The fascinating patterns of collective motion created by autonomously driven particles have
fuelled active-matter research for over two decades. So far, theoretical active-matter …

Active matter, which ranges from molecular motors to groups of animals, exists at different
length scales and timescales, and various computational models have been proposed to …

Although collective cell motion plays an important role, for example during wound healing,
embryogenesis, or cancer progression, the fundamental rules governing this motion are still …

How tissue shape emerges from the collective mechanical properties and behavior of
individual cells is not understood. We combine experiment and theory to study this problem …

In this paper we present an overview of agent-based models that are used to simulate
mechanical and physiological phenomena in cells and tissues, and we discuss underlying …

In this article, we review physics-based models of collective cell motility. We discuss a range
of techniques at different scales, ranging from models that represent cells as simple self …

Recent experiments have shown that spreading epithelial sheets exhibit a long-range
coordination of motility forces that leads to a buildup of tension in the tissue, which may …

In this work, we present two different approaches to measure the effect of mechanical stress
on tissue growth and death. The first setup use osmotic pressure to deform a dialysis bag …

Multicellular organisms evolved to resolve conflicts between individual cells, protecting the
internal organization of the individual. This is illustrated by cell competition, a process that …

We study colonies of nonmotile, rod-shaped bacteria growing on solid substrates. In our
model, bacteria interact purely mechanically, by pushing each other away as they grow, and …