Collagen hydrogels are among​ the most well-studied platforms for drug delivery and in situ
tissue engineering, thanks to their low cost, low immunogenicity, versatility, biocompatibility …

This is an overview of theoretical approaches to semiflexible polymers and their networks.
Such semiflexible polymers have large bending rigidities that can compete with the entropic …

This paper describes and provides Z1+, the successor of the Z-and Z1-codes for topological
analyses of mono-and polydisperse entangled linear polymeric systems, in the presence or …

Cells and tissues can sense and react to the modifications of the physico-chemical
properties of the extracellular environment (ECM) through integrin-based adhesion sites and …

Actin is the main protein used by biological cells to adapt their structure and mechanics to
their needs. Cellular adaptation is made possible by molecular processes that strongly …

The dynamics of entangled flexible polymers is dominated by physics general to many
chemical systems. It is an appealing interdisciplinary field where experimental and …

A multitude of cellular and subcellular processes depend critically on the mechanical
deformability of the cytoplasm. We have recently introduced the method of particle-tracking …

Cell movement is a complex phenomenon primarily driven by the actin network beneath the
cell membrane, and can be divided into three general components: protrusion of the leading …

The mechanical properties of cells are important in tissue homeostasis and enable cell
growth, division, migration and the epithelial-mesenchymal transition. Mechanical properties …

Despite their overwhelming complexity, living cells display a high degree of internal
mechanical and functional organization which can largely be attributed to the intracellular …