Emergent mechanics of biological structures

Asymmetric Friction of Nonmotor MAPs Can Lead to Their Directional Motion in Active Microtubule Networks

(2014) Scott Forth et al.   CELL

Direct kinetochore–spindle pole connections are not required for chromosome segregation

(2014) Vitali Sikirzhytski et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Force on spindle microtubule minus ends moves chromosomes

(2014) Mary Williard Elting et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Mechanical control of the sense of touch by β-spectrin

(2014) Michael Krieg et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Remote control of myosin and kinesin motors using light-activated gearshifting

(2014) Muneaki Nakamura et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Dynamic contacts: rearranging adherens junctions to drive epithelial remodelling

(2014) Masatoshi Takeichi   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Flocking at a distance in active granular matter

(2014) Nitin Kumar et al.   Nature Communications

Stromal cells in tissue homeostasis: balancing regeneration and fibrosis

(2013) Ton J. Rabelink et al.   Nature Reviews Nephrology

Hydrodynamics of soft active matter

(2013) M. C. Marchetti et al.   REVIEWS OF MODERN PHYSICS

Mechanics of Epithelial Tissue Homeostasis and Morphogenesis

(2013) C. Guillot et al.   SCIENCE

Nucleation and Transport Organize Microtubules in Metaphase Spindles

(2012) Jan Brugués et al.   CELL

Spontaneous motion in hierarchically assembled active matter

(2012) Tim Sanchez et al.   NATURE

Insights into the Micromechanical Properties of the Metaphase Spindle

(2011) Yuta Shimamoto et al.   CELL

Soft active aggregates: mechanics, dynamics and self-assembly of liquid-like intracellular protein bodies

(2011) Clifford P. Brangwynne   Soft Matter

Active cellular materials

(2010) Frederick C MacKintosh et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CELL BIOLOGY

Dynamics and regulation of contractile actin–myosin networks in morphogenesis

(2010) Karen E Kasza et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CELL BIOLOGY

Measuring mechanical tension across vinculin reveals regulation of focal adhesion dynamics

(2010) Carsten Grashoff et al.   NATURE

Anisotropies in cortical tension reveal the physical basis of polarizing cortical flows

(2010) Mirjam Mayer et al.   NATURE

Cell mechanics and the cytoskeleton

(2010) Daniel A. Fletcher et al.   NATURE

The Mechanics and Statistics of Active Matter

(2010) Sriram Ramaswamy   Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics

Force propagation across cells: mechanical coherence of dynamic cytoskeletons

(2009) Yunfei Cai et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CELL BIOLOGY

Collective cell migration in development

(2009) C. J. Weijer   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Active Biological Materials

(2008) Daniel A. Fletcher et al.   Annual Review of Physical Chemistry

Self-organization in cell biology: a brief history

(2008) Eric Karsenti   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Building the cell: design principles of cellular architecture

(2008) Susanne M. Rafelski et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY