This review presents the different physical descriptions of cell assemblies. After a short
presentation of discrete models, very popular in studies of epithelial tissues, we focus more …

Tissues do not exist in isolation—they interact with other tissues within and across organs.
While cell-cell interactions have been intensely investigated, less is known about tissue …

Microfluidics by soft lithography has proven to be of key importance for biophysics and life
science research. While being based on replicating structures of a master mold using …

Despite recent efforts to understand homeostasis in epithelial tissues, there are many
unknowns surrounding this steady state. It is considered to be regulated by …

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are important secondary messengers involved in a variety
of cellular processes, including activation, proliferation, and differentiation. Hydrogen …

Despite the primary role of cell proliferation in tissue development and homeostatic
maintenance, the interplay between cell density, cell mechanoresponse, and cell growth …

Interfaces in tissues are ubiquitous, both between tissue and environment as well as
between populations of different cell types. The propagation of an interface can be driven …

The evolution of various competing cell types in tissues, and the resulting persistent tissue
population, is studied numerically and analytically in a particle-based model of active …

Tissues do not exist in isolation–they interact with other tissues within and across organs.
While cell-cell interactions have been intensely investigated, less is known about tissue …

Competition of different species or cell types for limited space is relevant in a variety of
biological processes such as biofilm development, tissue morphogenesis and tumor growth …