Molecular, Cellular, and Tissue Biomechanics

Lecture Slides

Instructor Key

RK = Roger Kamm
AG = Alan Grodzinsky

LEC #	TOPICS & SLIDES	INSTRUCTORS
Molecular Mechanics
1	Length, Time, & Molecular-scale Forces in Biology (PDF - 1.6MB)	RK
2	Single Molecule Mechanics (PDF)	RK
3	Energy Landscapes and Transition States (PDF)	RK
4	Mechanochemistry at the Molecular Scale (PDF - 3.7MB)	AG
5	Kramers’ and Bell’s Models of Reversible Binding (PDF - 1.3MB)	RK
6	Experimental Methods in Single Molecule Mechanics (PDF - 1.5MB)	RK
Tissue Mechanics
7	Composition of Extracellular Matrix Constituents of Tissues; Relevance to Elastic (Time-independent) Behavior of Tissues (PDF - 2.8MB)	AG
8	Elastic (Time-independent) Behavior of Tissues (cont.) (PDF - 2.1MB)	AG
9	Elastic (Time-independent) Behavior of Tissues (cont.) (PDF - 2.2MB)	AG
Time-dependent Tissue Behavior (Viscoelasticity and Poroelasticity)
10	Finish Topics on Tissue Elasticity; Begin Viscoelasticity (PDF - 1.8MB)	AG
11	Time-dependent Viscoelasticity of Tissues (PDF - 2.2MB)	AG
12	Dynamic (Frequency-dependent) Viscoelasticity (PDF - 1.7MB)	AG
13	Poroelastic (Time-dependent) Behavior of Tissues (PDF - 2.3MB)	AG
14	Poroelastic (Frequency-dependent) Behavior of Tissues (PDF - 1.8MB)	AG
15	Dynamic Nanomechanical Behavior of Extracellular Matrix Macromolecules (PDF - 3.1MB)	AG
16	Time- and Frequency-dependent Behavior of Intracellular Networks (PDF - 2.7MB)	AG
Cell Mechanics
17	Cell Mechanics: Structure of the Cell (PDF - 1.8MB)	RK
18	Visco / Poroelasticity, Large Amplitude Deformations (PDF)	RK
19	Microstructural Models of the Cytoskeleton (PDF)	RK
20	The Cell Membrane (PDF)	RK
21	Cell Motility and Mechanotransduction (PDF - 1.3MB)	RK
Capstone Problems
22	The Physics of Cancer (PDF - 3.4MB)	RK
	Term Project Group Presentations
	Term Project Group Presentations (cont.)
23	Molecular Electromechanics: Electromechanical and Physicochemical Properties of Tissues (Lecture Slides are not available.)	AG
24	Muscle from the Molecular, Cellular and Tissue Perspectives (Lecture Slides are not available.)	RK