Our skin and mucous membranes are protected by epithelial cells. This barrier tissue performs its function thanks to ...

In many types of cells, networks of actin filaments are found beneath the cell cortex, which is the meshwork of membrane-associated proteins that supports and strengthens the plasma membrane.

Our skin and mucous membranes protect us like vigilant sentinels against the onslaught of harmful pathogens. This extraordinary defense owes its strength to epithelial cells—specialized tissues woven ...

In pink, wild type cells expressing gamma actin. In black ... and nonmuscle myosin-2 A controls tight junction and apical cortex mechanics" ...

Pattern manipulations of Rho/F-actin chemical waves in the simulation ... More information: Sheng Chen et al, Energy partitioning in the cell cortex, Nature Physics (2024). DOI: 10.1038 ...

Epithelial cells express two isoforms of cytoplasmic actin, γ- and β-actin ... and modulate apical membrane cortex mechanics and cytoplasmic tight junction protein dynamics.

My earlier research started at Min Wu’s lab of Pattern Formation at the National University of Singapore (2019) and Yale University School of Medicine (2020-2021), where I studied the dynamic ...