Active matter at the interface between materials science and cell biology

D Needleman, Z Dogic - Nature reviews materials, 2017 - nature.com
The remarkable processes that characterize living organisms, such as motility, self-healing
and reproduction, are fuelled by a continuous injection of energy at the microscale. The field …

Mechanochemical feedback loops in development and disease

E Hannezo, CP Heisenberg - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
There is increasing evidence that both mechanical and biochemical signals play important
roles in development and disease. The development of complex organisms, in particular …

Nonequilibrium physics in biology

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 …

Mechanochemical principles of spatial and temporal patterns in cells and tissues

A Bailles, EW Gehrels, T Lecuit - Annual review of cell and …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
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 …

Hydrodynamic theory of active matter

F Jülicher, SW Grill, G Salbreux - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
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 …

A theory that predicts behaviors of disordered cytoskeletal networks

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 …

Viscoelastic dissipation stabilizes cell shape changes during tissue morphogenesis

R Clément, B Dehapiot, C Collinet, T Lecuit, PF Lenne - Current biology, 2017 - cell.com
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 …

Excitable RhoA dynamics drive pulsed contractions in the early C. elegans embryo

JB Michaux, FB Robin, WM McFadden… - Journal of Cell …, 2018 - rupress.org
Pulsed actomyosin contractility underlies diverse modes of tissue morphogenesis, but the
underlying mechanisms remain poorly understood. Here, we combined quantitative imaging …

Self-organized shape dynamics of active surfaces

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 …

Adaptive behaviour and learning in slime moulds: the role of oscillations

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 …