The evaporation of a sessile droplet spontaneously induces an internal capillary liquid flow.
The surface-tension driven minimisation of surface area and/or surface-tension differences …

Drying of biologically-relevant sessile droplets, including passive systems such as DNA,
proteins, plasma, and blood, as well as active microbial systems comprising bacterial and …

Tendinopathy is a multi-faceted pathology characterized by alterations in tendon
microstructure, cellularity and collagen composition. Challenged by the possibility of …

Tendon is a highly organized tissue that transmits forces between muscle and bone. The
architecture of the extracellular matrix of tendon, predominantly from collagen type I, is …

Fibrous dysplasia (FD) is a rare bone disorder characterized by the replacement of normal
bone with benign fibro-osseous tissue. Developments in our understanding of the …

Pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE) is a rare disease characterized by ectopic calcification,
however, despite the widely spread effect of pro/anti-calcifying systemic factors associated …

Enthesitis, the inflammation of the enthesis, which is the point of attachment of tendons and
ligaments to bones, is a common musculoskeletal disease. The inflammation often …

Cells probe their environment and adapt their shape accordingly via the organization of
focal adhesions and the actin cytoskeleton. In an earlier publication, we described the …

Bone is a complex natural material with a complex hierarchical multiscale organization,
crucial to perform its functions. Ultrastructural analysis of bone is crucial for our …

Mimicking tissue‐oriented organization in vitro has been extensively studied in recent years,
using both natural and synthetic materials in combination with external magnetic fields to …