Tissue mechanobiology

N. Chahare, A. Ouzeri, T. Wilson, P.K. Bal, Tom Golde, G. Vilanova, P. Pujol-Vives, P. Roca-Cusachs, X. Trepat, M. Arroyo (2025). Multiscale wrinkling dynamics in epithelial shells. bioRxiv, 2025.06.30.662426.

P. K. Bal, A. Ouzeri, M. Arroyo (2025). Continuum theory for the mechanics of curved epithelial shells by coarse-graining an ensemble of active gel cellular surfaces. bioRxiv, 2025--02.

W. Mirza, A. Torres-Sánchez, G. Vilanova, M. Arroyo (2025). Variational formulation of active nematic fluids: theory and simulation. New Journal of Physics.

A. Ouzeri, S. Kale, N. Chahare, A. Torres-Sanchez, D. Santos, X. Trepat, M. Arroyo (2025). Theory of multiscale epithelial mechanics under stretch: from active gels to vertex models. bioRxiv, 2025--03.

G. Cicconofri, P. Blanco, G. Vilanova, P. Sáez, M. Arroyo (2024). Active interfacial degradation/deposition of an elastic matrix by a fluid inclusion: Theory and pattern formation. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 191, 105773.

J. Font-Reverter, A. Torres-Sánchez, G. Vilanova, M. Arroyo (2024). Mechanisms enabling efficient fountain-flow supracellular migration. arXiv preprint arXiv:2403.11969.

A. Marín-Llauradó, S. Kale, A. Ouzeri, T. Golde, R. Sunyer, A. Torres-Sánchez, E. Latorre, M. Gómez-González, P. Roca-Cusachs, M. Arroyo, X. Trepat (2023). Mapping mechanical stress in curved epithelia of designed size and shape. Nature Communications, 14(1), 4014.

C. Pérez-González, G. Ceada, F. Greco, M. Matejic, M. Gómez-González, N. Castro, A. Menendez, S. Kale, D. Krndija, A. G. Clark, V. R. Gannavarapu, A. Álvarez-Varela, P. Roca-Cusachs, E. Batlle, D. M. Vignjevic, M. Arroyo, X. Trepat (2021). Mechanical compartmentalization of the intestinal organoid enables crypt folding and collective cell migration. Nature Cell Biology, 23(7), 745--757.

M. Gómez-González, E. Latorre, M. Arroyo, X. Trepat (2020). Measuring mechanical stress in living tissues. Nature Reviews Physics, 2(6), 300--317.

M. Arroyo, X. Trepat (2019). Embryonic self-fracking. Science, 365(6452), 442--443.

E. Latorre, S. Kale, L. Casares, M. Gómez-González, M. Uroz, L. Valon, R. V. Nair, E. Garreta, N. Montserrat, A. Del Campo, B. Ladoux, M. Arroyo, X. Trepat (2018). Active superelasticity in three-dimensional epithelia of controlled shape. Nature, 563(7730), 203--208.

M. Arroyo, X. Trepat (2017). Hydraulic fracturing in cells and tissues: fracking meets cell biology. Current opinion in cell biology, 44, 1--6.

L. Casares, R. Vincent, D. Zalvidea, N. Campillo, D. Navajas, M. Arroyo, X. Trepat (2015). Hydraulic fracture during epithelial stretching. Nature Materials, 14(3), 343--351.

A. Lucantonio, G. Noselli, X. Trepat, A. DeSimone, M. Arroyo (2015). Hydraulic fracture and toughening of a brittle layer bonded to a hydrogel. Physical Review Letters, 115(18), 188105.