Modeling the interaction of f-actin filaments
- mill29ca
- Sep 24, 2021
- 1 min read

Melissa Riddle (JMU, Mathematics '20) worked on two projects over a few years with me. The first was looking at modifying the MATLAB Monte Carlo simulation from my postdoctoral work at UNC Chapel Hill to determine the mechanics and mathematical rules for how f-actin might bump or run into each other. The current simulation assumes that f-actin filaments exist in their own space, so can move through or past each other. Melissa used the principle of the coefficient of restitution from dynamics to determine how f-actin that bump into each other might then influence their ultimate movements.
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