Sean SunAssociate Professor Mechanical Engineering Institute for NanoBioTechnology Secondary Appointment: Biomedical Engineering, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Latrobe 105 (office) 410-516-4003 (office) ssun@jhu.edu (primary) |
Education
| Ph.D. 1994, University of California Berkeley |
| B.S. 1990, Pennsylvania State University |
Journal Articles
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Nilsen, N., Brownell, W.E., Sun, S.X., Spector, A.A. (2012). Effect of membrane mechanics on charge transfer by the membrane protein prestin.. Biomech Model Mechanobiol. 11(2-Jan). 107-18. DOI » |
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Powers, R.J., Roy, S., Atilgan, E., Brownell, W.E., Sun, S.X., Gillespie, P.G., Spector, A.A. (2012). Stereocilia Membrane Deformation: Implications for the Gating Spring and Mechanotransduction Channel. Biophysical Journal. 102(2). 201-210. DOI » View record in Web of Science SM |
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Walcott, S., Kim, D., Wirz, D., Sun, S.X. (2011). Nucleation and Decay Initiation Are the Stiffness-Sensitive Phases of Focal Adhesion Maturation. Biophysical Journal. 101(12). 2919-2928. DOI » View record in Web of Science SM |
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Sun, S.X., Jiang, H. (2011). Physics of Bacterial Morphogenesis. Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews. 75(4). 543-565. DOI » View record in Web of Science SM |
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Jiang, H., Si, F., Margolin, W., Sun, S.X. (2011). Mechanical Control of Bacterial Cell Shape. Biophysical Journal. 101(2). 327-335. DOI » View record in Web of Science SM |
Awards & Honors
| 2010 - 2013: Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship |
| 2009 - 2011: Johns Hopkins University Faculty Scholar |
| 2006 - 2011: National Science Foundation CAREER Award |
| 1992 - 1994: Eberly College of Science Scholar, Pennsylvania State University |
| 1990 - 1994: University Scholar, Pennsylvania State University |
Presentations
| Mechanochemical processes in biology. Department of Chemical Engineering, Universitat van Amsterdam. Amsterdam, Netherlands., December 21, 2010 |
| Cellular mechanosenestion. FOM Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics. Amsterdam, Netherlands., December 20, 2010 |
| Mechanical control of bacterial cell shape. Zing conferences on Bacterial Cell Biology. Mexico, November 16, 2010 |
| Mechanochemical processes in biology: Department of mechanical engineering. Columbia University. New York, October 15, 2010 |
| Mechanochemical processes in biology. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder., October 13, 2010 |
| Mechanochemical processes in biology: Department of chemistry and biochemistry. University of Maryland College Park. College Park., October 7, 2010 |
| Cellular mechanosensation. Shanghai conference on biophysics. Shanghai China, August 12, 2010 |
| Cellular mechanosensation. World Congress on Computational Mechanics. State College. PA., July 13, 2010 |
| Mechanics of bacterial morphogenesis. SIAM Conference on Mathematical Aspects of Material Science. Philadelphia PA., May 18, 2010 |
| Cellular mechanosensation. Mathematical BioScience Institute. Ohio State. Columbus OH., April 12, 2010 |
| Mechanical control of bacterial cell shape. APS National Meeting. Portland OR., March 10, 2010 |
| Flexoelectricity. Telluride Workshop on Biophysics of Cellular Membranes. Telluride CO., March 3, 2010 |
| Morphology, growth and size limit of bacterial cells. Co-presentation with Hongyuan Jiang. Biophysical Society Meeting. Boston MA, February 10, 2010 |
| Mechanobiology of Bacterial Cell Division Mechanobiology Workshop. Singapore. 2008-11-08. (Invited), November 8, 2008 |
| Dynamics of Bacterial Cell Division Biomedical Engineering Society Meeting. St. Louis. 2008-10-02. (Invited), October 2, 2008 |
