Cell mechanics is a sub-field of biophysics that focuses on the mechanical properties and behavior of living cells and how it relates to cell function. It encompasses aspects of cell biophysics, biomechanics, soft matter physics and rheology, mechanobiology and cell biology. Researchers who study cell mechanics are interested in the mechanics and dynamics of the assemblies and structures that make up the cell including membranes, cytoskeleton, organelles, and cytoplasm, and how they interact to give rise to the emergent properties of the cell as a whole.A particular focus of many cell mechanical studies has been the cytoskeleton, which (in animal cells) can be thought to consist of:1) actomyosin assemblies (F-actin, myosin motors, and associated binding, nucleating, capping, stabilizing, a