Mechanics of Cells and Tissues III

Presentations

• Outside-in and Inside-out: taking inspiration from sheepherding to heal tissues faster and control cellular function

  Invited-In-person · Invited

  March 17, 2026, 3:30 PM – March 17, 2026, 4:06 PM

  Publication: 1. Lin* and Yodh* et al. bioRxiv 2025
  2. Yodh* and Lin* et al, bioRxiv 2025
  3. Singh et al. Advanced Materials 2025

  Presenters

  • Daniel Cohen

    • Princeton University

  Authors

  • Daniel Cohen

    • Princeton University

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• Controlling the morphologies and dynamics in three-dimensional tissues

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 4:06 PM – March 17, 2026, 4:18 PM

  Publication: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2505.06168

  Presenters

  • Rajsekhar Das

    • University of Texas at Austin

  Authors

  • Rajsekhar Das

    • University of Texas at Austin

  • Xin Li

  • Sumit Sinha

    • Harvard University

  • Dave Thirumalai

    • University of Texas at Austin

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• Reentrant Rigidity Transition in Planar Epithelia with Volume- and Area Elasticity

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 4:18 PM – March 17, 2026, 4:30 PM

  Publication: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2505.12558

  Presenters

  • Matej Krajnc

    • Jozef Stefan Institute

  Authors

  • Matej Krajnc

    • Jozef Stefan Institute

  • Tanmoy Sarkar

    • Jožef Stefan Institute

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• How distinct active force modes shape emergent structures and dynamics in non-equilibrium fluid tissues

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 4:30 PM – March 17, 2026, 4:42 PM

  Presenters

  • Alessandro Rizzi

    • Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL)

  Authors

  • Alessandro Rizzi

    • Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL)

  • Sangwoo Kim

    • EPFL

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• Swirling motion of breast cancer cells radially aligns collagen fibers to enable collective invasion

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 4:42 PM – March 17, 2026, 4:54 PM

  Publication: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.31.635980.abstract

  Presenters

  • aashrith saraswathibhatla

    • University of Minnesota

  Authors

  • aashrith saraswathibhatla

    • University of Minnesota

  • Md Foysal Rabbi

    • Purdue University

  • Sushama Varma

  • Sushama Varma

  • Vasudha Srivastava

  • Olga Ilina

  • Naomi Alyafei

  • Louis Hodgson

  • Zev Gartner

    • UCSF

  • Peter Friedl

  • Robert West

  • Taeyoon Kim

    • Purdue University

  • Ovijit Chaudhuri

    • Stanford University

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• Curvature-Driven Rigidity Transitions and Rheological Response of Confluent Epithelial Tissues

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 4:54 PM – March 17, 2026, 5:06 PM

  Presenters

  • Henry Stepanyants

    • Northeastern University

  Authors

  • Henry Stepanyants

    • Northeastern University

  • Dapeng Bi

    • Northeastern Univeristy

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• When tissues collide: A bilayer cellular Potts model of epithelial fusion

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 5:06 PM – March 17, 2026, 5:18 PM

  Presenters

  • Troy Singletary

    • University of Northern Colorado

  Authors

  • Troy Singletary

    • University of Northern Colorado

  • Andrea James

    • University of Northern Colorado

  • Tyler Engstrom

    • University of Northern Colorado

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• Elasticity without a reference state: continuum mechanics of active tension nets

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 5:18 PM – March 17, 2026, 5:30 PM

  Presenters

  • Nikolas Claussen

    • Princeton University

  Authors

  • Nikolas Claussen

    • Princeton University

  • Fridtjof Brauns

    • Max-Planck-Institut for the Physics of Complex Systems

  • Boris Shraiman

    • University of California, Santa Barbara

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• Response of Large Multinucleated Cells to Crowding in MDCK Tissue

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 5:30 PM – March 17, 2026, 5:42 PM

  Presenters

  • Caroline Martin

    • Brandeis University

  Authors

  • Caroline Martin

    • Brandeis University

  • Mason Miguel

    • Worcester Polytechnic Institute

  • Hannah Yevick

    • Brandeis University

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• A Comparitive Analysis of Zebrafish, Human, and Other Fish Cardiac Dynamics

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 5:42 PM – March 17, 2026, 5:54 PM

  Presenters

  • Nikhita Subramaniarao

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Nikhita Subramaniarao

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Flavio Fenton

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Casey Lee-Trimble

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

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• An Active Surface Model Explains W-Shaped Folding of the Forebrain Roof Plate

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 5:54 PM – March 17, 2026, 6:06 PM

  Presenters

  • Joaquim Frigola-Casals

    • European Molecular Biology Laboratory

  Authors

  • Joaquim Frigola-Casals

    • European Molecular Biology Laboratory

  • Alejandro Torres-Sánchez

    • Univ Politecnica de Catalunya

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• Bacterial biofilms actively bolster mechanobiological resilience via matrix production and sporulation

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 6:06 PM – March 17, 2026, 6:18 PM

  Presenters

  • Nicolas Ducharme

    • Boston University

  Authors

  • Nicolas Ducharme

    • Boston University

  • Joseph Larkin

    • Boston University

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• Mechanosensing-driven collision reversal governs bacterial locomotion and collective dynamics

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 6:18 PM – March 17, 2026, 6:30 PM

  Presenters

  • Sangwoo Kim

    • EPFL

  Authors

  • Sangwoo Kim

    • EPFL

  • Laure Le Blanc

  • Alexandre Persat

    • École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

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