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physics.bio-ph2026
Effective strains enable rapid wound closure in jellyfish after injury
Anne Materne, Zhiqi Shen, Chiara Sinigaglia +1
The jellyfish Clytia hemisphaerica possesses astounding regenerative capacities and is able to close even large wounds within a few hours. This rapid pace of wound closure raises t…
physics.bio-ph2026
Programming Shapes with Competing Layered Patterns
Wan Yee Yau, Carl D. Modes
Studying shape changing thick surfaces induced by differential growth helps us understand morphogenesis in biology and offers opportunities for device design. While ideal 2D differ…
physics.bio-ph2024
Curved edges in the vertex model increase tissue fluidity
Michael F. Staddon, Carl D. Modes
The Vertex Model for epithelia models the apical surface of the tissue by a tiling, with polygons representing cells and edges representing cell-cell junctions. The mechanics are d…