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Amoeboid cell migration and shape dynamics driven by actin polymerization
Winfried Schmidt, Chaouqi Misbah, Alexander Farutin
Cell migration is fundamental to development, tissue organization, immune response, and disease progression. Amoeboid motility is distinguished by rapid motion and strongly fluctua…
When Blood Parts Ways: Phase Separation in Microstructured Environments
Sampad Laha, Ananta Kumar Nayak, Alexander Farutin +2
Understanding how red blood cell (RBC) suspensions navigate porous materials is critical for for both fundamental physiology, such as maternal-fetal exchange in the placenta, and t…
Myosin-independent amoeboid cell motility
Winfried Schmidt, Walter Zimmermann, Chaouqi Misbah +1
Mammalian cell polarization and motility are important processes involved in many physiological and pathological phenomena, such as embryonic development, wound healing, and cancer…
Direct measurement of the viscocapillary lift force near a liquid interface
Hao Zhang, Zaicheng Zhang, Aditya Jha +5
Lift force of viscous origin is widespread across disciplines, from mechanics to biology. Here, we present the first direct measurement of the lift force acting on a particle movin…