Dr. Abhishek Kumar

Postdoctoral Associate
Yale University, USA

Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Physics from Yale University, CT, USA

My URL
https://livedna.org/91.28319

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Area of Interest:

Physics
Biological Physics
Medical Physics
Metrology
Biological Physics

Selected Publications

  1. Kumar, A., K.L. Anderson, M.F. Swift, D. Hanein, N. Volkmann and M.A. Schwartz, 2018. Local tension on talin in focal adhesions correlates with F-actin alignment at the nanometer scale. Biophys. J., 115: 1569-1579.
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  2. Kumar, A., E. Makhija, A.V. Radhakrishnan, D.S. Jokhun and G.V. Shivashankar, 2018. Cell Geometric Control of Nuclear Dynamics and Its Implications. In: Mechanobiology in Health and Disease, Verbruggen, S., (Ed.). Elsevier Science, Netherlands, ISBN: 9780128129524, pp: 55-76.

  3. Misra, A., A.Q. Sheikh, A. Kumar, J. Luo and J. Zhang et al., 2016. Integrin β3 inhibition is a therapeutic strategy for supravalvular aortic stenosis. J. Exp. Med., 213: 451-463.
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  4. Kumar, A., M. Ouyang, K. Van den Dries, E.J. McGhee and K. Tanaka et al., 2016. Talin tension sensor reveals novel features of focal adhesion force transmission and mechanosensitivity. J. Cell. Biol., 213: 371-383.
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  5. Kumar, A. and G.V. Shivashankar, 2016. Dynamic interaction between actin and nesprin2 maintain the cell nucleus in a prestressed state. Method. Appl. Fluoresc., Vol. 4. 10.1088/2050-6120/4/4/044008.
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  6. Li, Q., A. Kumar, E. Makhija and G.V. Shivashankar, 2014. The regulation of dynamic mechanical coupling between actin cytoskeleton and nucleus by matrix geometry. Biomaterials, 35: 961-969.
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  7. Kumar, A., A. Maitra, M. Sumit, S. Ramaswamy and G.V. Shivashankar, 2014. Actomyosin contractility rotates the cell nucleus. Sci. Rep., Vol. 4. 10.1038/srep03781.
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  8. Talwar, S., A. Kumar, M. Rao, G.I. Menon and G.V. Shivashankar, 2013. Correlated spatio-temporal fluctuations in chromatin compaction states characterize stem cells. Biophys. J., 104: 553-564.
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  9. Jain, N., K.V. Iyer, A. Kumar and G.V. Shivashankar, 2013. Cell geometric constraints induce modular gene-expression patterns via redistribution of HDAC3 regulated by actomyosin contractility. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 110: 11349-11354.
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  10. Kumar, A. and G.V. Shivashankar, 2012. Mechanical force alters morphogenetic movements and segmental gene expression patterns during Drosophila embryogenesis. PloS one, Vol. 7. 10.1371/journal.pone.0033089.
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  11. Mazumder, A., T. Roopa, A. Kumar, K.V. Iyer, N.M. Ramdas and G.V. Shivashankar, 2010. Prestressed Nuclear Organization in Living Cells. In: Methods in Cell Biology, Hamdoun, A. and K.R. Foltz (Eds.). Elsevier Science, Netherlands, pp: 221-239.
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