2 papers
physics.bio-ph2023
Phase Field Modeling of Dictyostelium Discoideum Chemotaxis
Yunsong Zhang, Herbert Levine, Yanxiang Zhao
A phase field approach is proposed to model the chemotaxis of Dictyostelium discoideum. In this framework, motion is controlled by active forces as determined by the Meinhardt mode…
physics.bio-ph2016
Hindrances to precise recovery of cellular forces in fibrous biopolymer networks
Yunsong Zhang, Jingchen Feng, Shay I. Heizler +1
How cells move through the three-dimensional extracellular matrix (ECM) is of increasing interest in attempts to understand important biological processes such as cancer metastasis…