The name active matter refers to any collection of entities that individually use free energy to
generate their own motion and forces. Through interactions, active particles spontaneously …

Biological processes, from morphogenesis to tumor invasion, spontaneously generate shear
stresses inside living tissue. The mechanisms that govern the transmission of mechanical …

The vertex model of epithelia describes the apical surface of a tissue as a tiling of polygonal
cells, with a mechanical energy governed by deviations in cell shape from preferred, or …

The rheology of biological tissue is key to processes such as embryo development, wound
healing, and cancer metastasis. Vertex models of confluent tissue monolayers have …

We study the vertex model for epithelial tissue mechanics extended to include coupling
between the cell shapes and tensions in cell-cell junctions. This coupling represents an …

The formation of fluid-or gas-filled lumina surrounded by epithelial cells pervades
development and disease. We review the balance between lumen pressure and mechanical …

Rapid epithelial tissue flows are essential to building and shaping developing embryos.
However, the mechanical properties of embryonic epithelial tissues and the factors that …

Origami cylinders have been studied extensively under compression, however, their normal
force response under shear deformation is still ill-understood. We experimentally studied the …

Mechanical forces generated by dynamic cellular activities play a crucial role in the
morphogenesis and growth of biological tissues. While the influence of mechanics is clear …

In amorphous solids as in tissues, neighbor exchanges can relax local stresses and allow
the material to flow. In this paper, we use an anisotropic vertex model to study T1 …