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Effective simulations of interacting active droplets
Ajinkya Kulkarni, Estefania Vidal-Henriquez, David Zwicker
Droplets form a cornerstone of the spatiotemporal organization of biomolecules in cells. These droplets are controlled using physical processes like chemical reactions and imposed…
Cavitation controls droplet sizes in elastic media
Estefania Vidal-Henriquez, David Zwicker
Biological cells use droplets to separate components and spatially control their interior. Experiments demonstrate that the complex, crowded cellular environment affects the drople…
Elastic stresses reverse Ostwald ripening
Kathryn A. Rosowski, Estefania Vidal-Henriquez, David Zwicker +2
When liquid droplets nucleate and grow in a polymer network, compressive stresses can significantly increase their internal pressure, reaching values that far exceed the Laplace pr…
Theory of droplet ripening in stiffness gradients
Estefania Vidal-Henriquez, David Zwicker
Liquid-liquid phase separation is an important mechanism for compartmentalizing the cell's cytoplasm, allowing the dynamic organization of the components necessary for survival. Ho…
Spontaneous center formation in Dictyostelium discoideum
Estefania Vidal-Henriquez, Azam Gholami
Dictyostelium discoideum (D.d.) is a widely studied amoeba due to its capabilities of development, survival, and self-organization. During aggregation it produces and relays a chem…
Spatial heterogeneities shape collective behavior of signaling amoeboid cells
Torsten Eckstein, Estefania Vidal-Henriquez, Albert Bae +1
We present novel experimental results on pattern formation of signaling Dictyostelium discoideum amoeba in the presence of a periodic array of millimeter-sized pillars. We observe…