mechanical properties of biological cells are determined by the cytoskeleton, a
composite biopolymer network consisting of microtubules, actin filaments and intermediate …

The flow-cell based single-molecule manipulation technique has found many applications in
the study of DNA mechanics and protein–DNA interactions. However, the force in these …

Kirill Lavrenyuk, PhD Carnegie Mellon University, 2021 Cells generate forces as a means of
interacting with their environment, including other cellular partners. Further, cells are …