Polymerization of actin filaments against membranes produces force for numerous cellular
processes, such as migration, morphogenesis, endocytosis, phagocytosis and organelle …

We review progress in active hydrodynamic descriptions of flowing media on curved and
deformable manifolds: the state-of-the-art in continuum descriptions of single-layers of …

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 …

The invariant development and transparent body of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans
enables complete delineation of cell lineages throughout development. Despite extensive …

The effect of curvature on an ensemble of repulsive active Brownian particles (ABPs) moving
on a spherical surface is studied. Surface curvature strongly affects the dynamics of ABPs …

During development, the conserved PAR polarity network is continuously redeployed,
requiring that it adapt to changing cellular contexts and environmental cues. In the early C …

Hertwig's rule states that cells divide along their longest axis, usually driven by forces acting
on the mitotic spindle. Here, we show that in contrast to this rule, microtubule-based pulling …

The shape of cells is the outcome of the balance of inner forces produced by the actomyosin
network and the resistive forces produced by cell adhesion to their environment. The specific …

Morphogenesis is a precise and robust dynamic process during metazoan embryogenesis,
consisting of both cell proliferation and cell migration. Despite the fact that much is known …

Cell division during early embryogenesis is linked to key morphogenic events such as
embryo symmetry breaking and tissue patterning. It is thought that the physical surrounding …