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Breadcrumb Guillaume Salbreux Salbreux lab Theoretical Physics of Biology Laboratory : Publications Lab contentLab contentIn this section Overview Areas of interest Publications Members Vacancies The Theoretical Physics of Biology Laboratory uses illustrations and equations like those shown in this image to make sense of biology. 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Authors (4) Elsi Ferro Chiara Enrico BenaSilvia Grigolon Carla Bosia Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal Published 10 March 2020 Crick labsGuillaume SalbreuxFull details In vivo force application reveals a fast tissue softening and external friction increase during early embryogenesis Authors (5) Arturo D'Angelo Kai Dierkes Carlo CarolisGuillaume Salbreux Jérôme Solon Current Biology Published 19 April 2019 Crick labsGuillaume SalbreuxFull details Fluidization-mediated tissue spreading by mitotic cell rounding and non-canonical Wnt signalling Authors (5) Nicoletta I PetridouSilvia GrigolonGuillaume Salbreux Edouard Hannezo Carl-Philipp Heisenberg Nature Cell Biology Published 1 February 2019 Crick labsGuillaume SalbreuxFull details Tissue curvature and apicobasal mechanical tension imbalance instruct cancer morphogenesis Authors (8)Hendrik Messal Silvanus AltRute Machado De Morais FerreiraChristopher GribbenVictoria Wang Corina G CotoiGuillaume SalbreuxAxel Behrens Nature Published 7 February 2019 Crick labs/ facilitiesGuillaume SalbreuxAxel BehrensLight MicroscopyExperimental HistopathologyBiological Research FacilityFull details Stability and roughness of interfaces in mechanically regulated tissues Authors (2)John WilliamsonGuillaume Salbreux Physical Review Letters Published 7 December 2018 Crick labsNic TaponGuillaume SalbreuxFull details Adherens junction length during tissue contraction is controlled by the mechanosensitive activity of actomyosin and junctional recycling Authors (7) A Sumi P Hayes A D'Angelo J ColombelliGuillaume Salbreux K Dierkes J Solon Developmental Cell Published 19 November 2018 Crick labsGuillaume SalbreuxFull details Differential lateral and basal tension drive folding of Drosophila wing discs through two distinct mechanisms Authors (10) Liyuan Sui Silvanus Alt Martin Weigert Natalie Dye Suzanne Eaton Florian Jug Eugene W Myers Frank JülicherGuillaume Salbreux Christian Dahmann Nature Communications Published 5 November 2018 Crick labsGuillaume SalbreuxFull details A non-cell-autonomous actin redistribution enables isotropic retinal growth Authors (3) Marija MatejčićGuillaume Salbreux Caren Norden PLOS Biology Published 10 August 2018 Crick labsGuillaume SalbreuxFull details Stochastic sequestration dynamics: a minimal model with extrinsic noise for bimodal distributions and competitors correlation Authors (4) Marco Del Giudice Carla BosiaSilvia Grigolon Stefano Bo Scientific Reports Published 10 July 2018 Crick labsGuillaume SalbreuxFull details Developmental biology: Morphogen in a dish Authors (3) Kristina S StapornwongkulGuillaume SalbreuxJean-Paul Vincent Current Biology Published 9 July 2018 Crick labsJean-Paul VincentGuillaume SalbreuxFull details Apical and basal matrix remodeling control epithelial morphogenesis Authors (9)Maria Carmen Diaz De La Loza RP Ray P Ganguly S AltJohn Davis A HoppeNicolas TaponGuillaume Salbreux BJ Thompson Developmental Cell Published 2 July 2018 Crick labsBarry ThompsonNic TaponGuillaume SalbreuxFull details Hydrodynamic theory of active matter Authors (3) Frank Jülicher Stephan W GrillGuillaume Salbreux Reports on Progress in Physics Published 1 July 2018 Crick labsGuillaume SalbreuxFull details On the role of extrinsic noise in microRNA-mediated bimodal gene expression Authors (4) Marco Del Giudice Stefano BoSilvia Grigolon Carla Bosia PLoS Computational Biology Published 17 April 2018 Crick labsGuillaume SalbreuxFull details Spontaneous shear flow in confined cellular nematics Authors (7) G Duclos C Blanch-Mercader V YashunskyGuillaume Salbreux J-F Joanny J Prost P Silberzan Nature Physics Published 30 April 2018 Crick labsGuillaume SalbreuxFull details Myosin II controls junction fluctuations to guide epithelial tissue ordering Authors (7)Scott Curran Charlotte Strandkvist Jasper BathmannMarc De Gennes Alexandre KablaGuillaume Salbreux Buzz Baum Developmental Cell Published 20 November 2017 Crick labs/ facilitiesGuillaume SalbreuxMaking LabFull details Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Next page Next Last page Last Share the page Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share on Email
Tissue hydraulics: Physics of lumen formation and interaction Authors (3) Alejandro Torres-SánchezMax Kerr WinterGuillaume Salbreux Cells and Development Published 30 July 2021 Crick labsGuillaume SalbreuxFull details
Epithelial colonies in vitro elongate through collective effects Authors (9) Jordi Comelles Soumya S S Linjie Lu Emilie Le Maout S AnvithaGuillaume Salbreux Frank Jülicher Mandar M Inamdar Daniel Riveline eLife Published 4 January 2021 Crick labsGuillaume SalbreuxFull details
Dual-view oblique plane microscopy (dOPM) Authors (6) H Sparks L Dent C BakalAxel BehrensGuillaume Salbreux C Dunsby Biomedical Optics Express Published 1 December 2020 Crick labsGuillaume SalbreuxAxel BehrensFull details
Patterning and growth control in vivo by an engineered GFP gradient Authors (5)Kristina StapornwongkulMarc De Gennes Luca CocconiGuillaume SalbreuxJean-Paul Vincent Science Published 16 October 2020 Crick labsJean-Paul VincentGuillaume SalbreuxFull details
Mechanochemical crosstalk produces cell-intrinsic patterning of the cortex to orient the mitotic spindle Authors (11) Andrea DimitracopoulosPragya Srivastava Agathe Chaigne Zaw Win Roie Shlomovitz Oscar M Lancaster Maël Le Berre Matthieu Piel Kristian FranzeGuillaume Salbreux Buzz Baum Current Biology Published 21 September 2020 Crick labsGuillaume SalbreuxFull details
microRNA-mediated noise processing in cells: A fight or a game? Authors (4) Elsi Ferro Chiara Enrico BenaSilvia Grigolon Carla Bosia Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal Published 10 March 2020 Crick labsGuillaume SalbreuxFull details
In vivo force application reveals a fast tissue softening and external friction increase during early embryogenesis Authors (5) Arturo D'Angelo Kai Dierkes Carlo CarolisGuillaume Salbreux Jérôme Solon Current Biology Published 19 April 2019 Crick labsGuillaume SalbreuxFull details
Fluidization-mediated tissue spreading by mitotic cell rounding and non-canonical Wnt signalling Authors (5) Nicoletta I PetridouSilvia GrigolonGuillaume Salbreux Edouard Hannezo Carl-Philipp Heisenberg Nature Cell Biology Published 1 February 2019 Crick labsGuillaume SalbreuxFull details
Tissue curvature and apicobasal mechanical tension imbalance instruct cancer morphogenesis Authors (8)Hendrik Messal Silvanus AltRute Machado De Morais FerreiraChristopher GribbenVictoria Wang Corina G CotoiGuillaume SalbreuxAxel Behrens Nature Published 7 February 2019 Crick labs/ facilitiesGuillaume SalbreuxAxel BehrensLight MicroscopyExperimental HistopathologyBiological Research FacilityFull details
Stability and roughness of interfaces in mechanically regulated tissues Authors (2)John WilliamsonGuillaume Salbreux Physical Review Letters Published 7 December 2018 Crick labsNic TaponGuillaume SalbreuxFull details
Adherens junction length during tissue contraction is controlled by the mechanosensitive activity of actomyosin and junctional recycling Authors (7) A Sumi P Hayes A D'Angelo J ColombelliGuillaume Salbreux K Dierkes J Solon Developmental Cell Published 19 November 2018 Crick labsGuillaume SalbreuxFull details
Differential lateral and basal tension drive folding of Drosophila wing discs through two distinct mechanisms Authors (10) Liyuan Sui Silvanus Alt Martin Weigert Natalie Dye Suzanne Eaton Florian Jug Eugene W Myers Frank JülicherGuillaume Salbreux Christian Dahmann Nature Communications Published 5 November 2018 Crick labsGuillaume SalbreuxFull details
A non-cell-autonomous actin redistribution enables isotropic retinal growth Authors (3) Marija MatejčićGuillaume Salbreux Caren Norden PLOS Biology Published 10 August 2018 Crick labsGuillaume SalbreuxFull details
Stochastic sequestration dynamics: a minimal model with extrinsic noise for bimodal distributions and competitors correlation Authors (4) Marco Del Giudice Carla BosiaSilvia Grigolon Stefano Bo Scientific Reports Published 10 July 2018 Crick labsGuillaume SalbreuxFull details
Developmental biology: Morphogen in a dish Authors (3) Kristina S StapornwongkulGuillaume SalbreuxJean-Paul Vincent Current Biology Published 9 July 2018 Crick labsJean-Paul VincentGuillaume SalbreuxFull details
Apical and basal matrix remodeling control epithelial morphogenesis Authors (9)Maria Carmen Diaz De La Loza RP Ray P Ganguly S AltJohn Davis A HoppeNicolas TaponGuillaume Salbreux BJ Thompson Developmental Cell Published 2 July 2018 Crick labsBarry ThompsonNic TaponGuillaume SalbreuxFull details
Hydrodynamic theory of active matter Authors (3) Frank Jülicher Stephan W GrillGuillaume Salbreux Reports on Progress in Physics Published 1 July 2018 Crick labsGuillaume SalbreuxFull details
On the role of extrinsic noise in microRNA-mediated bimodal gene expression Authors (4) Marco Del Giudice Stefano BoSilvia Grigolon Carla Bosia PLoS Computational Biology Published 17 April 2018 Crick labsGuillaume SalbreuxFull details
Spontaneous shear flow in confined cellular nematics Authors (7) G Duclos C Blanch-Mercader V YashunskyGuillaume Salbreux J-F Joanny J Prost P Silberzan Nature Physics Published 30 April 2018 Crick labsGuillaume SalbreuxFull details
Myosin II controls junction fluctuations to guide epithelial tissue ordering Authors (7)Scott Curran Charlotte Strandkvist Jasper BathmannMarc De Gennes Alexandre KablaGuillaume Salbreux Buzz Baum Developmental Cell Published 20 November 2017 Crick labs/ facilitiesGuillaume SalbreuxMaking LabFull details