Active fluids exhibit spontaneous flows with complex spatiotemporal structure, which have
been observed in bacterial suspensions, sperm cells, cytoskeletal suspensions, self …

Collective cell migration is a key driver of embryonic development, wound healing, and
some types of cancer invasion. Here, we provide a physical perspective of the mechanisms …

Cell motion inside dense tissues governs many biological processes, including embryonic
development and cancer metastasis, and recent experiments suggest that these tissues …

From coffee beans flowing in a chute to cells remodelling in a living tissue, a wide variety of
close-packed collective systems—both inert and living—have the potential to jam. The …

The way in which a cell migrates is influenced by the physical properties of its surroundings,
in particular the properties of the extracellular matrix. How the physical aspects of the cell's …

The wound healing assay is used in a range of disciplines to study the coordinated
movement of a cell population. In this technical review, we describe the workflow of the …

Taxis orientation is common in microorganisms, and it provides feasible strategies to
operate active colloids as small‐scale robots. Collective taxes involve numerous units that …

Collective cell migration results from the establishment and maintenance of collective
polarization, mechanocoupling, and cytoskeletal kinetics. The guidance of collective cell …

A fundamental feature of multicellular organisms is their ability to self-repair wounds through
the movement of epithelial cells into the damaged area. This collective cellular movement is …

We introduce an Active Vertex Model (AVM) for cell-resolution studies of the mechanics of
confluent epithelial tissues consisting of tens of thousands of cells, with a level of detail …