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Benoit Ladoux @bladoux.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

🔬 We're hiring a Laboratory Manager! Join our growing international team at the Max Planck Center for Physics and Medicine in Erlangen! 🧬 Cell & molecular biology 🧪 Lab coordination & experimental research 📩 Apply now: [www.fau-jobs.de/jobposting/8173a980…]

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Benoit Ladoux @bladoux.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

What determines how epithelial cells divide when shape cues disappear? Our new work in @natcomms.nature.com shows that divisions follow maximal stress anisotropy — a “principal-stress rule” beyond Hertwig’s long-axis rule. Fantastic work led by @luanger.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Benoit Ladoux @bladoux.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Happy to share our new preprint! We uncover how local force imbalances drive keratinocyte delamination and upward motion, while neighboring cells close the basal layer below. Amazing work from @andreasschoenit.bsky.social! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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Benoit Ladoux @bladoux.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Happy to share our new study @ijmonod.bsky.social on how surface curvature shapes multicellular organization and function. How curvature controls tissue chirality, patterns distinct architectures, and influences myogenic differentiation? www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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Benoit Ladoux @bladoux.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Happy to share our new paper @natcomms.nature.com on the role of active nematics on myoblast fusion and myotube growth! www.nature.com/articles/s41... Amazinf work from @dubey837.bsky.social, @yoannletoquin.bsky.social and Aleksandra Ardaševa!

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Benoit Ladoux @bladoux.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Amazing Paris Week in Erlangen on Physics and medicine!

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Benoit Ladoux @bladoux.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

What determines how epithelial cells divide when shape cues disappear? Our new work shows that division follows the axis of maximal stress anisotropy. This “principal-stress rule” links mechanics, proliferation, and homeostasis. Amazing work from @luanger.bsky.social. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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Benoit Ladoux @bladoux.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Thrilled to share our new paper on cell extrusion. A beautiful study with a tremendous amount of data, led by the fantastic @fanny-wodrascka.bsky.social ! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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Benoit Ladoux @bladoux.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Lecture de Les irresponsables, un livre saisissant sur la montée du fascisme. C’est éclairant, inquiétant, et surtout d’une actualité frappante.

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Benoit Ladoux @bladoux.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Good to see and exchange with friends and colleagues at the Conference in memoriam of MP Sheetz. mikeinmemoriam.sciencesconf.org/resource/pag...

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Benoit Ladoux @bladoux.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

The ski holidays… no, the Max Planck Center for Physics and Medicine in Erlangen!

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Benoit Ladoux @bladoux.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Forces at play. In memoriam of MP Sheetz starting today! @ijmonod.bsky.social mikeinmemoriam.sciencesconf.org

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Benoit Ladoux @bladoux.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Our paper on tissue stress measurements is now out in Eur. Phys. J. E. rdcu.be/eX59E. Great work from @luanger.bsky.social and @andreasschoenit.bsky.social and collaboration with P. Marcq @pmmh-lab.bsky.social Code: github.com/pmarcq/BISM/ and Examples on github.com/ASmushyCell/...

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Benoit Ladoux @bladoux.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

It’s time for French researchers to upload their publications to HAL, the National Open Repository used by the @cnrs.fr ! Not unhappy that I don’t have to do this anymore!

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Benoit Ladoux @bladoux.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Just out! Our work on active transport in epithelial tissues. Congrats to Huiqiong Wu, Greg Arkowitz and Ranjith Chilupuri in collaboration with C. Duclut and J. Prost! PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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Benoit Ladoux @bladoux.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Exciting science in Leipzig at the Physics of Cancer Meeting. conference.uni-leipzig.de/poc/2025/

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Benoit Ladoux @bladoux.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

We’re organizing a conference at @ijmonod.bsky.social in Paris, January 2026, in memory of M.P. Sheetz — pioneer in cell mechanics and mechanobiology, co-discoverer of kinesin, and founder of @mbisg.bsky.social. Join us to explore his legacy. mikeinmemoriam.sciencesconf.org

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Benoit Ladoux @bladoux.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

The front page of Le Monde newspaper today.

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Benoit Ladoux @bladoux.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Unfortunately, already the end of this wonderful 3rd Mechanobiology conference at ICISE in Quy Nhon, Vietnam icisequynhon.com/conferences/...

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Benoit Ladoux @bladoux.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Congrats to @luanger.bsky.social and @andreasschoenit.bsky.social for receiving the prestigious 'Les Grandes Avancées en Biologie' award 🏅 from the @academiesciences.bsky.social !

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Benoit Ladoux @bladoux.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Flocking and active solid behavior of epithelial cells in our new study in @pnas.org Great work of Y. Shen, J. O'Byrne and @andreasschoenit.bsky.social and collaboration with A. Maitra and R. Voituriez! | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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Benoit Ladoux @bladoux.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Happy to share our publication from Ladoux/Mège team! Great work of Y. Shen, J. O'Byrne and @andreasschoenit.bsky.social. Great collaboration with A. Maitra and R. Voituriez! Are epithelial tissues liquid or solid? www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... Reminds me #ignobel MA Fardin on cats! (Rheol bull 2014)

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Benoit Ladoux @bladoux.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Happy to share our new publication in @naturematerials.bsky.social on mechanical cell competition! Great collaboration between our CAM team, Chavrier's and Doostmohammadi's. Special congrats @luanger.bsky.social, @andreasschoenit.bsky.social, Siavash Monfared! 🎉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Benoit Ladoux @bladoux.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Happy to share our new publication in @naturephysics.bsky.social on life and death of eliminated cells! Great collaboration between our CAM team and Doostmohammadi's. Special congrats @lakshmib02.bsky.social and Siavash Monfared! 🎉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Benoit Ladoux @bladoux.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

We have an exciting line-up of speakers for our third Mechanobiology conference in Vietnam from July 6 - 12, 2025. icisequynhon.com/conferences/...

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Benoit Ladoux @bladoux.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

Thrilled to share our latest study on how mechanical forces drive cell competition! Congratulations to @andreasschoenit.bsky.social, S. Monfared, and L. Anger. Curious about active boundaries, stress fluctuations, and intercellular forces in cell competition? 👇 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Benoit Ladoux @bladoux.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Evolution of myoblast interactions (actin and myosin) from www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Benoit Ladoux @bladoux.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

I am delighted to share our new preprint in which we reveal the crucial role for mechanical forces in myoblast fusion. Great work from Yoann, Sushil and Aleksandra and great collaboration with Christophe Marcelle and Amin Doostmohammadi! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Benoit Ladoux @bladoux.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Large-scale collective motion of epithelial cells not as a fluid, but as a polar elastic solid. Our new study posted on Biorxiv: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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