New preprint! Interested in mechanical interactions between cells and the extracellular matrix? We studied the feedback between cellular traction forces and the ECM nonlinear elasticity. With Irina Pi-Jaumà and Jaume Casademunt.
arxiv.org/abs/2606.03669
To migrate, cells exert traction forces on the extracellular matrix (ECM) -- a biopolymer network that often exhibits nonlinear strain-stiffening elasticity. Cellular tractions can therefore stiffen t...