3 papers
cond-mat.soft2026
Pinned Boundaries Delay Contraction and Shape Stress Relaxation in Active Gels
Aniket Marne, James Clarke, Aravind Rao +6
Cells dynamically generate, transmit, and dissipate stress. Central to these processes is the actomyosin cortex, an active contractile material that drives cellular mechanical beha…
cond-mat.soft2025
Experimental methods to control pinned and coupled actomyosin contraction events
James Clarke, Hyunjae Lee, Kyla Wong +4
Actin and myosin drive many instances of force generation, deformation, and shape change in cells, tissues, and organisms. In particular, cytoskeletal actomyosin is remarkable in i…
cond-mat.soft2025
Nonlinear contractile response of actomyosin active gels to control signals
James Clarke, Francis Cavanna, Aniket Marne +2
Biological systems tightly regulate their physiological state using control signals. This includes the actomyosin cytoskeleton, a contractile active gel that consumes chemical free…