Vaculogenesis is a process during which endothelial cells grow to form a network of interconnected vessels, to provide oxygen and nutrients to surrounding tissues. Endothelial cells microenvironment has an important impact ...

This thesis presents a hybrid vertex/cell-centred approach to mechanically simulate planar cellular monolayers undergoing cell reorganisation. Cell centres are represented by a triangular nodal network, while the cell ...

The observed shape of cells can be understood and simplified to a contractile surface with a volume preserving constraint. Vertex models are a suitable approach to simulate such systems and attempt to numerically simulate ...

The project analyses the set of plausible stresses that generate the observed deformations of central nervous system in Drosophila during the condensation process. From a set of planar displacements fields measured at ...

This project consists on a Kinematic analysis of Drosophila embryo development, generally known as the fruit fly. This work is involved in professor Jose J. Muñoz works from Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. An ...

S'ha desenvolupat un algoritme per simplificar les forces de tracció exercides per una única cèl·lula biològica sobre un substrat elàstic. Aquesta simplificació ha estat basada en principis d’equilibri mecànic juntament ...

C elegans is a worm-like organism that moves due to a combination of neural sensors and motors, leading to a oscillatory mechanism between the dorsal and ventral side. the control of this motion and the parameters that ...

The development of the vertebrate joint is punctuated by a series of coordinated events regulated by molecular markers called morphogens. Some morphogens can activate or inhibit proliferation and/or the cell differentiation ...

Bacteria have a complex external layer that render them with an increased stiffness and more resistant to external invasion. The works aims to model the squeezing of a bacteria between two walls, and deduce the composition ...