[HTML][HTML] Bioelectric signaling: Reprogrammable circuits underlying embryogenesis, regeneration, and cancer

M Levin - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
How are individual cell behaviors coordinated toward invariant large-scale anatomical
outcomes in development and regeneration despite unpredictable perturbations …

[HTML][HTML] Collective intelligence: A unifying concept for integrating biology across scales and substrates

P McMillen, M Levin - Communications Biology, 2024 - nature.com
A defining feature of biology is the use of a multiscale architecture, ranging from molecular
networks to cells, tissues, organs, whole bodies, and swarms. Crucially however, biology is …

[HTML][HTML] Embryos assist morphogenesis of others through calcium and ATP signaling mechanisms in collective teratogen resistance

A Tung, MM Sperry, W Clawson, A Pavuluri… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract Information for organismal patterning can come from a variety of sources. We
investigate the possibility that instructive influences for normal embryonic development are …

[HTML][HTML] Morphoceuticals: Perspectives for discovery of drugs targeting anatomical control mechanisms in regenerative medicine, cancer and aging

L Pio-Lopez, M Levin - Drug Discovery Today, 2023 - Elsevier
Highlights•Growth, form and function of complex organs rely on dynamic morphogenesis.•
Morphoceuticals manipulate anatomical decision making by cellular collectives.• …

[HTML][HTML] Zebrafish adjust their behavior in response to an interactive robotic predator

C Spinello, Y Yang, S Macrì, M Porfiri - Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Zebrafish (Danio rerio) constitutes a valuable experimental species for the study of the
biological determinants of emotional responses, such as fear and anxiety. Fear-related test …

Coordination of movement via complementary interactions of leaders and followers in termite mating pairs

N Mizumoto, SB Lee, G Valentini… - … of the Royal …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
In collective animal motion, coordination is often achieved by feedback between leaders and
followers. For stable coordination, a leader's signals and a follower's responses are …

[HTML][HTML] Turn-taking mechanisms in imitative interaction: Robotic social interaction based on the free energy principle

N Wirkuttis, W Ohata, J Tani - Entropy, 2023 - mdpi.com
This study explains how the leader-follower relationship and turn-taking could develop in a
dyadic imitative interaction by conducting robotic simulation experiments based on the free …

[HTML][HTML] Information transfer during food choice in the slime mold Physarum polycephalum

SK Ray, G Valentini, P Shah, A Haque… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Throughout evolution, living systems have developed mechanisms to make adaptive
decisions in the face of complex and changing environmental conditions. Most organisms …

Division of labour promotes the spread of information in colony emigrations by the ant Temnothorax rugatulus

G Valentini, N Masuda, Z Shaffer… - … of the Royal …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The fitness of group-living animals often depends on how well members share information
needed for collective decision-making. Theoretical studies have shown that collective …

[HTML][HTML] Revealing the structure of information flows discriminates similar animal social behaviors

G Valentini, N Mizumoto, SC Pratt, TP Pavlic, SI Walker - Elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
Behavioral correlations stretching over time are an essential but often neglected aspect of
interactions among animals. These correlations pose a challenge to current behavioral …