With the advent of mechanobiology, cell shape and forces have emerged as essential
elements of cell behavior and fate, in addition to biochemical factors such as growth factors …

Organ morphogenesis is the process of shape acquisition initiated with a small reservoir of
undifferentiated cells. In plants, morphogenesis is a complex endeavor that comprises a …

Tissue Forge is an open-source interactive environment for particle-based physics,
chemistry and biology modeling and simulation. Tissue Forge allows users to create …

Cells are fundamental units of life, constantly interacting and evolving as dynamical systems.
While recent spatial multi-omics can quantitate individual cells' characteristics and …

Lumens, liquid-filled cavities surrounded by polarized tissue cells, are elementary units
involved in the morphogenesis of organs. Theoretical modeling and computations, which …

During disease and development, physical changes in extracellular matrix cause jamming,
unjamming, and scattering in epithelial migration. However, whether disruptions in matrix …

Cell adhesion plays an important role in a wide range of biological situations, including
embryonic development, cancer invasion, and wound healing. Although several …

The progress of three-dimensional (3D) bioprinting techniques has driven several advances
in tissue engineering (TE), which allow the obtention of biological constructs analogous to …

Many predator species attempt to locate prey by following seemingly random paths.
Although the underlying physical mechanism of the search remains largely unknown, such …

Motile cells migrate directionally in the electric field in a process known as galvanotaxis.
Galvanotaxis is important in wound healing, development, cell division, and nerve growth …