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Vendredi 22 janvier 2021 / IUSTI

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Séminaire IUSTI / REPORTE - COVID

Mechanical properties of fiber networks



Orateur : Mehdi Bouzid – UGA, Grenoble

Abstract : Gels of fibrous biopolymers are ubiquitous within cells and their rigidity is crucial for their function [1]. Our current understanding of their elastic response is usually understood as an interplay between the bending and stretching of their filaments [2]. This point of view however fails when applied to the weakly coordinated branched actin networks found throughout the cell [3, 4]. Through experiments and theory, we show that their elasticity crucially involves reversible entanglements between their filaments. Additional entanglements may get locked in during network growth, setting the final properties of the network [5]. These properties could be key to understanding how moving cells dynamically adapt their cytoskeleton to their environment.

Date et lieu : le vendredi 22 janvier à 11h00, amphi. IUSTI