Research fellow @sheffielduni.bsky.social • Physics of biological and living matter
Alumnus @istaresearch.bsky.social (Postdoc) & @mpici.bsky.social (PhD)
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🧪⚛️ Immune cells in the retina self-organize into efficient territories right before the eye opens! 😳
Surprisingly, this also drives the emergence of a “hidden” long-range order called hyperuniformity.
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Summer is coming, but how will you maximize your picnic space when everyone else is doing the same?
In our new preprint, we show that branched cells may have an elegant solution: As cells grow and repel neighbors, they don't just cover space, but reach a hidden order called hyperuniformity! 🧪⚛️
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Mehmet Can Uçar
Mehmet Can Uçar
Summer is coming, but how will you maximize your picnic space when everyone else is doing the same?
In our new preprint, we show that branched cells may have an elegant solution: As cells grow and repel neighbors, they don't just cover space, but reach a hidden order called hyperuniformity! 🧪⚛️
