Publications

• Estimating the bending modulus of a FtsZ bacterial-division protein filament
  E.N. Cytrynbaum, Y.D. Li, J.F. Allard and H. Mehrabian.
  Phys Rev E, 85(1):011902, 2012.
• A cell-edge-barrier mechanism drives cell-wide cortical microtubule orientation in Arabidopsis
  J.C. Ambrose, J.F. Allard, E.N. Cytrynbaum and G.O. Wasteneys.
  Nature Communications, 2:430, 2011.
• A mechanochemical model explains interactions between cortical microtubules in plants
  J.F. Allard, J.C. Ambrose, G.O. Wasteneys and E.N. Cytrynbaum.
  Biophysical Journal, 99(4):1082-1090, 2010.
• Mechanisms of self-organization of cortical microtubules in plants revealed by computational simulations
  J.F. Allard, G.O. Wasteneys and E.N. Cytrynbaum.
  Molecular Biology of the Cell, 21:278-286, 2010.
• Predictions from a stochastic polymer model for the MinDE dynamics in E.coli.
  P. Borowski and E.N. Cytrynbaum.
  Phys Rev E, 80(4):041916, 2009.
• Force generation by a dynamic Z-ring in E. coli cell division.
  J.F. Allard and E.N. Cytrynbaum.
  Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 106(1):145-150, 2009.
• Global bifurcations and the appearance of a one-dimensional spiral wave in excitable media.
  E.N. Cytrynbaum and T.J. Lewis.
  SIAM Journal of Applied Dynamical Systems, 8(1):348-370, 2009.
• A multi-stranded polymer model explains MinDE dynamics in E. coli cell division.
  E.N. Cytrynbaum and B.D.L. Marshall.
  Biophysical Journal, 93:1134-1150, 2007.
• Nonlocal mechanism of self-organization and centering of microtubule asters.
  E.N. Cytrynbaum, V. Rodionov and A. Mogilner.
  Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 68(5):1053-1072, 2006.
• Actin filament branching and protrusion velocity in a simple 1D model of a motile cell.
  A. T. Dawes, G. Bard Ermentrout, E.N. Cytrynbaum and L. Edelstein-Keshet.
  Journal of Theoretical Biology, 242(2):265-279, 2006.
• Centering of a radial microtubule array by translocation along microtubules spontaneously nucleated in the cytoplasm.
  V. Malikov, E.N. Cytrynbaum, A. Kashina, A. Mogilner and V. Rodionov.
  Nature Cell Biology, 7(12):1113-1118, 2005.
• Early spindle assembly in Drosophila embryos: role of a force balance involving cytoskeletal dynamics and nuclear mechanics.
  E.N. Cytrynbaum, P. Sommi, I. Brust-Mascher, J.M. Scholey and A. Mogilner.
  Molecular Biology of the Cell, 16(10):4967-4981, 2005.
• 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, J.M. Scholey and A. Mogilner.
  Current Biology, 15(9):828-832, 2005.
• Periodic stimulus and the single cardiac cell-getting more out of 1D maps.
  E.N. Cytrynbaum.
  Journal of Theoretical Biology, 229(1):69-83, 2004.
• Computational model of dynein-dependent self-organization of microtubule asters.
  E.N. Cytrynbaum, V. Rodionov and A. Mogilner.
  Journal of Cell Science, 117(8):1381-1397, 2004.
• A force balance model of early spindle pole separation in Drosophila embryos.
  E.N. Cytrynbaum, J.M. Scholey and A. Mogilner.
  Biophysical Journal, 84(2):757-769, 2003.
• The effect of spatial scale of resistive inhomogeneity on defibrillation of cardiac tissue.
  J.P. Keener and E. Cytrynbaum.
  Journal of Theoretical Biology, 223(2):233-248, 2003.
• Stability conditions for the traveling pulse: Modifying the restitution hypothesis.
  E. Cytrynbaum and J.P. Keener.
  Chaos, 12(3):788-799, 2002.