《细胞力学进展》(英文版)从交叉学科的角度系统地介绍和总结了细胞力学和细胞物理研究领域的前沿课题和*新进展。其显著的特点是用分子力学和复杂连续介质力学的方法研究和计算细胞的演变和分化；将定量的数学力学分析方法与实验手段相结合来探讨细胞的生物物理特性。    《细胞力学进展》(英文版)适合作为从事分子生物学、生物工程和力学、软物质力学和物理、计算力学，以及生物化学和医学的科研人员和研究生的参考书。    《细胞力学进展》(英文版)的主编是美国加州大学伯利分校的李少凡教授和南非科学院院士、开普半岛科技大学的孙博华教授。

Chapter 1Modeling and Simulations of the Dynamics of Growing Cell Clusters
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Single cell geometry and kinematics
1.2.1 The continuum model
1.2.2 The numerical model for the cell geometry
1.3 Single cell equilibrium and material model
1.3.1 Cell equilibrium
1.3.2 The material model
1.3.3 Determination of material constants
1.4 Modeling cell interactions
1.4.1 Cell-to-cell contact
1.4.2 Cell-to-cell adhesion
1.4.3 Cell-to-cell interaction test
1.5 Modeling the cell life cycle
1.6 Details of the numerical implementation
1.6.1 The finite element model
1.6.2 Contact/adhesion interface detection
1.6.3 Time integration
1.6.4 Parallelization
1.7 Numerical results
1.8 Summary and conclusions
References

Chapter 2 Multiscale Biomechanical Modeling of Stem Cell-Extracellular Matrix Interactions
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Cell and ECM modeling
2.2.1 Basic hypothesis and assumptions
2.2.2 Hyperelastic model
2.2.3 Liquid crystal model
2.3 Contact and adhesion models for cell-substrate interactions
2.3.1 The adhesive body force with continuum mechanics contact
2.3.2 The cohesive contact model
2.4 Meshfree Galerkin formulation and the computational algorithm
2.5 Numerical simulations
2.5.1 Validation of the material rhodels
2.5.2 Cell response in four different stiffness substrates
2.5.3 Cell response to a stiffness-varying substrate
2.5.4 Comparison of two different contact algorithms
2.5.5 Three-dimensional simulation of cell spreading
2.6 Discussion and conclusions
References

Chapter 3 Modeling of Proteins and Their Interactions with Solvent
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Classical molecular dynamics
3.2.1 Coarse-grained model
3.2.2 High performance computing
3.3 Principal component analysis
3.3.1 Three oscillators system analysis with PCA
3.3.2 Quasi-harmonic analysis
3.3.3 Equilibrium conformational analysis
3.4 Methods and procedures
3.4.1 Framework
3.4.2 Overlap coefficients
3.4.3 Correlation analysis
3.4.4 PCA with MD simulation
3.4.5 Kabsch algorithm
3.4.6 Positional correlation matrix
3.4.7 Cluster analysis
3.5 MDsimulation with T4 lysozyme
3.5.1 Equilibration measures
3.5.2 Fluctuation analysis
3.5.3 Mode selection and evaluation
3.5.4 Eigenvalue analysis
3.5.5 Overlap evaluation
3.5.6 Identification of slow conformational flexibility
3.5.7 Correlation analysis of T4 lysozyme
3.6 Hemoglobin and sickle cell anemia
3.6.1 Molecular dynamic simulation with NAMD
3.6.2 Conformational change analysis
3.6.3 PCA analysis
3.6.4 Correlation analysis with HbS interaction
3.7 Conclusion
References

Chapter 4 Structural， Mechanical and Functional Properties of Intermediate Filaments from the Atomistic to the Cellular Scales
4.1 Introduction
4.1.1 Hierarchical structure of vimentin intermediate filaments
4.1.2 The structural and physiological character of keratin
4.2 Connecting filaments to cells level function and pathology
4.2.1 Bending and stretching properties of IFs in cells
4.2.2 IFs responding differently to tensile and shear stresses
4.2.3 Mechanotransduction through the intermediate filament network
4.3 Experimental mechanics
4.3.1 Single filament mechanics
4.3.2 Rheology of IF networks in vitro
4.3.3 IF networks rheology in cells
4.4 Case studies
4.4.1 Single vimentin filament mechanics
4.4.2 Network mechanics
4.4.3 The mechanical role of intermediate filament in cellular system
4.5 Conclusion
References

Chapter 5 Cytoskeletal Mechanics and Rheology
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Modelling semiflexible filament dynamics
5.3 Experimental measurements
5.3.1 Glass microneedles
5.3.2 Cell poking
5.3.3 Atomic force microscopy
5.3.4 Micropipette aspiration
5.3.5 Microplates
5.3.6 Parallel-plate flow chambers
5.3.7 Optical twe