Why do vertex models work so well to predict tissue fluidity/rigidity, even though they are simple and possibly even wrong? A new paper in PRX Life @prxlife.bsky.social, spearheaded by @sadjadarzash.bsky.social and Ojan Damavandi, suggests universality may explain: journals.aps.org/prxlife/abst...

Excited to share our new paper in PRX Life @prxlife.bsky.social! We uncover universal viscoelastic behavior in different vertex models of biological tissues, explaining why so many models work so well. Enjoyed working with Ojan (co-first), Liz & Lisa on this! See tinyurl.com/y27fysux

Rigidity of epithelial tissues as a double optimization problem, Sadjad Arzash, Indrajit Tah, Andrea J. Liu, and M. Lisa Manning go.aps.org/3EN84RD #SoftMatter #Biophysics #TissueMechanics

Discover work of Andrea Liu, Hepburn Professor of Physics at the University of Pennsylvania, and see how the NITMB supports Professor Liu’s exploration of biological systems in a new NITMB spotlight! www.nitmb.org/post/many-mo...

Have you ever wanted to *see* receptor activity in embryos? If so, our new preprint is for you! In it, we showcase a new live-cell biosensor for visualizing receptor tyrosine kinase activity in living embryos – pYtags! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Cell Size & Growth Tuesday 7th January 17:00, with talks from Michael Polymenis (Texas A&M) and Xiaoyu Shi (UC Irvine). swafferlab.co.uk/size-and-gro...

🎓 Join us for our Spring School in Quantitative Biology: "Cell Dynamics in Developmental Systems" ✨ Featuring renowned speakers and hands-on workshops! Learn more and register: www.edu.bio.ens.psl.eu/spip.php?art...

Looking forward to attending this workshop in Jan to discuss how learning theories/frameworks could be used to study biological systems such as epithelial tissues #epithelial #EpithelialMechanics #cellbiology