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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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Active Trap Model by Woillez, Eric, Kafri, Yariv, Gov, Nir S

“…Motivated by the dynamics of particles embedded in active gels, both in vitro and inside the cytoskeleton of living cells, we study an active generalization of…”
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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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Modelling animal contests based on spatio-temporal dynamics by Haluts, Amir, Jordan, Alex, Gov, Nir S

“…We present a general theoretical model for the spatio-temporal dynamics of animal contests. Inspired by interactions between physical particles, the model is…”
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Theory of Epithelial Cell Shape Transitions Induced by Mechanoactive Chemical Gradients by Dasbiswas, Kinjal, Hannezo, Edouard, Gov, Nir S.

“…Cell shape is determined by a balance of intrinsic properties of the cell as well as its mechanochemical environment. Inhomogeneous shape changes underlie many…”
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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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The Impact of Environmental Fraud on the Used Car Market: Evidence from Dieselgate by Ater, Itai, Yoseph, Nir S.

“…This study explores the effects of Volkswagen’s 2015 emissions scandal (‘Dieselgate’) on the used car market in Israel. Using a difference‐in‐differences…”
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A minimal cell model for lamellipodia-based cellular dynamics and migration by Sadhu, Raj Kumar, Iglič, Aleš, Gov, Nir S

“…One ubiquitous cellular structure for performing various tasks, such as spreading and migration over external surfaces, is the sheet-like protrusion called a…”
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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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Ants resort to majority concession to reach democratic consensus in the presence of a persistent minority by Rajendran, Harikrishnan, Haluts, Amir, Gov, Nir S., Feinerman, Ofer

“…Social groups often need to overcome differences in individual interests and knowledge to reach consensus decisions. Here, we combine experiments and modeling…”
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Cell cluster migration: Connecting experiments with physical models by Gopinathan, Ajay, Gov, Nir S.

“…In multi-cellular organisms, the migration of cohesive clusters of cells containing many individual cells is a common occurrence. Examples include the…”
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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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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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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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Living Matter: Mesoscopic Active Materials by Bernheim‐Groswasser, Anne, Gov, Nir S., Safran, Samuel A., Tzlil, Shelly

“…An introduction to the physical properties of living active matter at the mesoscopic scale (tens of nanometers to micrometers) and their unique features…”
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Motility driven glassy dynamics in confluent epithelial monolayers by Sadhukhan, Souvik, Nandi, Manoj Kumar, Pandey, Satyam, Paoluzzi, Matteo, Dasgupta, Chandan, Gov, Nir S, Nandi, Saroj Kumar

“…As wounds heal, embryos develop, cancer spreads, or asthma progresses, the cellular monolayer undergoes a glass transition between solid-like jammed and…”
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