Course Description:
Introduction to how
cells function as mechanical structures and how
mechanical factors influence cellular behavior.
Topics include basics of cell biology, continuum
mechanics, and statistical mechanics. Concepts
applied to the mechanical behavior of cells,
cytoskeletal polymers, polymer networks, and
membranes. Experimental approaches in cell
mechanics are surveyed and compared and
mechanics of cellular motility and adhesion analyzed.
The mechanobiology of contractile cells
including fibroblasts and myocytes; cell and
molecular biology of mechanosensing by cells
such as stem cells, chondrocytes, osteoblasts,
and osteocytes.
Faculty/Manager:
Christopher Jacobs
Contact Information:
Christopher Jacobs
email: crj2111@columbia.eduCredits for Course: 3 Viewing Schedule: 1 lecture per week Prerequisites: Fluid Biomechanics (BMEN E3320)
* The information contained in this syllabus is subject to change at any time.