Meeting Abstract S2-2  Thursday, Jan. 4 08:30 – 09:00  Tuning titin stiffness to optimize striated muscle contraction efficiency POWERS, JD*; WILLIAMS, CD; DANIEL, TL; Univ. Washington, Seattle; Allen Institute Cell Science; Univ. Washington, Seattle danielt@uw.edu http://faculty.washington.edu/danielt/index.html In striated muscle, the giant protein titin spans the entire length of a half-sarcomere and extends from the backbone of the […]

Meeting Abstract S2-7  Thursday, Jan. 4 11:30 – 12:00  The battle of the bulge: structural determinants of muscle gearing during dynamic contractions ENG, Carolyn M. *; AZIZI, Emanuel; ROBERTS, Thomas J.; Brown University; Univ. of California, Irvine; Brown University carolyn_eng@brown.edu There are many phenomena in muscle that occur as a result of interactions between contractile and structural […]

Meeting Abstract S2-8  Thursday, Jan. 4 13:30 – 14:00  Structure and shape affect obliquely striated muscle function in soft-bodied invertebrates THOMPSON, Joseph T; TAYLOR-BURT, Kari R*; KIER, William M; Franklin & Marshall College; Harvard University; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill joseph.thompson@fandm.edu Hollow, cylindrical body plans and obliquely striated muscles are characteristic of soft-bodied invertebrates, and […]

Meeting Abstract S2-5  Thursday, Jan. 4 10:30 – 11:00  Size, history-dependent and dimensionality effects on muscle contraction WAKELING, JM*; ROSS, SA; RYAN, D; DOMINGUEZ, S; NIGAM, N; Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada; Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada; Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada; Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada; Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada wakeling@sfu.ca http://www.sfu.ca/nml.html During locomotion the […]

Meeting Abstract S2-10  Thursday, Jan. 4 14:30 – 15:00  Perturbing the classical muscle work loop paradigm to unravel the neuromechanics of unsteady locomotion SAWICKI, Gregory S.*; SPONBERG, Simon ; Georgia Tech; Georgia Tech gregory.sawicki@me.gatech.edu Locomotion emerges from the interaction between the neuromechanics of muscle, compliant skeletal and connective tissues, and the physics of the environment. Classical workloop […]

Meeting Abstract S2-4  Thursday, Jan. 4 09:30 – 10:00  Muscle function from molecule to organism NISHIKAWA, K; Northern Arizona University kiisa.nishikawa@nau.edu There is a wide gap between our understanding of muscle contraction at the molecular level and our ability to predict in vivo muscle forces in animals during natural movements. We know that animal muscles can function […]

Meeting Abstract S2-6  Thursday, Jan. 4 11:00 – 11:30  Muscle Deformations Caused by Myofascial Loads TIJS, C*; BERNABEI, M; MAAS, H; Harvard University; Northwestern University; Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam chris_tijs@fas.harvard.edu Many studies have shown that connective tissue linkages are able to transmit force between synergistic muscles. Recently, knee joint movement have been found to cause deformations of muscles […]

Meeting Abstract S2-3  Thursday, Jan. 4 09:00 – 09:30  Multi-scale platforms to study the structure and functional of cardiomyocytes derived from human pluripotent stem cells REGNIER, Michael*; SNIADECKI, Nathan J.; University of Washington; University of Washington nsniadec@uw.edu Human inducible stem cell derived cardiomyocytes (hiPSC-CMs) are rapidly becoming the cell type of choice to study development and model […]

Meeting Abstract S2-9  Thursday, Jan. 4 14:00 – 14:30  In vivo length changes in relation to intrinsic physiological properties in vertebrate skeletal muscles AHN, A.N.*; KONOW, N.; TIJS, C.; BIEWENER, A.A.; AHN-ROS, Anna; Harvey Mudd College; UMass Lowell; Harvard University; Harvard University aahn@hmc.edu Segments of vertebrate muscles contract heterogeneously under in vivo conditions and may also operate on different regions of […]

Meeting Abstract S2-11  Thursday, Jan. 4 15:00 – 15:30  Discussion