Recent Updates

April 2013
Protein Domain Map tool introduced on each page
Essential Info integrated into "Topics" with Updates
Images added to Glossary Term - Beta-Catenin 

March 2013
Glossary Term - Beta-Catenin 
Glossary Term - Actin - Updated description 'Multiple Forms of Actin'

February 2013

December 2012
Functional Module: Activators and Integrin - Updated with Latest Findings
Focal adhesion initiation - Updated with Latest Findings

October 2012
Functional Module: ADF/Cofilin - Updated with Latest Findings
Edit function now active on each page

September 2012
Dynamics of actin filament assembly- Updated with (Watch it on YouTube: Actin filament assembly)
Focal adhesion initiation - Updated with 'Latest Findings' and figure
Mechanisms of mechanosensing by FAs - Updated with a new model for 'Stress driven mechanism' of adhesion maturation
Factors affecting FA formation, dynamics and function - Updated with stochastic models on dynamics of flowing actin at FAs
Lamellipodia - Step 3: Focal adhesions as molecular clutch - Updated with stochastic models on how actin flow affects traction stress at adhesion sites
Filopodia - Step 1: Initiation and Nucleation - Detail on "convergent elongation model" expanded
Filopodia - Step 2: Extension - Latest findings update

August 2012
Nuclear Mechanotransduction- New topic!
Invadopodia - Updated with interactive image!
Cellular structures in mechanosensing and cell motility - Updated with interactive image!

July 2012
Myosin Powerstroke figure  - Updated to clearly depict each step in the powerstroke cycle. 
Nuclear Mechanics in Disease States - New section under "Essential Info: What is the physiological relevance of mechanobiology?- Disease states"

June 2012
Arp2/3-Mediated Nucleation: Functional Module - Updated with 'Latest Findings'
Super Resolution Microscopy - New Unit under the topic "Methods in the Study of Mechanobiology"
Kinesin - New Glossary Term including images
Formin and Profilin in Actin Nucleation: Functional Module - Updated with 'Latest Findings'
Focal adhesion dynamics - New section under "Focal adhesion formation: Overview"
Focal adhesion maturation - Updated with 'Latest Findings' and interactive image!