Our latest work on shape-programmable tissues is out in @science.org. By positioning topological defects in cellular nematics, we encode frustrated 2D force fields that relax into predictable 3D shapes. Collaboration with Marino Arroyo’s lab, led by @pauguillamat.bsky.social at @ibecbarcelona.eu.
Since #durotaxis was described >25 years ago, most studies report cells migrating from soft → stiff
New work from my team at @ub.edu (in collaboration with D. Odde's lab) suggests we may have been missing the point all along...
🔥 Check out our new preprint here 👇
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
International Congress in Biological Physics, Genova, Italy, 28 June to 3 July 2026.
URGENT: submission deadline 25 March.
Session topics, plenary and invited speakers:
www.icbp2026.org
IUPAP Physics of Life medal awarded at meeting.
Spread the word - and act quickly to submit your work.
Less than a week to submit your abstract for #EESMechanobiology. Mechanobiology across the tree of life, from HeLa cells to weird animals and plants.
The submission deadline is 3 March: s.embl.org/ees26-06-bl
🗓️ 9 – 12 June 2026
Best possible lab for a PhD / postdoc! Stay tuned for future openings and wonderful science.
🚨Our first talk this new year would be a joint theory/experiment talk by Prof. Marino Arroyo and Prof. Xavier Trepat @xaviertrepat.bsky.social describing some of their recent work together on active morphogenesis🧫. Sign up to our mailing list for a zoom link to this talk and other upcoming talks🚨
📢 New extended abstract submission deadline: 6 January 2026! Outstanding speaker list, plus many slots for short talks by students, postdocs, and junior PIs. Join us in March in Barcelona! events.ibecbarcelona.eu/embl-ibec-co...
📣Announcing the 4th edition of the EMBL‑IBEC Conference on “Engineering Multicellular Systems”, taking place 11–13 March 2026 in Barcelona. Exploring organoids, mechanobiology, embryo models, organ-on-chip systems, multiomics and more. Abstracts open now!
events.ibecbarcelona.eu/embl-ibec-co...
New Review! #devbiol #bioelectricity #CellBiology #tissueregeneration
In our new @annualreviews.bsky.social piece, we explore how bioelectricity is generated, sensed & translated into responses that sculpt tissues, guide growth & enable tissue regeneration.
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
We proudly invite experts in biological physics worldwide to the International Conference on Biological Physics 2026 (ICBP 2026) in the magnificent Italian city of Genoa from June 28 to July 5, 2026
Bioelectricity is likely as old as life itself. From the moment the first proto-cell was enclosed in a lipid bilayer, a membrane potential arose. Thus, one can expect that bioelectrical activities inf...
I’m thrilled to share that I will join @gustaveroussy.fr as a Group Leader!
Our objective: to understand how mechanochemical feedbacks regulate tumor dynamics and plasticity, with the overarching goal of bridging tissue mechanobiology and tumor pathophysiology using human organoids.
