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I am interested in the role that mechanical forces play in biology. Nature has exploited the intrinsic physical properties of polymers to build networks of biopolymer filaments and associated proteins, called the cytoskeleton, which can exert the tensile and contractile forces within cells required for cell functions such as cell motion and cell division. I will present results from experiments using reconstituted cytoskeletal biopolymers to investigate how these filaments define intracellular organization and mechanics.