Cell collectives must dynamically adapt to different biological contexts. For instance, in
homeostatic conditions, epithelia must establish a barrier between body compartments and …

Soft amorphous materials are viscoelastic solids ubiquitously found around us, from clays
and cementitious pastes to emulsions and physical gels encountered in food or biomedical …

Cancer progression is caused by genetic changes and associated with various alterations in
cell properties, which also affect a tumor's mechanical state. While an increased stiffness …

In cell clusters, the prominent factors at play encompass contractility-based enhanced tissue
surface tension and cell unjamming transition. The former effect pertains to the boundary …

Micropipette aspiration (MPA) is one of the gold standards for quantifying biological
samples' mechanical properties, which are crucial from the cell membrane scale to the …

Many critical biological processes, like wound healing, require densely packed cell
monolayers/tissues to transition from a jammed solid-like to a fluid-like state. Although …

In recent years, there has been growing interest in the study of chiral active materials, which
consist of building blocks that show active dynamics featuring chiral symmetry breaking, eg …

It has recently been shown that thermal active glasses can display physical aging behavior
comparable to that of passive glasses, although there are some notable distinctions due to …

Background Colorectal cancer is the third most common tumour entity in the world and up to
50% of the patients develop liver metastases (CRLM) within five years. To improve and …

Prostate cancer (PCa) is a significant health problem in the male population of the Western
world. Magnetic resonance elastography (MRE), an emerging medical imaging technique …