2022
Interplay between substrate rigidity and tissue fluidity regulates cell monolayer spreading
Staddon M, Murrell M, Banerjee S. Interplay between substrate rigidity and tissue fluidity regulates cell monolayer spreading. Soft Matter 2022, 18: 7877-7886. PMID: 36205535, PMCID: PMC9700261, DOI: 10.1039/d2sm00757f.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSubstrate rigidityCollective cell motionSubstrate stiffnessTissue fluidityStiff substratesCell-matrix adhesionTraction force generationCell-cell interactionsCell motionTissue morphogenesisSoft elastic matrixCell collectivesEmbryonic developmentCell crawlingCell spreadingCell monolayersSolid tissuesCell behaviorMechanical behaviorPredictive understandingMechanical propertiesCancer invasionCell aggregatesElastic matrixCell properties
2015
High‐content imaging with micropatterned multiwell plates reveals influence of cell geometry and cytoskeleton on chromatin dynamics
Harkness T, McNulty J, Prestil R, Seymour S, Klann T, Murrell M, Ashton R, Saha K. High‐content imaging with micropatterned multiwell plates reveals influence of cell geometry and cytoskeleton on chromatin dynamics. Biotechnology Journal 2015, 10: 1555-1567. PMID: 26097126, PMCID: PMC6948850, DOI: 10.1002/biot.201400756.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChromatin dynamicsHigh-content imagingMicroenvironmental cuesHuman cellsCellular microenvironment influencesHuman cell biologySingle cell geometryCell-cell contactExtracellular matrix connectionsActin cytoskeletonHuman cell behaviorCytoskeletal organizationHigh-content screening technologyCell biologyBiophysical cuesCellular responsesCellular microenvironmentNuclear elongationCell behaviorCellular biophysicsSubcellular imagingComplex milieuCellular geometryHuman fibroblastsCytoskeleton
2011
Spreading Dynamics of Biomimetic Actin Cortices
Murrell M, Pontani L, Guevorkian K, Cuvelier D, Nassoy P, Sykes C. Spreading Dynamics of Biomimetic Actin Cortices. Biophysical Journal 2011, 100: 1400-1409. PMID: 21402021, PMCID: PMC3059579, DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2011.01.038.Peer-Reviewed Original Research