| Mechanics of Dimeric Processive Motors Departmental Seminar. Singapore. 2008-08-22., August 22, 2008 |
| Dynamics of FtsZ and Bacterial Cell Division Departmental Seminar. Singapore. 2008-08-21. (Invited), August 21, 2008 |
| Dynamics of Bacterial Cell Division American Chemical Society Meeting. Philadelphia. 2008-08-11. (Invited), August 11, 2008 |
| A General Framework for Modeling Dimeric Processive Motors Gordon Research Conference on Muscle and Molecular Motors. New Hampshire. 2008-06-28. (Invited), June 28, 2008 |
| Coarse-grained Models of Biomolecular Motion American Chemical Society Meeting. New Orleans. 2008-04-18. (Invited), April 18, 2008 |
| Dynamics of Bacterial Cell Division Departmental Seminar. JHU Baltimore. 2008-02-16. (Invited), February 16, 2008 |
| Mechanics of bacterial cell division Asian Pacific Conference on Computational Mechanics. Kyoto, Japan. 2007-12-00. (Invited), November 30, 2007 |
| Mechanics of bacterial cell division Center of theoretical biology seminar. Peking University, China. 2007-12-00. (Invited), November 30, 2007 |
| Mechanics of bacterial cell division Biomedical engineering society meeting. Los Angeles, CA. 2007-09-00. (Invited), August 31, 2007 |
| Mechanics of bacterial cell division Biophysics Seminar. UCLA. 2007-09-00. (Invited), August 31, 2007 |
| Interplay of Mechanics and Chemistry in Biology Computational Life Sciences Seminar. Emory University, Atlanta GA. 2007-05-00. (Invited), April 30, 2007 |
| Interplay of Mechanics and Chemistry in Biology Seminar, department of chemical physics. NIH, Bethesda, MD. 2007-05-00. (Invited), April 30, 2007 |
| Structural Modeling of Molecular Motors Single Molecule Modeling Symposium. Lorentz Center, Leiden, Holland. 2007-04-00. (Invited), March 31, 2007 |
| Interplay of Mechanics and Chemistry in Biology Bioengineering departmental seminar. UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA. 2007-03-00. (Invited), February 28, 2007 |
| Mechanics of Bacterial cell division Cold Spring Harbor Symposium on Computational Biology. Cold Spring Harbor, NY. 2007-03-00., February 28, 2007 |
| Bacterial Cell Division and the Z-ring Single Molecule Biophysics Meeting. Aspen Center for Physics, Aspen, CO. 2007-02-00., January 31, 2007 |
| Cell division in rod-like bacteria and the dynamics of the peptidoglycan cell wall Biophysical society meeting. Baltimore MD. 2007-02-00., January 31, 2007 |
| Interplay of mechanics and chemistry in biology Departmental seminar, Biology. Johns Hopkins University. 2006-12-00. (Invited), November 30, 2006 |
| Physics of bacterial cell division Departmental seminar. Microbiology dept. University of Kansas Medical School. 2006-12-00. (Invited), November 30, 2006 |
| Physics of bacterial cell division Departmental seminar. IPST, university of maryland. 2006-11-00. (Invited), October 31, 2006 |
| Computational modeling of the cellular leading edge BMES national meeting. Chicago. 2006-10-00. (Invited), September 30, 2006 |
| Interplay of mechanics and chemistry in biology Departmental seminar. Rice University. 2006-10-00. (Invited), September 30, 2006 |
| Computational modeling of the cellular leading edge World congress on biomechanics. Munich, Germany. 2006-08-00. (Invited), July 31, 2006 |
| Continuum models of protein secondary structures World congress on computational mechanics. Los Angeles. 2006-07-00. (Invited), June 30, 2006 |
| Computational modeling of the cellular leading edge IPAM symposium on computational systems biology. UCLA. 2006-05-00. (Invited), April 30, 2006 |
| Continuum models of protein secondary structures Steenbock conference on biomolecular dynamics. Madison, WI. 2006-05-00. (Invited), April 30, 2006 |
| How do molecules walk? Kavli institute of physics workshop on biological machines. UC Santa Barbara . 2006-04-00. (Invited), March 31, 2006 |
