2 papers
cond-mat.soft2026
Cell size and confinement drive asymmetric cell division through a cortical instability
Da Gao, Guoye Guan, Chao Tang +1
Asymmetric cell division -- in which a mother cell divides into two daughter cells of unequal size -- is a fundamental problem in biology. It is believed that the asymmetry origina…
cond-mat.soft2026
Confinement-Induced Symmetry Breaking of Active Surfaces
Da Gao, Alexander Mietke, Rui Ma
The actomyosin cortex, a thin layer of a cross-linked polymer network near the cell surface, generates active forces that are responsible for cell shape changes. Many developmental…