Active matter extracts energy from its surroundings at the single particle level and transforms
it into mechanical work. Examples include cytoskeleton biopolymers and bacterial …

Collective cell migration is a key driver of embryonic development, wound healing, and
some types of cancer invasion. Here, we provide a physical perspective of the mechanisms …

Cutaneous wound healing in adult mammals is a complex multi-step process involving
overlap** stages of blood clot formation, inflammation, re-epithelialization, granulation …

The way in which cells coordinate their behaviours during various biological processes,
including morphogenesis, cancer progression and tissue remodelling, largely depends on …

Across complex, multi-time and-length scale biological systems, redundancy confers
robustness and resilience, enabling adaptation and increasing survival under dynamic …

Various types of structures self-organised by animals exist in nature, such as bird flocks and
insect swarms, which stem from the local communications of vast numbers of limited …

Recent evidence clearly shows that cells respond to various physical cues in their
environments, guiding many cellular processes and tissue morphogenesis, pathology, and …

Cell–cell junctions are specializations of the plasma membrane responsible for physically
integrating cells into tissues. We are now beginning to appreciate the diverse impacts that …

Collective cell migration has a key role during morphogenesis and during wound healing
and tissue renewal in the adult, and it is involved in cancer spreading. In addition to …

Cell motion inside dense tissues governs many biological processes, including embryonic
development and cancer metastasis, and recent experiments suggest that these tissues …