2015 CAP Congress / Congrès de l'ACP 2015

Session

F-PLEN2 Plenary Session - David A. Weitz, SEAS Harvard / Session plénière - David A. Weitz, SEAS Harvard

F-PLEN2

Jun 19, 2015, 12:45 PM

University of Alberta

Conveners

F-PLEN2 Plenary Session - David A. Weitz, SEAS Harvard / Session plénière - David A. Weitz, SEAS Harvard

• Adam Sarty (Saint Mary's University)
• Maikel Rheinstadter (McMaster University)

887. Cell Stiffness and Cell Volume

Prof. David A. Weitz (SEAS Harvard)

6/19/15, 12:45 PM

Plenary Speaker / Conférencier plénier

The stiffness of cells is commonly assumed to depend on the stiffness of their surrounding: bone cells are much stiffer than neurons, and each exists in surrounding tissue that matches the cell stiffness. In this talk, I will discuss new measurements of cell stiffness, and show that cell stiffness is strongly correlated to cell volume. This affects both the mechanics and the gene expression in...