Elastin is a major component of tissues such as lung and blood vessels, and endows them with the long-range elasticity necessary for their physiological functions. Recent research has revealed the complexity of these elastin structures and drawn attention to the existence of extensive networks of fine elastin fibres in tissues such as articular cartilage and the intervertebral disc. Nonlinear m...

JENNIFER J. YOUNG: Cytoskeleton Micromechanics: A Continuum-Microscopic Approach (Under the direction of Sorin Mitran) Creating accurate, whole-cell scale models of the cytoskeleton is computationally challenging, due to the material’s highly heterogeneous microstructure. Continuumbased models, homogenization methods, and coarse grained models are common modeling approaches. These methods utili...

1Infectious Diseases, Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology, Singapore 2Biosystems and Micromechanics Interdisciplinary Groups, Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology, Singapore 3Emerging Infectious Diseases Program, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore 4DSO National Laboratories, Singapore Address for Correspondence: Dr Yie Hou Lee, 1 CREATE Way, Enterprise Wing...