The cellular microenvironment is highly heterogeneous and dynamic. Therefore, cells must
be equipped with molecular tools to adapt and respond to constantly fluctuating inputs. One …

Cells exist in different phenotypes and can transition between them. A phenotype may be
characterized by many different aspects. Here, we focus on the example of whether the cell …

Mechanosensing, the active responses of cells to the mechanics on multiple scales, plays
an indispensable role in regulating cell behaviors and determining the fate of biological …

Learning algorithms based on backpropagation have enabled transformative technological
advances but alternatives based on local energy-based rules offer benefits in terms of …

The proteins that make up the actin cytoskeleton can self-assemble into a variety of
structures. In vitro experiments and coarse-grained simulations have shown that the actin …

The adaptive and surprising emergent properties of biological materials self-assembled in
far-from-equilibrium environments serve as an inspiration for efforts to design nanomaterials …

We investigate little-appreciated features of the hierarchical core–shell (CS) models of the
electrical, mechanical, and electromechanical interactions between the cell membrane (CM) …

The integration of additive manufacturing technologies with the pyrolysis of polymeric
precursors enables the design‐controlled fabrication of architected 3D pyrolytic carbon …

We consider an immersed elastic body that is actively driven through a structured fluid by a
motor or an external force. The behavior of such a system generally cannot be solved …

Cross-linked actin networks are the primary component of the cell cytoskeleton and have
been the subject of numerous experimental and modeling studies. While these studies have …