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The physics of cooperative transport in groups of ants by Feinerman, Ofer, Pinkoviezky, Itai, Gelblum, Aviram, Fonio, Ehud, Gov, Nir S.

“…Anyone who has moved furniture together with friends will appreciate that cooperative transport requires some non-trivial communication. Yet ants are adept at…”
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Physics of active jamming during collective cellular motion in a monolayer by Garcia, Simon, Hannezo, Edouard, Elgeti, Jens, Joanny, Jean-François, Silberzan, Pascal, Gov, Nir S.

“…Although collective cell motion plays an important role, for example during wound healing, embryogenesis, or cancer progression, the fundamental rules…”
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Collective Cell Motility Promotes Chemotactic Prowess and Resistance to Chemorepulsion by Malet-Engra, Gema, Yu, Weimiao, Oldani, Amanda, Rey-Barroso, Javier, Gov, Nir S., Scita, Giorgio, Dupré, Loïc

“…Collective cell migration is a widespread biological phenomenon, whereby groups of highly coordinated, adherent cells move in a polarized fashion [1, 2]. This…”
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A random first-order transition theory for an active glass by Nandi, Saroj Kumar, Mandal, Rituparno, Bhuyan, Pranab Jyoti, Dasgupta, Chandan, Rao, Madan, Gov, Nir S.

“…How does nonequilibrium activity modify the approach to a glass? This is an important question, since many experiments reveal the near-glassy nature of the…”
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The geometry of decision-making in individuals and collectives by Sridhar, Vivek H., Li, Liang, Gorbonos, Dan, Nagy, Máté, Schell, Bianca R., Sorochkin, Timothy, Gov, Nir S., Couzin, Iain D.

“…Choosing among spatially distributed options is a central challenge for animals, from deciding among alternative potential food sources or refuges to choosing…”
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Direct Cytoskeleton Forces Cause Membrane Softening in Red Blood Cells by Rodríguez-García, Ruddi, López-Montero, Iván, Mell, Michael, Egea, Gustavo, Gov, Nir S., Monroy, Francisco

“…Erythrocytes are flexible cells specialized in the systemic transport of oxygen in vertebrates. This physiological function is connected to their outstanding…”
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Modeling and analysis of collective cell migration in an in vivo three-dimensional environment by Cai, Danfeng, Dai, Wei, Prasad, Mohit, Luo, Junjie, Gov, Nir S., Montell, Denise J.

“…A long-standing question in collective cell migration has been what might be the relative advantage of forming a cluster over migrating individually. Does an…”
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Metabolic remodeling of the human red blood cell membrane by Park, YongKeun, Best, Catherine A, Auth, Thorsten, Gov, Nir S, Safran, Samuel A, Popescu, Gabriel, Suresh, Subra, Feld, Michael S

“…The remarkable deformability of the human red blood cell (RBC) results from the coupled dynamic response of the phospholipid bilayer and the spectrin molecular…”
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Long-range acoustic interactions in insect swarms: an adaptive gravity model by Gorbonos, Dan, Ianconescu, Reuven, Puckett, James G, Ni, Rui, Ouellette, Nicholas T, Gov, Nir S

“…The collective motion of groups of animals emerges from the net effect of the interactions between individual members of the group. In many cases, such as…”
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Fronts and waves of actin polymerization in a bistability-based mechanism of circular dorsal ruffles by Bernitt, Erik, Döbereiner, Hans-Günther, Gov, Nir S., Yochelis, Arik

“…During macropinocytosis, cells remodel their morphologies for the uptake of extracellular matter. This endocytotic mechanism relies on the collapse and closure…”
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Membrane-Wrapping Contributions to Malaria Parasite Invasion of the Human Erythrocyte by Dasgupta, Sabyasachi, Auth, Thorsten, Gov, Nir S., Satchwell, Timothy J., Hanssen, Eric, Zuccala, Elizabeth S., Riglar, David T., Toye, Ashley M., Betz, Timo, Baum, Jake, Gompper, Gerhard

