Probing eukaryotic cell mechanics via mesoscopic simulations

This work is by Kirill Lykov and Yasaman Nematbakhsh et al. at USI (Switzerland), NUS (Singapore), MIT (USA) to develop a new model for eukaryotic cells mechanics in a flow. The cell model incorporates a plasma membrane, nuclear envelope and internal cytoskeleton. It can be used to study cell deformations in microfluidic devices.

The movie shows simulations of two experiments: micropipette aspiration and flow in a microfluidic device. Mitsuba Renderer was used for the rendering.