Sumários

Cell mechanics: DNA and cytoskeleton

8 março 2018, 15:30 • Maria Teresa Ferreira Marques Pinheiro

Mechanical properties of cells and biomolecules

Extension and bending of molecules. Forces applied and energy of bending

Cell mechanics

7 março 2018, 11:00 • Maria Teresa Ferreira Marques Pinheiro

Elastic properties of biomembranes: stretch, bend, thickness changes and shear

Mechanical properties of cells and cytoskeleton probed by Micropipette Aspiration.

Cell mechanics

1 março 2018, 17:00 • Maria Teresa Ferreira Marques Pinheiro

Relative importance of thermal and deterministic forces. Equilibrium models  Free energy of deformation The lipid bilayer. Hydrophobic effect and dispersion forces. (cont.)

Cell mechanics

28 fevereiro 2018, 11:00 • Maria Teresa Ferreira Marques Pinheiro

Relative importance of thermal and deterministic forces.

Equilibrium models

Free energy of deformation

The lipid bilayer. Hydrophobic effect and dispersion forces.

Physical Biology of the Cell - Cellular organization

22 fevereiro 2018, 17:00 • Maria Teresa Ferreira Marques Pinheiro

Fundamental similarities of cell organization, biochemical processes

How fundamental physical models can help to shed light on the behaviour of biological systems