Cell Mechanics - From Single Scale-Based Models to Multiscale Modeling

Informationen zum Autor Arnaud Chauvière is an assistant professor of health informatics in the Health Science Center at the University of Texas in Houston. Luigi Preziosi is a professor of mathematical physics at the Politecnico di Torino in Italy. Claude Verdier is a research director at CNRS in Grenoble, France. Klappentext Ubiquitous and fundamental in cell mechanics! multiscale problems can arise in the growth of tumors! embryogenesis! tissue engineering! and more. This book discusses the tool of microrheology for investigating cell mechanical properties! and multiphysics and multiscale approaches for studying intracellular mechanisms in cell motility. Zusammenfassung Ubiquitous and fundamental in cell mechanics, multiscale problems can arise in the growth of tumors, embryogenesis, tissue engineering, and more. This book discusses the tool of microrheology for investigating cell mechanical properties, and multiphysics and multiscale approaches for studying intracellular mechanisms in cell motility. Inhaltsverzeichnis From Subcellular to Cellular Properties. Single Cell Migration Modeling. Mechanical Effects of Environment on Cell Behavior. From Cellular to Multicellular Models. Index.

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• Authors: Arnaud Chauviere, Arnaud Preziosi Chauviere, Verdier Claude, Luigi Preziosi
• Assisted by: Arnaud Chauviere (Editor), Arnaud Chauvière (Editor), Chauviere Arnaud (Editor), Luigi Preziosi (Editor), Preziosi Luigi (Editor), Claude Verdier (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.01.2010
• EAN: 9781420094541
• ISBN: 978-1-4200-9454-1
• No. of pages: 482
• Series: Chapman & Hall/CRC Mathematical and Computational Biology; Chapman & Hall/CRC Mathematical and Computational Biology
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Pharmacy; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Cell Biology, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Biomedical, Cellular biology (cytology), Biomedical engineering