Living organisms are made of wet, soft tissues. However, there is only one candidate to
simultaneously replicate the mechanical and composition features of load-bearing tissues …

We briefly review the recent developments in the theory of individual semiflexible filaments,
and of a crosslinked network of such filaments, both permanent and transient. Starting from …

Many biological materials contain fibrous protein networks as their main structural
components. Understanding the mechanical properties of such networks is important for …

We develop a continuum theory for equilibrium elasticity of a network of crosslinked
semiflexible filaments, spanning the full range between flexible entropy-driven chains to stiff …

The porcine aorta is often used in studies on morphology, pathology, transplantation
surgery, vascular and endovascular surgery, and biomechanics of the large arteries. Using …

Cells are a fundamental structural, functional and biological unit for all living organisms. Up
till now, considerable efforts have been made to study the responses of single cells and …

While semi-flexible polymers and fibres are an important class of material due to their rich
mechanical properties, it remains unclear how these properties relate to the microscopic …

We review continuum elastic models for the transmission of both external forces and internal
active cellular forces in biopolymer gels, and relate them to recent experiments. Rather than …

Cross-linked actin networks are important building blocks of the cytoskeleton. In order to
gain deeper insight into the interpretation of experimental data on actin networks, adequate …

Cells are able to respond to mechanical forces and deformations. The actin cytoskeleton, a
highly dynamic scaffolding structure, plays an important role in cell mechano-sensing. Thus …