Collective cell migration is a fundamental process in morphogenesis, tissue repair, cancer invasion, and frequently occurs under geometric confinement in vivo. However, how confinement interfaces with...

Cells often navigate through confined spaces. Now it is shown that cells retain a mechanical memory of previous confinement events, which makes them more efficient at migrating through narrow microenv...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...

La Fondation Francqui a sélectionné Sylvain Gabriele, chargé de cours au Département de Chimie de la Faculté des Sciences de l’UMONS, pour le prestigieux mandat de Professeur de recherche Francqui. Ce...

Cells often navigate through confined spaces. Now it is shown that cells retain a mechanical memory of previous confinement events, which makes them more efficient at migrating through narrow microenv...

Structure and function of biological tissues are closely intertwined. This Review surveys the challenges in uncovering critical physical elements involved in the mechanical regulation of curved tissue...

ALT: a man is walking down a dirt road in a field

The poor predictivity of traditional cell culture platforms hampers drug research and development efficiency. While organoids and organs-on-chip mitigate this problem by introducing biomimetic in-vitr...

The organizing committee, Sylvain Gabriele, Marine Luciano, Jorge Barrasa Fano, Yohalie Kalukula, Bart Smeets, Apeksha Shapeti, Hans Van Oosterwyck

Stem cells perceive and respond to biochemical and physical signals to maintain homeostasis. Yet, it remains unclear how stem cells sense mechanical signals from their niche in vivo. In this work, we ...

Une équipe de chercheurs a mis en évidence le fonctionnement en réseau de ces filaments tubulaires, éléments essentiels du cytosquelette.