2 papers
cond-mat.soft2026
Tissue-Intrinsic Shape Mechanics in Growing Pre-Migratory Tumor Spheroids
Urban Železnik, Matej Krajnc, Tanmoy Sarkar
One of the hallmarks of pre-migratory tumors is the progressive loss of compact morphology. To investigate how tumors may intrinsically regulate their shape during growth, we emplo…
cond-mat.soft2025
Reentrant Rigidity Transition in Planar Epithelia with Volume- and Area Elasticity
Tanmoy Sarkar, Matej Krajnc
We find a reentrant columnar-to-squamous rigidity transition in 3D epithelia, governed by volume- and area elasticity. Our framework maps onto the classic 2D Area- and Perimeter-El…