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Curvature instability of an active gel growing on a wavy membrane
Cell shape changes are largely controlled by the actin cytoskeleton, a dynamic filament network beneath the plasma membrane. Several …
Kristiana Mihali*, Dennis Wörthmüller*, Pierre Sens
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napariTFM- An Open-Source Tool for Traction Force Microscopy and Monolayer Stress Microscopy
Cellular force generation and transmission are fundamental processes driving cell migration, division, tissue morphogenesis, and …
Artur Ruppel, Dennis Wörthmüller, Martial Balland, Francois Fagotto
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Modelling mechanochemical coupling in optogenetically activated cell layers
In adherent cells, actomyosin contractility is regulated mainly by the RhoA signaling pathway, which can be controlled by optogenetics. …
Dennis Wörthmüller, Falko Ziebert, Ulrich S. Schwarz
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Force propagation between epithelial cells depends on active coupling and mechano-structural polarization
Cell-generated forces play a major role in coordinating the large-scale behavior of cell assemblies, in particular during development, …
Artur Ruppel*, Dennis Wörthmüller*, Vladimir Misiak, Manasi Kelkar, Irène Wang, Philippe Moreau, Adrien Méry, Jean Révilloud, Guillaume Charras, Giovanni Cappello, Thomas Boudou, Ulrich S Schwarz, Martial Balland
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Cell size and actin architecture determine force generation in optogenetically activated cells
Adherent cells use actomyosin contractility to generate mechanical force and to sense the physical properties of their environment, …
T. Andersen*, D. Wörthmüller*, D. Probst, I. Wang, P. Moreau, V. Fitzpatrick, T. Boudou, U.S. Schwarz, M. Balland
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Grand canonical Brownian dynamics simulations of adsorption and self-assembly of SAS-6 rings on a surface
The Spindle Assembly Abnormal Protein 6 (SAS-6) forms dimers, which then self-assemble into rings that are critical for the nine-fold …
Santiago Gomez Melo*, Dennis Wörthmüller*, Pierre Gönczy, Niccolo Banterle, Ulrich S. Schwarz
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