The cortex is breathing !

Out in Science Advances ! Using a super nice approach built by Valentin Laplaud, between the team of Olivia du Roure ESPCI Paris - PSL and @PielMatthieu Institut Curie to follow in live the thickness of the cell cortex - and how it changes in time. Congrats !

Great work from @PielMatthieu lab. Congrats to Valentin Laplaud. Fantastic method to probe the mechanical proprties of the actomyosin cortex. Check it out!

I have a post-doctoral opening in my lab for the coming fall, to continue the work on #immunotherapy models in #microfluidics. Please RT.

Leukocyte moving *fast* in a tissue-like 3D extracellular matrix. It's almost like playing guitar while deforming the collagen fibers. #CellMigration rules, CellComM Lab #scicomm #microscopy FocalPlane For another #FluorescenceFriday (also to encourage my immune system💪🏽)

In our preprint we describe the migration of these cytoplasts in the same terms as blebs, using percolation theory. But the consequences are far more interesting: the different material properties along the migrating body are perfect to infiltrate a tissue without adhesions…

Our paper on the self-propulsive motility of actomyosin droplets (artificial cells) and its geometric control is just out in PNAS PNASNews‼️ Great collaboration with Prof. Miyazaki and Prof. Shimamoto. Congratulations, Ryota!! pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

How does cell volume respond as cell shape changes? elifesciences.org/articles/72381…