High Refractive Index Silicone Gels for Simultaneous Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence and Traction Force Microscopy of Adherent Cells

Measurements of Elastic Moduli of Silicone Gel Substrates with a Microfluidic Device

(2011) Edgar Gutierrez et al.   PLoS One

Optimization of traction force microscopy for micron-sized focal adhesions

(2010) Jonathan Stricker et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER

Quantitative dynamic footprinting microscopy reveals mechanisms of neutrophil rolling

(2010) Prithu Sundd et al.   NATURE METHODS

Substrate stiffness and the receptor-type tyrosine-protein phosphatase alpha regulate spreading of colon cancer cells through cytoskeletal contractility

(2010) D Krndija et al.   ONCOGENE

Synthetic Materials in the Study of Cell Response to Substrate Rigidity

(2009) Stephanie Nemir et al.   ANNALS OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Durotaxis Depends on Substrate Stiffness Gradient Strength

(2009) Brett C. Isenberg et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Conformational Changes and Signaling in Cell and Matrix Physics

(2009) André E.X. Brown et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Intrinsic extracellular matrix properties regulate stem cell differentiation

(2009) Gwendolen C. Reilly et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS

Growth Factors, Matrices, and Forces Combine and Control Stem Cells

(2009) D. E. Discher et al.   SCIENCE

Molecular dynamics and forces of a motile cell simultaneously visualized by TIRF and force microscopies

(2008) Yoshiaki Iwadate et al.   BIOTECHNIQUES

Actin-based propulsive forces and myosin-II-based contractile forces in migrating Dictyostelium cells

(2008) Y. Iwadate et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Lifeact: a versatile marker to visualize F-actin

(2008) Julia Riedl et al.   NATURE METHODS

Quantification of Cell Edge Velocities and Traction Forces Reveals Distinct Motility Modules during Cell Spreading

(2008) Benjamin J. Dubin-Thaler et al.   PLoS One

High Resolution Traction Force Microscopy Based on Experimental and Computational Advances

(2007) Benedikt Sabass et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL