Just published in @science.org 🚀
By controlling how cells align, we show that living nematic tissues can be programmed to generate forces and fold into predictable 3D shapes.
A new platform for tissue engineering and the design of smart active materials! 🫆
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
New preprint out! We show how cellular nematic order can be harnessed to program tissue-wide force fields and guide 3D shape transformations.
The tissue morphogenesis logic, now engineered into living, programmable materials.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#ActiveMatter #TissueEngineering
