Alan J. Hunt, Ph.D. | Institute of Gerontology

Assistant Research Scientist, IoG
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
College of Engineering

300 North Ingalls
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2007
Tel: (734) 647-7536
Fax: (734) 936-2116
Email: ajhunt@umich.edu

The physical and mechanical properties of the molecular motors that
underlie biologic motility, particularly as pertains to the movements of

chromosomes during mitosis. Design and use of systems for imaging and
manipulating intra cellular structures at the nanometer level.

Publications:

Hoff, J.D., Cheng, LJ, Meyhöfer, E., Guo, L.J., A.J. Hunt (2004)
Nanoscale Protein Patterning by Imprint Lithography. Nano Lett.
4(5):853-857

Joglekar, A., Liu, H.H., Meyhöfer, E., Mourou, G., and A.J. Hunt.
(2004) Optics at Critical Intensity: Applications to Nanomorphing.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 101(16):5856-5861

Lindemann, C.B., and A.J. Hunt. (2003) Does axonemal dynein push, pull
or oscillate? Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton 56:237-244

Joglekar, A., Liu, H.H., Spooner, G.J., Meyhöfer, E., Mourou, G., and
A.J. Hunt. (2003) A Study of the Deterministic Character of Optical
Damage by Femtosecond Laser Pulses and Applications to Nanomachining.
App. Phys. B. 77(1):25-30

Brouhard, G., Schek, H., and A.J. Hunt. (2003) Advanced optical
tweezers for the study of cellular and molecular biomechanics. IEEE J.
Trans. Biomed. Eng. 50:121

Joglekar, A., & A.J. Hunt. 2002. A simple, mechanistic model for
directional instability during mitotic chromosome movement. Biophys. J.
83:42-58