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The latest issue of our journal
"Journal of Biomechanical Science and Engineering (JBSE)"
has been published.

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・Vol. 18, No. 4: 7 articles (4 Reviews and 3 research papers)
Special Issue on Cutting-edge Research in Measurement, Manipulation and Imaging in Cell Mechanics and Mechanobiology

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Preface
Shinji DEGUCHI, Toshiro OHASHI, Susumu KUDO
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Advancing FRAP for cell studies: Where there is a new method, there is a new field
Takumi SAITO, Shinji DEGUCHI
23-00028
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The effect of stiff substrates on the collective migration of A549 cells
Saori SASAKI, Zhaoyi DU, Ryu TAKAHASHI, Qi SUN, Toshihiro SERA, Susumu KUDO
p.23-00298
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Extracting quantitative relationships between cell motility and molecular activities (Analytical approaches and implications)
Yuichi SAKUMURA, Katsuyuki KUNIDA
p.23-00336


Atomic force microscopy for investigating cell and tissue mechanics as heterogeneous and hierarchical materials
Takaharu OKAJIMA, Kaori KURIBAYASHI-SHIGETOMI
p.23-00339


Cell adhesion control through culture substrate design (Considerations for incorporating molecular mechanisms of adhesion mechanics into biomaterials engineering)
Sayaka MASAIKE, Satoru KIDOAKI
p.23-00358


Novel platform for quantitative evaluation of medicinal efficacy based on contractility of artificial skeletal muscle
Kota KISHISHITA, Tomohiro NAKAMURA, Marino MIZUTANI, Toshia FUJISATO, Takeshi HASHIMOTO, Naoko MATSUI, Hiroko MARUKI-UCHIDA, Naoki IEMOTO, Sho YOKOYAMA
p.23-00396


Effect of width of microchannel device on behavior of collective cell migration
Mohamad Anis Bin RAMLAN, Ryota TOYOHARA, Toshiro OHASHI
p.23-00536
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*** About JBSE ***
JBSE, launched in 2006, is an open-access, international e-journal published as the official journal of the Bioengineering Division, the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME-BED), the Korean Society of Biomechanics (KSB), the Taiwanese Society of Biomechanics (TSB), and Asian-Pacific Association for Biomechanics (APAB), published by JSME. The journal covers a wide range of topics in biomechanical engineering and related scientific field.

On behalf of JBSE editors, we would like to invite you to submit a paper to JBSE. Please visit the website of Instructions for Authors before submitting a paper.



If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us (journal@jsme.or.jp).

Best regards,
Eijiro Maeda, JBSE Editor (Public Relations)

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Eijiro Maeda Ph.D. -- e.maeda@nagoya-u.jp
TEL: +81-52-789-2724/ FAX: +81-52-789-2695
Biomechanics Lab. Graduate School of Engineering
Nagoya University, Japan​