Introduction to Cell Mechanics and Mechanobiology

Christopher R. Jacobs, Hayden Huang, Ronald Y. Kwon (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

350 Seiten

2012
Crc Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-8153-4425-4 (ISBN)

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Introduction to Cell Mechanics and Mechanobiology is designed for a one-semester course in the mechanics of the cell offered to advanced undergraduate and graduate students in biomedical engineering, bioengineering, and mechanical engineering. It teaches a quantitative understanding of the way cells detect, modify, and respond to the physical properties within the cell environment. Coverage includes the mechanics of single molecules, polymers, polymer networks, two-dimensional membranes, whole-cell mechanics, and mechanobiology, as well as primer chapters on solid, fluid, and statistical mechanics, and cell biology.

Introduction to Cell Mechanics and Mechanobiology is the first cell mechanics textbook to be geared specifically toward students with diverse backgrounds in engineering and biology.

Christopher R. Jacobs, Hayden Huang, Ronald Y. Kwon

Part I. Principles
1. Cell Mechanics as a Framework
2. Fundamentals of Cell Biology
3. Solid Mechanics Primer
4. Fluid Mechanics Primer
5. Statistical Mechanics Primer

Part II. Practices
6. Cell Mechanics in the Laboratory
7. Mechanics of Cellular Polymers
8. Polymer Networks and the Cytoskeleton
9. Mechanics of the Cell Membrane
10. Adhesion, Migration, and Contraction of the Cell
11. Mechanotransduction and Intracellular Signaling

Erscheint lt. Verlag	20.12.2012
Zusatzinfo	250 Illustrations, color
Verlagsort	Bosa Roca
Sprache	englisch
Maße	210 x 280 mm
Gewicht	944 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zellbiologie
ISBN-10	0-8153-4425-2 / 0815344252
ISBN-13	978-0-8153-4425-4 / 9780815344254
Zustand	Neuware