Mechanical microenvironments of living cells: a critical frontier in mechanobiology

TY - JOUR

T1 - Mechanical microenvironments of living cells

T2 - a critical frontier in mechanobiology

AU - Huang, Guoyou

AU - Xu, Feng

AU - Genin, Guy M.

AU - Lu, Tian Jian

N1 - Funding Information: Modeling and Analysis Group’s (IMAG’s) working group on integrated multiscale biomechanics experiment and modeling (IµBEAM), by the National 111 Program of China, and by the National Natural Science Foundation of China. Funding Information: To further the development of this field, the International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (IUTAM) sponsored the IUTAM Symposium on Mechanical Environments of Living Cells from 28 to 30 June, 2018, in Xi’an, China, along with three major national-level research centers focusing on these issues: the Bioinspired Engineering and Biomechanics Center at Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China; the Mechanobiology Institute of the National University of Singapore; and the NSF Science and Technology Center for Engineering MechanoBiology, a joint center between Washington University in St. Louis and the University of Pennsylvania, USA. Major international university alliances supported this meeting as well, including the University Alliance of the Silk Road, based at Xi’an Jiaotong University, and the McDonnell International Scholars Academy, based at Washington University in St. Louis. The meeting was additionally sponsored by the US NIH/Interagency Funding Information: possible through the coordinated administrative and financial support of a number of leading organizations and individuals across the globe. Support from the International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grants 11872298, 11602191, 11522219, and 11532009), the Projects of International (Regional) Cooperation and Exchanges of NSFC (11761161004), and the National 111 Program of China (B06024) is acknowledged, as well as support from the US NSF Science and Technology Center for Engineering MechanoBiology (CMMI 1548571). We thank the Bioinspired Engineering and Biomechanics Center at XJTU, the Mechanobiology Institute at the National University of Singapore, the University Alliance of the Silk Road, the McDonnell International Scholars Academy, and the US NIH/IMAG IµBEAM working group for financial and administrative support. We thank all authors and reviewers for this special issue for their effort and time, and the staff of the editorial office of Acta Mechanica Sinica for their assistance.

PY - 2019/4/3

Y1 - 2019/4/3

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85065037698&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1007/s10409-019-00854-1

DO - 10.1007/s10409-019-00854-1

M3 - Editorial

AN - SCOPUS:85065037698

SN - 0567-7718

VL - 35

SP - 265

EP - 269

JO - Acta Mechanica Sinica/Lixue Xuebao

JF - Acta Mechanica Sinica/Lixue Xuebao

IS - 2

ER -