Spontaneous locomotion is a common feature of most metazoan cells, generally attributed to
the properties of actomyosin networks. This force-producing machinery has been studied …

Ciliates are powerful unicellular model organisms that have been used to elucidate
fundamental biological processes. However, the high motility of ciliates presents a major …

Cells in living tissues are exposed to substantial mechanical forces and constraints imposed
by neighboring cells, the extracellular matrix, and external factors. Mechanical forces and …