Abstract
In everyday life, gravity and inertial forces often dominate our movements; in the cell, these forces pale in comparison to thermal forces. The violent, collisional world of the cell, where water moves faster than a jet airliner, can be difficult to imagine. To develop our intuitive understanding of cellular and molecular processes, we are exploring the concept of 'bodystorming', where human 'movers' act as molecules that diffuse, undergo reactions, and generate/absorb forces.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 613-616 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Trends in Cell Biology |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue number | 12 |
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| State | Published - Dec 2012 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The Moving Cell Project is funded by the Institute for Advanced Study at the University of Minnesota, directed by Ann Waltner. The authors thank BLM, the Odde laboratory group, John Bohannon, Enrique De La Cruz, and Dyche Mullins for their participation and valuable input into the collaborative. We are grateful to have worked with the late Robert Hammel and to Perimeter Productions for their video documentation of our work. We also thank the MBL, especially Dyche Mullins, Diana Kenney, Bill Reznikoff, and Gary Borisy, for supporting a BLM residency in Woods Hole. Finally, we thank Ann Waltner for her commitment to interdisciplinary research and for catalyzing our collaboration.