Recent methodological advances in measurements of geometry and forces in the early embryo and its models are enabling a deeper understanding of the complex interplay of genetics, mechanics and ...

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) produced naturally during cellular metabolism often cause oxidative damage to cells. However, ...

What is morphogenesis? Morphogenesis examines the development of the living organisms' forms. It also is an area of research for Lakshminarayanan Mahadevan, Professor of Applied Mathematics, ...

A long-term aim of the life sciences is to understand how organismal shape is encoded by the genome. An important challenge is to identify mechanistic links between the genes that control cell-fate ...

Cells can spontaneously change shape even without external signals, but the underlying mechanisms behind this form of ...