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Overview

Alex Mogilner is affiliated with the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a focus on cellular mechanics, cell biology, and molecular processes.

The scientist's work frequently appears in diverse publication venues, including:

  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Biophysical Journal
  • Nature Materials
  • Molecular Biology of the Cell

Mogilner has contributed to advancing knowledge in main fields such as:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Their studies cover several subfields, notably:

  • Cell Biology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Plant Science

The scientist's research topics are broad, reflecting interests across:

  • Cellular Mechanics and Interactions
  • Microtubule and mitosis dynamics
  • Micro and Nano Robotics
  • 3D Printing in Biomedical Research
  • Planarian Biology and Electrostimulation
  • Plant and Biological Electrophysiology Studies
  • Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology

Frequent collaborators include Calina Copos, Mingtao Xia, Yaohui Sun, Brian Reid, and Kan Zhu, indicating ongoing teamwork within their research network.

Notable recent publications authored or co-authored by Mogilner include:

  • Stress fibres are embedded in a contractile cortical network, 2020, Nature Materials
  • Actin polymerisation and crosslinking drive left-right asymmetry in single cell and cell collectives, 2023, Nature Communications
  • A hybrid stochastic-deterministic mechanochemical model of cell polarization, 2020, Molecular Biology of the Cell
  • Integral-based spectral method for inextensible slender fibers in Stokes flow, 2021, Physical Review Fluids
  • Size-dependent transition from steady contraction to waves in actomyosin networks with turnover, 2024, Nature Physics

Best Publications

  • Cell motility driven by actin polymerization

    Alexander Mogilner;George Oster

  • Actin and alpha-actinin orchestrate the assembly and maturation of nascent adhesions in a myosin II motor-independent manner.

    Colin K. Choi;Miguel Vicente-Manzanares;Jessica Zareno;Leanna A. Whitmore

  • Mechanism of shape determination in motile cells

    Kinneret Keren;Zachary Pincus;Greg M. Allen;Erin L. Barnhart

  • Magnetic field tomography of coherent thalamocortical 40-Hz oscillations in humans

    U. Ribary;A. A. Ioannides;Krish Devi Singh;R. Hasson

  • A non-local model for a swarm

    Alexander Mogilner;Leah Edelstein-Keshet

  • Force Generation by Actin Polymerization II: The Elastic Ratchet and Tethered Filaments

    Alex Mogilner;George Oster

  • The Physics of Filopodial Protrusion

    Alexander Mogilner;B. Rubinstein

  • Direct measurement of the lamellipodial protrusive force in a migrating cell

    Marcus Prass;Ken Jacobson;Alex Mogilner;Manfred Radmacher

  • Mutual interactions, potentials, and individual distance in a social aggregation

    A. Mogilner;L. Edelstein-Keshet;L. Bent;A. Spiros

  • Regulation of actin dynamics in rapidly moving cells: a quantitative analysis.

    Alex Mogilner;Leah Edelstein-Keshet

  • The spatial arrangement of chromosomes during prometaphase facilitates spindle assembly

    Valentin Magidson;Christopher B. O'Connell;Jadranka Lončarek;Raja Paul

  • An adhesion-dependent switch between mechanisms that determine motile cell shape.

    Erin L. Barnhart;Kun Chun Lee;Kinneret Keren;Alex Mogilner

  • The Shape of Motile Cells

    Alex Mogilner;Kinneret Keren

  • Efficient chromosome capture requires a bias in the 'search-and-capture' process during mitotic-spindle assembly

    R. Wollman;E.N. Cytrynbaum;J.T. Jones;T. Meyer

  • Cell division : cytoskeleton

    Jonathan M. Scholey;Ingrid Brust-Mascher;Alex Mogilner

  • Mathematics of cell motility: have we got its number?

    Alex Mogilner

  • Arginylation of ß-Actin Regulates Actin Cytoskeleton and Cell Motility

    Marina Karakozova;Marina Kozak;Catherine C. L. Wong;Aaron O. Bailey

  • Polymer Motors: Pushing out the Front and Pulling up the Back

    Alex Mogilner;George Oster

  • How nematode sperm crawl.

    Dean Bottino;Alexander Mogilner;Alexander Mogilner;Tom Roberts;Murray Stewart

  • Chemotactic signaling, microglia, and Alzheimer's disease senile plaques: Is there a connection?

    Magdalena Luca;Alexandra Chavez-Ross;Leah Edelstein-Keshet;Alex Mogilner

Frequent Co-Authors

George Oster
George Oster University of California, Berkeley
Manuel Théry
Manuel Théry Grenoble Alpes University
Laurent Blanchoin
Laurent Blanchoin Grenoble Alpes University
Jonathan M. Scholey
Jonathan M. Scholey University of California, Davis
Julie A. Theriot
Julie A. Theriot University of Washington
Gaudenz Danuser
Gaudenz Danuser The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Bruce L. Goode
Bruce L. Goode Brandeis University
Peter N. Devreotes
Peter N. Devreotes Johns Hopkins University
Alexander D. Bershadsky
Alexander D. Bershadsky National University of Singapore
Ken Jacobson
Ken Jacobson University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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