Controlling organization and forces in active matter through optically defined boundaries

Non-invasive perturbations of intracellular flow reveal physical principles of cell organization

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A theory that predicts behaviors of disordered cytoskeletal networks

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Transition from turbulent to coherent flows in confined three-dimensional active fluids

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Active matter at the interface between materials science and cell biology

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Boundaries steer the contraction of active gels

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Orientational order of motile defects in active nematics

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Active contraction of microtubule networks

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Emergent mechanics of biological structures

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Apical constriction drives tissue-scale hydrodynamic flow to mediate cell elongation

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Engineering an improved light-induced dimer (iLID) for controlling the localization and activity of signaling proteins

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Topology and dynamics of active nematic vesicles

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Emergence of macroscopic directed motion in populations of motile colloids

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Self-organized optical device driven by motor proteins

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Hydrodynamics of soft active matter

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Cytoplasmic Volume Modulates Spindle Size During Embryogenesis

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Spontaneous motion in hierarchically assembled active matter

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Cytoplasmic streaming in Drosophila oocytes varies with kinesin activity and correlates with the microtubule cytoskeleton architecture

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A model of cytoplasmically driven microtubule-based motion in the single-celled Caenorhabditis elegans embryo

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Fluid dynamics and noise in bacterial cell-cell and cell-surface scattering

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Mechanical Integration of Actin and Adhesion Dynamics in Cell Migration

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Direct Measurement of the Flow Field around Swimming Microorganisms

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Microfluidics of cytoplasmic streaming and its implications for intracellular transport

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