Conference Presentations
2025
Development of deformable PEGDA microspheres to probe the mechanics of the active material systems
Presenter: Qiaopeng Chen
Conference: Frontiers in Soft Matter and Macromolecular Networks
Actin Network Density Regulates Embedded Cell Mobility for Engineered Living Materials
Presenter: Teadora Matic
Conference: Frontiers in Soft Matter and Macromolecular Networks
Investigating the Reversibility of Blebbistatin Photoinactivation to Better Pattern Actomyosin Contraction
Presenter: Helen Sweeney
Conference: Frontiers in Soft Matter and Macromolecular Networks
Data Mining Active Matter
Presenters: Ayan Das, Eric Feng
Conference: Frontiers in Soft Matter and Macromolecular Networks
Rigidity Governs Entrainment in Bacteria Cells in Biopolymer Scaffolds
Presenter: Katarina Matic
Conference: Beckman Symposium
Rigidity Governs Entrainment in Bacteria Cells in Biopolymer Scaffolds
Presenter: Katarina Matic
Conference: Frontiers in Soft Matter and Macromolecular Networks
Impact of Microtubule Network Complexity on Kinesin-Mediated Cargo Transport
Presenter: Nimisha Krishnan
Conference: APS Global Physics Summit
Regulating filament dynamics in dense microtubule and composite networks
Presenter: Nimisha Krishnan
Conference: Biophysical Society Meeting
Pinching cytoskeleton composites
Presenter: Aysan Razzaghi
Conference: Society of Rheology Annual Meeting
Non-equilibrium micromechanics of photo-responsive biopolymer composites
Presenter: Rae Robertson-Anderson
Conference: Society of Rheology Annual Meeting
Emergent stress transmission in active cytoskeleton composites
Presenter: Aysan Razzaghi
Conference: Society of Rheology Annual Meeting
Time-resolved differential dynamic microscopy reveals shear-induced dynamics in cytoskeleton composites
Presenter: Aysan Razzaghi
Conference: Soft Matter GRC
Non-equilibrium micromechanics of photo-responsive biopolymer composites
Presenter: Rae M Robertson-Anderson
Conference: Society of Rheology Annual Meeting
Emergent stress transmission in active cytoskeleton composites
Presenter: Aysan Razzaghi
Conference: Society of Rheology Annual Meeting
Pinching cytoskeleton composites
Presenter: Aysan Razzaghi
Conference: Society of Rheology Annual Meeting
Tuning the dynamics of active cytoskeleton composites via microtubule stabilization
Presenter: Katarina Matic
Conference: ACS Spring Meeting
Characterization of Dynamically Restructuring Soft Materials with High Throughput Microscopy Techniques
Presenter: Aditya Sriram
Conference: APS Global Physics Summit
Tuning the dynamics of active cytoskeleton composites via microtubule stabilization
Presenter: Katarina Matic
Conference: APS Global Physics Summit
Spatiotemporal mapping of non-equilibrium dynamics and mechanics in active cytoskeleton composites
Presenter: Aysan Razzaghi
Conference: APS Global Physics Summit
Restructuring and Mechanics of Active Cytoskeletal Composites: A Coarse-Grained Simulation Study
Presenter: Aravind Rao Karanam
Conference: Soft Matter GRC
BARCODE: Biomaterial Activity Readouts to Categorize, Optimize, Design and Engineer for high throughput screening and characterization of dynamically restructuring soft materials
Presenter: Qiaopeng Chen
Conference: APS Global Physics Summit
Spatially and temporally tunable self-organization in active cytoskeletal networks
Presenter: Chris Gunter
Conference: ACS Spring Meeting
Collective Behavior in a Composite of Cells Embedded in a Biopolymer Network
Presenter: Keegan Tonry
Conference: APS Global Physics Summit
Unraveling the complex structure-mechanics relationships of PEGDA hydrogels
Presenter: Megan Valentine
Conference: Adhesion Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans
Coarse-Grained Simulation of Active Cytoskeletal Composites for Rational Material Design
Presenter: Jonathan Michel
Conference: APS Global Physics Summit
2024
Cells Embedded in Cytoskeleton Composites for Living Materials
Presenter: Katarina Matic
Conference: International Soft Matter Conference
