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20232026
most citedCell Sorting in an Active Nematic Vertex Model

12 citations · 28 across the 7 of their papers we have counts for

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9 papers

physics.bio-ph2026

Full Three-dimensional Cell Geometry Matters for Epithelial Fluidization

Toshikaze Chiba, Jan Rozman, Matej Krajnc

Epithelial dynamics are often studied using two-dimensional models that omit cell height. Here, we investigate how this third dimension influences tissue fluidization driven by cel…

cond-mat.soft2026

Active flows drive anchoring of nematics at rigid walls

Michael Fang, Ioannis Hadjifrangiskou, Sumesh P. Thampi +2

Although confinement strongly influences flows in active materials, it remains unclear how active particles align at rigid boundaries when no thermodynamic anchoring is imposed. We…

cond-mat.soft2025

Why Extensile and Contractile Tissues Could be Hard to Tell Apart

Jan Rozman, Sumesh P. Thampi, Julia M. Yeomans

Active nematic models explain the topological defects and flow patterns observed in epithelial tissues, but the nature of active stress-whether it is extensile or contractile, a ke…

cond-mat.soft2025

Junctional-Fluctuation-Mediated Fluidisation of Multi-Phase Field Epithelial Monolayers

James N. Graham, Jan Rozman

We analyse a multi-phase field model for an epithelial monolayer with pairwise adhesions between neighbouring cells following an Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process, representing the stocha…

cond-mat.soft2025★ 1 cited

Spontaneous Hole Formation in Cell Monolayers Emerges from Collective Cell Motion

Diogo E. P. Pinto, Jan Rozman, Julia M. Yeomans

Although cell monolayers typically remain confluent, they can spontaneously develop persistent holes as a result of collective cellular motion. Recent studies on MDCK monolayers cu…

cond-mat.soft2024★ 12 cited

Cell Sorting in an Active Nematic Vertex Model

Jan Rozman, Julia M. Yeomans

We study a mixture of extensile and contractile cells using a vertex model extended to include active nematic stresses. The two cell populations phase separate over time. While pha…

physics.bio-ph2024

Cell-level modelling of homeostasis in confined epithelial monolayers

KVS Chaithanya, Jan Rozman, Andrej Košmrlj +1

Tissue homeostasis, the biological process of maintaining a steady state in tissue via control of cell proliferation, death, and metabolic function, is essential for the developmen…

cond-mat.soft2024★ 5 cited

Basolateral mechanics prevents rigidity transition in epithelial monolayers

Jan Rozman, Matej Krajnc, Primož Ziherl

The mechanics of epithelial tissues, which is governed by forces generated in various cell domains, is often investigated using two-dimensional models that account for the apically…

cond-mat.soft2023★ 10 cited

Vertex model with internal dissipation enables sustained flows

Jan Rozman, Chaithanya K. V. S., Julia M. Yeomans +1

Complex tissue flows in epithelia are driven by intra- and inter-cellular processes that generate, maintain, and coordinate mechanical forces. There has been growing evidence that…