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physics.bio-ph2026
Cell proliferation maintains cell area polydispersity in the growing fruit fly wing epithelium
Michael F. Staddon, Natalie A. Dye, Marko PopoviÄ +1
Developing epithelial tissues coordinate cell proliferation and mechanical forces to achieve proper size and shape. As epithelial cells tightly adhere together to form the confluen…
physics.bio-ph2025
Phyllotaxis in a Keller-Segel model
Michael F. Staddon
Plants often exhibit regular arrangements of seeds or leaves, known as phyllotaxis, and can famously exhibit Fibonacci spirals, as in sunflower heads or on pine cones. While there…
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…