“…The blood stage malaria parasite, the merozoite, has a small window of opportunity during which it must successfully target and invade a human erythrocyte. The…”
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Cell confinement reveals a branched-actin independent circuit for neutrophil polarity by Graziano, Brian R, Town, Jason P, Sitarska, Ewa, Nagy, Tamas L, Fošnarič, Miha, Penič, Samo, Iglič, Aleš, Kralj-Iglič, Veronika, Gov, Nir S, Diz-Muñoz, Alba, Weiner, Orion D

“…Migratory cells use distinct motility modes to navigate different microenvironments, but it is unclear whether these modes rely on the same core set of…”
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Active diffusion in oocytes nonspecifically centers large objects during prophase I and meiosis I by Colin, Alexandra, Letort, Gaëlle, Razin, Nitzan, Almonacid, Maria, Ahmed, Wylie, Betz, Timo, Terret, Marie-Emilie, Gov, Nir S, Voituriez, Raphaël, Gueroui, Zoher, Verlhac, Marie-Hélène

“…Nucleus centering in mouse oocytes results from a gradient of actin-positive vesicle activity and is essential for developmental success. Here, we analyze 3D…”
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Experimental and theoretical model for the origin of coiling of cellular protrusions around fibers by Sadhu, Raj Kumar, Hernandez-Padilla, Christian, Eisenbach, Yael Eshed, Penič, Samo, Zhang, Lixia, Vishwasrao, Harshad D., Behkam, Bahareh, Konstantopoulos, Konstantinos, Shroff, Hari, Iglič, Aleš, Peles, Elior, Nain, Amrinder S., Gov, Nir S.

“…Protrusions at the leading-edge of a cell play an important role in sensing the extracellular cues during cellular spreading and motility. Recent studies…”
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Modelling interacting molecular motors with an internal degree of freedom by Pinkoviezky, Itai, Gov, Nir S

“…The mechanisms underlying the collective motion of molecular motors in living cells are not yet fully understood. One such open puzzle is the observed pulses…”
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Cytoplasmic forces functionally reorganize nuclear condensates in oocytes by Al Jord, Adel, Letort, Gaëlle, Chanet, Soline, Tsai, Feng-Ching, Antoniewski, Christophe, Eichmuller, Adrien, Da Silva, Christelle, Huynh, Jean-René, Gov, Nir S., Voituriez, Raphaël, Terret, Marie-Émilie, Verlhac, Marie-Hélène

“…Cells remodel their cytoplasm with force-generating cytoskeletal motors. Their activity generates random forces that stir the cytoplasm, agitating and…”
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A soft cortex is essential for asymmetric spindle positioning in mouse oocytes by Chaigne, Agathe, Campillo, Clément, Gov, Nir S., Voituriez, Raphaël, Azoury, Jessica, Umaña-Diaz, Claudia, Almonacid, Maria, Queguiner, Isabelle, Nassoy, Pierre, Sykes, Cécile, Verlhac, Marie-Hélène, Terret, Marie-Emilie

“…At mitosis onset, cortical tension increases and cells round up, ensuring correct spindle morphogenesis and orientation. Thus, cortical tension sets up the…”
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Effective temperature of red-blood-cell membrane fluctuations by Ben-Isaac, Eyal, Park, Yongkeun, Popescu, Gabriel, Brown, Frank L H, Gov, Nir S, Shokef, Yair

“…Biologically driven nonequilibrium fluctuations are often characterized by their non-Gaussianity or by an "effective temperature", which is frequency dependent…”
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F-actin mechanics control spindle centring in the mouse zygote by Chaigne, Agathe, Campillo, Clément, Voituriez, Raphaël, Gov, Nir S., Sykes, Cécile, Verlhac, Marie-Hélène, Terret, Marie-Emilie

“…Mitotic spindle position relies on interactions between astral microtubules nucleated by centrosomes and a rigid cortex. Some cells, such as mouse oocytes, do…”
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Author Correction: Experimental and theoretical model for the origin of coiling of cellular protrusions around fibers by Sadhu, Raj Kumar, Hernandez-Padilla, Christian, Eisenbach, Yael Eshed, Penič, Samo, Zhang, Lixia, Vishwasrao, Harshad D., Behkam, Bahareh, Konstantopoulos, Konstantinos, Shroff, Hari, Iglič, Aleš, Peles, Elior, Nain, Amrinder S., Gov, Nir S.

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