Active nematics across scales from cytoskeleton organization to tissue morphogenesis

L Balasubramaniam, RM Mège, B Ladoux - Current Opinion in Genetics & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Biological tissues are composed of various cell types working cooperatively to perform their
respective function within organs and the whole body. During development, embryogenesis …

Mechanical stress driven by rigidity sensing governs epithelial stability

S Sonam, L Balasubramaniam, SZ Lin, YMY Ivan… - Nature physics, 2023 - nature.com
Epithelia act as barriers against environmental stresses. They are continuously exposed to
various mechanical stress and abrasion, which impact epithelial integrity. The impact of the …

Non-bilaterians as model systems for tissue mechanics

S Gooshvar, G Madhu, M Ruszczyk… - Integrative and …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
In animals, epithelial tissues are barriers against the external environment, providing
protection against biological, chemical, and physical damage. Depending on the organism's …

Living cell's feeling of holes: the mathematics of cavities in biophysical structures

A Tozzi - 2022 - preprints.org
Mechanical properties such as shape, volume and size affect the dynamics of biological
systems. Most of the current methodological approaches are inclined to remove the …

[PDF][PDF] Geometric Properties and Hand Grasping Dynamics: a Useful Approach to Bionic Hands

WW Koczkodaj, A Pigazzini, A Tozzi - 2024 - preprints.org
Physical properties such as shape, volume, and size influence the dynamics of biological
systems. In this context, we focus on the geometric properties of limb movements and their …

Topology of Saliva

A Tozzi, J Peters - 2023 - preprints.org
Physical properties like shape, volume and size affect the dynamics of biological systems.
Along these lines, we focus on the topological properties of biological fluids and their …

[PDF][PDF] Observing, analysing, modelling, and even changing the behaviour of zebrafish

Y Yang, Y Yang - Age (dpf), 2022 - research-information.bris.ac.uk
A group of animals is a typical active matter system, whose behaviour can be understood
from the perspective of statistical physics. Here we studied the behaviour of zebrafish …