Projekt

The team aims at creating a link between the mechanics of the cyto- skeleton and the micromechanics of fiber-reenforced materials. The properties of metallic, ceramic, and polymeric materials are tailored by embedding various fibers while biological tissues are stabilized by actin filaments. In this project actin networks are self-assembled on newly developed force sensor arrays enabling the measurement of force distribution in surface anchored networks. Major emphasis is put on the self-assembly of passive and active fiber enforced networks through various crosslinkers including myosins, ATP/ADP, and temperature variation. A central aim is the quantitative description of the mechanical behavior of the adaptive biological networks based on micromechanical analysis and simulation.

• Prof. Dr. Eduard Arzt

  Max-Planck-Institut für Intelligente
  Systeme
  Stuttgart
  

• Prof. Dr. Andreas Bausch

  Technische Universität München
  Fakultät für Physik
  Physik-Department E22
  Lehrstuhl für Biophysik E27
  Garching
  

• Prof. Dr. Joachim Spatz

  Universität Heidelberg
  Neue Materialien und Biosysteme
  Heidelberg