Surface curvature both emerges from, and influences the behavior of, living objects at length
scales ranging from cell membranes to single cells to tissues and organs. The relevance of …

Hydrogels are highly water-swollen molecular networks that are ideal platforms to create
tissue mimetics owing to their vast and tunable properties. As such, hydrogels are promising …

Actomyosin machinery endows cells with contractility at a single-cell level. However, within a
monolayer, cells can be contractile or extensile based on the direction of pushing or pulling …

Actin dynamics in cell motility, division, and phagocytosis is regulated by complex factors
with multiple feedback loops, often leading to emergent dynamic patterns in the form of …

Cell motility is essential for life and development. Unfortunately, cell migration is also linked
to several pathological processes, such as cancer metastasis. Cells' ability to migrate relies …

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 …

Mathematical and computational models can assist in gaining an understanding of cell
behavior at many levels of organization. Here, we review models in the literature that focus …

Cell migration is astoundingly diverse. Molecular signatures, cell-cell interactions, and
environmental structures each play their part in shaping cell motion, yielding numerous …

Directional cell migration is a critical process underlying morphogenesis and post‐natal
tissue regeneration. During embryonic myogenesis, migration of skeletal myogenic …

Proteins control many vital functions in living cells, such as cell growth and cell division.
Reliable coordination of these functions requires the spatial and temporal organization of …