Parallel Session [T5-09C]

[T5-09C-01] Microtubule Deformation Reveals Insights into Cellular Activities

*Syeda Rubaiya Nasrin¹, Christian Ganser², Arif Md Rashedul Kabir³, Kazuki Sada³, Takefumi Yamashita⁴, Mitsunori Ikeguchi⁵, Takayuki Uchihashi^2,6, Henry Hess^7,1, Akira Kakugo¹ (1. Department of Physics, Division of Physics and Astronomy, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8132, Japan, 2. Department of Creative Research, Exploratory Research Center on Life and Living Systems, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8787, Japan., 3. Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0810, Japan., 4. Laboratory for Systems Biology and Medicine, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 153-8904, Japan., 5. Graduate School of Medical Life Science, Yokohama City University, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama 230-0045, Japan., 6. Department of Physics, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan., 7. Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA.)

Keywords:microtubule, mechanical stress, kinesin, in vitro, intracellular transport