There is increasing evidence that both mechanical and biochemical signals play important roles in development and disease. The development of complex organisms, in particular …
X Fang, K Kruse, T Lu, J Wang - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2019 - APS
Life is characterized by a myriad of complex dynamic processes allowing organisms to grow, reproduce, and evolve. Physical approaches for describing systems out of thermodynamic …
Patterns are ubiquitous in living systems and underlie the dynamic organization of cells, tissues, and embryos. Mathematical frameworks have been devised to account for the self …
We review the general hydrodynamic theory of active soft materials that is motivated in particular by biological matter. We present basic concepts of irreversible thermodynamics of …
JM Belmonte, M Leptin, F Nédélec - Molecular systems biology, 2017 - embopress.org
Morphogenesis in animal tissues is largely driven by actomyosin networks, through tensions generated by an active contractile process. Although the network components and their …
Tissue morphogenesis relies on the production of active cellular forces. Understanding how such forces are mechanically converted into cell shape changes is essential to our …
Pulsed actomyosin contractility underlies diverse modes of tissue morphogenesis, but the underlying mechanisms remain poorly understood. Here, we combined quantitative imaging …
A Mietke, F Jülicher… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Mechanochemical processes in thin biological structures, such as the cellular cortex or epithelial sheets, play a key role during the morphogenesis of cells and tissues. In particular …
A Boussard, A Fessel, C Oettmeier… - … of the Royal …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The slime mould Physarum polycephalum, an aneural organism, uses information from previous experiences to adjust its behaviour, but the mechanisms by which this is …