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Curvature induces active velocity waves in rotating multicellular spheroids
Tom Brandstätter, David B. Brückner, Yu Long Han +3
The multicellular organization of diverse systems, such as embryos, intestines and tumours, relies on the coordinated migration of cells in 3D curved environments. In these setting…
Living cells on the move
Ricard Alert, Xavier Trepat
Spectacular collective phenomena such as jamming, turbulence, wetting, and waves emerge when living cells migrate in groups.
Scaling regimes of active turbulence with external dissipation
Berta Martínez-Prat, Ricard Alert, Fanlong Meng +5
Active fluids exhibit complex turbulent-like flows at low Reynolds number. Recent work predicted that 2d active nematic turbulence follows universal scaling laws. However, experime…
Role of Substrate Stiffness in Tissue Spreading: Wetting Transition and Tissue Durotaxis
Ricard Alert, Jaume Casademunt
Living tissues undergo wetting transitions: On a surface, they can either form a droplet-like cell aggregate or spread as a monolayer of migrating cells. Tissue wetting depends not…
Non-uniform growth and surface friction determine bacterial biofilm morphology on soft substrates
Chenyi Fei, Sheng Mao, Jing Yan +5
During development, organisms acquire three-dimensional shapes with important physiological consequences. While the basic mechanisms underlying morphogenesis are known in eukaryote…
Universal scaling of active nematic turbulence
Ricard Alert, Jean-François Joanny, Jaume Casademunt
A landmark of turbulence is the emergence of universal scaling laws, such as Kolmogorov's scaling of the kinetic energy spectrum of inertial turbulence with the…