| Bending Elasticity of Parallel Beta-sheets Biophysical Society Meeting. Salt Lake City, Utah. 2006-03-00., February 28, 2006 |
| Dynamics of unconventional myosins Departmental Seminar. University of connecticut health center. 2006-03-00. (Invited), February 28, 2006 |
| Flexible Light-chain and the Helical Structure of F-actin Explain the Movement and Stepsize of Myosin-VI Biophysical Society Meeting. Salt Lake City, Utah. 2006-03-00., February 28, 2006 |
| Membrane shape transitions and protein mediated vesicle fission and fusion Biophysical Society Meeting. Salt Lake City, Utah. 2006-03-00., February 28, 2006 |
| Structure and Topology of Model Chromatin Fibers without Linker Histone H1 Biophysical Society Meeting. Salt Lake City, Utah. 2006-03-00., February 28, 2006 |
| Computational modeling of cytoskeletal dynamics Departmental seminar. Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. 2006-02-00. (Invited), January 31, 2006 |
| Dynamical Model of Skeletal Muscle Contraction BMES National Meeting. Baltimore, MD. 2005-10-00. (Invited), September 30, 2005 |
| Quantifying the Molecular Origins of Biological Movement Departmental Seminar. Chemistry, JHU. 2005-09-00. (Invited), August 31, 2005 |
| Dynamics of Acto-Myosin Interaction SIAM National Meeting. New Orleans. 2005-06-00. (Invited), May 31, 2005 |
| Cell motility and the cell membrane Department Seminar. University van Amsterdam, Amsterdam. 2005-05-16. (Invited), May 16, 2005 |
| Myosin as cellular engines: from single molecules to muscle contraction Institute Seminar. FOM Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics: Amsterdam. 2005-05-14. (Invited), May 14, 2005 |
| Dynamics of Acto-Myosin Interaction: From Single Molecules to Muscle Contraction Biophysics Departmental Seminar. UNC, Chapel Hill, NC. 2005-02-00. (Invited), January 31, 2005 |
| Dynamics of Filopodia Protrusion and Actin Network Organization Biophysical Society Meeting. Long Beach, CA. 2005-02-00., January 31, 2005 |
| Molecular Approach to the Dynamical Behavior of Skeletal Muscle Biophysical Society Meeting. Long Beach, CA. 2005-02-00., January 31, 2005 |
| The elasticity of alpha-helices Biophysical Society Meeting. Long Beach, CA. 2005-02-00., January 31, 2005 |
| From Single Molecules to Muscle Contraction Single Molecule Biophysics Conference. Aspen Colorado. 2005-01-02. (Invited), January 2, 2005 |
| Dynamics of Acto-myosin Interactions. Laboratory Seminar. Los Alamos Laboratory. 2004-11-07. (Invited), November 7, 2004 |
| Dynamics of Acto-myosin Interactions, from Single Molecules to Muscle Contraction . University of Wisconsin, Madison. 2004-09-16. (Invited), September 16, 2004 |
| Dynamics of Myosin-V Processivity Gordon Research Conference on Mathematical Biology. New Hampshire. 2004-06-11. (Invited), June 11, 2004 |
| Dynamics of Molecular Motors Departmental Seminar. ME, Johns Hopkins Univ.. 2004-04-06. (Invited), April 6, 2004 |
| Dynamics of Molecular Motors Departmental Seminar. BME, Johns Hopkins University. 2004-03-17. (Invited), March 17, 2004 |
| Dynamics of Molecular Motors Departmental Seminar. Physics department, University of Connecticut. 2004-02-16. (Invited), February 16, 2004 |
| Asymmetries in F1-ATPase and its Implications in Rotational Cycle Statistical Mechanics Meeting. Berkeley, CA. 2004-01-06., January 6, 2004 |
| Equilibrium Free Energies from Path Sampling of Non-equilibrium Trajectories Statistical Physics Seminar Series. IPST, University of Maryland. 2003-08-21. (Invited), August 21, 2003 |
| Dynamics of ATP Synthase Motor Biophysics Seminar Series. FOM Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Amsterdam, Holland. 2003-06-10. (Invited), June 10, 2003 |
Committees
| 2007 - 2010: Graduate Recruitment Committee |
| 2004 - 2010: Computing Committee |
| 2003 - 2010: Biomechanics Concentration Committee |
| 2004 - 2004: Biomechanics Seminar Series, JHU |