Soft, amorphous solids such as tissues, foams, and emulsions are composed of deformable
particles. However, the effect of single-particle deformability on the collective behavior of soft …

Analyzing the dynamical properties of mobile objects requires to extract trajectories from
recordings, which is often done by tracking movies. We compiled a database of two …

Cell rearrangements are critical for tissue remodeling during diverse biological processes,
such as morphogenesis or cancer progression. They control tissue fluidity and can lead to …

Numerous soft materials jam into an amorphous solid at a high packing fraction. This
nonequilibrium phase transition is best understood in a model system where particles repel …

Mechanical constraints have a high impact on development processes, and there is a need
for new tools to investigate the role of mechanosensitive pathways in tissue reorganization …

Tissues are subjected to large external forces and undergo global deformations during
morphogenesis. We use synthetic analogues of tissues to study the impact of cell–cell …

We simulate a two-dimensional array of droplets being compressed between two walls. The
droplets are adhesive due to an attractive depletion force. As one wall moves toward the …

Synthetic biomimetic prototissues with reduced complexity can facilitate the understanding
of intricate biological processes, by allowing the role of specific physical or chemical …

We investigate the elastic and yielding properties of two dimensional defect-free mono-
crystals made of highly monodisperse droplets. Crystals are compressed between two …

Characterizing the mechanical properties of tissues is key for the understanding of
fundamental biological processes such as morphogenesis or tumor progression. In …