Timed material self-assembly controlled by circadian clock proteins
Presenter: Rae Robertson-Anderson
Conference: International Soft Matter Conference
Resonant deformation fields and strain propagation dynamics of topological biopolymer blends
Presenter: Rae M Robertson-Anderson
Conference: Society of Rheology Annual Meeting
Microscale mechanics of bio-inspired cytoskeleton components
Presenter: Rae Robertson-Anderson
Conference: International Soft Matter Conference
High Throughput Screening towards the Rational Design of Active Matter
Presenters: Qiaopeng Chen and Jonathan Michel
Conference: APS March Meeting
Type: Poster
Spatio-temporally reconfigurable photo-activable kinesin driven Active Cytoskeleton Composites
Presenter: Prashali Chauhan
Conference: APS March Meeting
Bacterial Cells in Cytoskeleton Composites for Living Materials
Presenter: Katarina Matic
Conference: AiChE Annual Meeting
Optical Tweezers Map Spatiotemporal Force Generation in Active Actin-Microtubule Composites
Presenter: Rae Robertson-Anderson
Conference: AiChE Annual Meeting
Timed Material Self-Assembly Controlled By Circadian Clock Proteins
Presenter: Rae Robertson-Anderson
Conference: AiChE Annual Meeting
Development of hydrogel-based platforms to investigate the mechanics and dynamics of active biological networks
Presenter: Qiaopeng Chen
Conference: APS March Meeting
BARCODE: Biomaterial Activity Readouts to Categorize, Optimize, Design and Engineer for high throughput screening and characterization of dynamically restructuring soft materials
Presenter: Qiaopeng Chen
Conference: Frontiers in Soft Matter and Macromolecular Networks
Cells Embedded in Cytoskeleton Composites for Living Materials
Presenter: Katarina Matic
Conference: Frontiers in Soft Matter and Macromolecular Networks
Characterization of Dynamically Restructuring Soft Materials with High Throughput Techniques
Presenter: Aditya Sriram
Conference: Frontiers in Soft Matter and Macromolecular Networks
Optical tweezers map spatiotemporal force generation in active actin-microtubule composites
Presenter: Anindya Chowdhury
Conference: APS March Meeting
Cells Embedded in Cytoskeleton Composites for Living Materials
Presenter: Katarina Matic
Conference: APS March Meeting
Deformation of Hydrogel Inclusions by Tunable Motor-Driven Cytoskeletal Composites
Presenter: Maya Hendija
Conference: APS March Meeting
Studying the cytoskeleton landscape by varying Cell Concentration and Growth
Presenter: Nimisha Krishnan
Conference: APS March Meeting
Using Simulations to Guide the Design of Biotic-Abiotic Machines
Presenter: Jonathan A Michel
Conference: APS March Meeting
The Effect of Anillin on Actomyosin Network Dynamics
Presenter: Levi Z Grantz
Conference: APS March Meeting
Microtubule self-assembly is controlled by the topological activity of ring and linear DNA in microtubule-DNA composites
Presenter: Karthik Reddy Peddireddy
Conference: APS March Meeting
Using Circadian Clock Proteins to Self-Assemble Reconfigurable Materials
Presenter: Maya Nugent
Conference: APS March Meeting
Type: Talk
2023
Engineered Composites of Actin Filaments, Microtubules, and Associated Motor Proteins
Presenter: Lauren Melcher
Conference: APS March Meeting
Type: Talk
Nonlinear local straining leads to non-equilibrium deformation fields and dynamics of motor-driven cytoskeleton composites
Presenter: Mehrzad Sasanpour
Conference: APS March Meeting
Type: Talk
Toward Rational Design of Biotic-Abiotic Machines
Presenter: Jonathan A. Michel
Conference: APS March Meeting
Type: Talk
Nonlinear Mechanics and Stress Propagation in Out-of-Equilibrium Cytoskeleton Composites
Presenter: Daisy H. Achiriloaie, Janet Sheung
Conference: APS March Meeting
Type: Talk
Circadian Clock Proteins Program Time-Dependent Materials
Presenter: Gregor Leech
Conference: APS March Meeting
Type: Talk
Active restructuring of kinesin-driven cytoskeletal composites with hydrogel inclusions
Presenter: Maya Hendija
Conference: APS March Meeting
Type: Talk