Proteins control many vital functions in living cells, such as cell growth and cell division.
Reliable coordination of these functions requires the spatial and temporal organization of …

Growing experimental evidence indicates that topological defects could serve as organizing
centers in the morphogenesis of tissues. Here, we provide a quantitative explanation for this …

Amoeboid motility has come to refer to a spectrum of cell migration modes enabling a cell to
move in the absence of strong, specific adhesion. To do so, cells have evolved a range of …

Morphogenesis of active shells such as cells is a fundamental chemomechanical process
that often exhibits three-dimensional (3D) large deformations and chemical pattern …

We derive a general lower bound on distributions of entropy production in interacting active
matter systems. The bound is tight in the limit that interparticle correlations are small and …

We present a statistical learning framework for robust identification of differential equations
from noisy spatio-temporal data. We address two issues that have so far limited the …

Shape transformations of epithelial tissues in three dimensions, which are crucial for
embryonic development or in vitro organoid growth, can result from active forces generated …

Hertwig's rule states that cells divide along their longest axis, usually driven by forces acting
on the mitotic spindle. Here, we show that in contrast to this rule, microtubule-based pulling …

We derive a fully covariant theory of the hydrodynamics of nematic and polar active surfaces,
subjected to internal and external forces and torques. We study the symmetries of polar and …

Odd elasticity describes active elastic systems whose stress-strain relationship is not
compatible with a potential energy. As the requirement of energy conservation is lifted from …