<p>Subcellular tools for activating and measuring mechanotransductive signaling</p> <p>1. The Detection and Role of Molecular Tension in Focal Adhesion DynamicsBrenton D. Hoffman2. Single Cell Imaging of Mechanotransduction in Endothelial CellsShaoying Lu and Yingxiao Wang</p> <p>Focal adhesions as sensors</p> <p>3. Focal Adhesions as SensorsJean-Cheng Kuo4. Focal Adhesions as SensorsWolfgang H. Goldmann5. Mechanical Cues Direct Focal Adhesion DynamicsKristina Haase, Zeinab Al-Rekabi and Andrew E. Pelling6. Molecular Mechanisms Underlying the Force-Dependent Regulation of Actin-to-ECM Linkage at the Focal AdhesionsHiroaki Hirata, Masahiro Sokabe and Chwee Teck Lim</p> <p>Nuclear Mechanisms of Sensing</p> <p>7. The Cellular Mastermind(?) – Mechanotransduction and the NucleusAshley Kaminski, Gregory R. Fedorchak and Jan Lammerding8. Nuclear Forces and Cell Mechano-SensingSamer Alam, David B. Lovett, Richard B. Dickinson, Kyle J. Roux and Tanmay P. Lele </p> <p>Mechano-sensing in Stem Cells</p> <p>9. From Stem Cells to Cardiomyocytes: The Role of Forces in Cardiac Maturation, Aging, and DiseaseGaurav Kaushik and Adam J. Engler10. Matrix Regulation of Tumor-Initiating CellsSophie Y. Wong and Sanjay Kumar11. Biomaterials Approaches in Stem Cell MechanobiologyNikolche Gjorevski and Matthias Lutolf</p> <p>Multi-cellular Sensing</p> <p>12. Mechanotransduction in C. elegans Morphogenesis and Tissue FunctionErin J. Cram13. Mechanical Force Sensing in TissuesSoline Chanet and Adam C. Martin</p>