Development, homeostasis and regeneration of tissues result from a complex combination
of genetics and mechanics, and progresses in the former have been quicker than in the …

Soft amorphous materials are viscoelastic solids ubiquitously found around us, from clays
and cementitious pastes to emulsions and physical gels encountered in food or biomedical …

Understanding the mechanisms regulating development requires a quantitative
characterization of cell divisions, rearrangements, cell size and shape changes, and …

Tissue morphogenesis relies on the production of active cellular forces. Understanding how
such forces are mechanically converted into cell shape changes is essential to our …

Viscoelasticity and its alteration in time and space has turned out to act as a key element in
fundamental biological processes in living systems, such as morphogenesis and motility …

Water and air behave in a similar way and their flow can be described in a very accurate
way by the Navier–Stokes equations. Others fluids behave differently: they cannot be …

Collective cell migration contributes to embryogenesis, wound healing and tumour
metastasis. Cell monolayer migration experiments help in understanding what determines …

Collective cell migration in spreading epithelia in controlled environments has become a
landmark in our current understanding of fundamental biophysical processes in …

Organ formation is an inherently biophysical process, requiring large-scale tissue
deformations. Yet, understanding how complex organ shape emerges during development …

Cell-cell junctions, in particular adherens junctions, are major determinants of tissue
mechanics during morphogenesis and homeostasis. In attempts to link junctional mechanics …