Claudia Tanja Mierke

Broschiertes Buch

Physics of Cancer, Volume 6 (Second Edition)

Cellular mechanisms to foster or fight cancer

Beschreibung

The book 'The Physics of Cancer Volume 6 (Second edition)' focuses on the topics of extracellular vesicular communication of cancer cells with their environment, the role of autophagy in cancer, the dual function of mast cells in solid tumors, and the effects of the mechanical properties of cancer cells and tumors on cancer progression.

Autor

Claudia Tanja Mierke is Head of the Department of Biological Physics at the Peter Debye Institute for Soft Matter Physics at Leipzig University. Her primary research areas are cell biophysics and cell mechanics, adhesion, motility (invasion) in biomimetic matrices, cancer and inflammation, cancer metastasis and tumormicroenvironment mechanics. She has published over 160 referred journal articles, books and book chapters largely dealing with soft matter physics and the physics of cancer. Over the past 20 years, Claudia had taught courses in biophysics, soft matter physics, cell biology for physicists and cellular biophysics, to both undergraduate and graduate students.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: IOP Publishing Ltd
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 625
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Mai 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 1070g
• ISBN-13: 9780750340083
• ISBN-10: 0750340088
• Artikelnr.: 74518564