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Title:
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Computational Biomechanics: From Biomolecules to Organisms

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Organizers:
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Mohammad Mofrad	
Biomechanics & Cellular Mechanotransduction Laboratory
Department of Bioengineering
University of California, Berkeley
mofrad@berkeley.edu		
(510) 643-8165

Gerhard A. Holzapfel
Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)
School of Engineering Sciences
gh@hallf.kth.se
+46 8 790 8205

Abdul I. Barakat
Division of Biomedical Engineering
University of California, Davis
abarakat@ucdavis.edu
(530) 754-9295 

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Minisymposium description:
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Minisymposium Objective:
This minisymposieum brings together researchers who develop and apply scaling laws and the 
methods of continuum and discrete mechanics to biomechanical phenomena over a range of length 
scales, from molecular to cellular to tissue or organ level.  Topics will include:

Molecular mechanics:
Mechanics at the nanoscale: Intermolecular forces and their origins; Single molecules; 
Thermodynamics and statistical mechanics

Cellular mechanics:
Static and dynamic cell processes; Cell adhesion, migration and aggregation; Microrheological 
properties and their implications; Mechanotransduction.