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Brandon Slater

Purdue University West Lafayette

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Approach:biophysical modeling· 1 Research Focus:cancer & tumor microenvironment· 1 Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 1 Research Focus:development & morphogenesis· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1

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Taeyoon KimiD· 2 shared Alfredo SciortinoiD· 1 shared Andreas R. BauschiD· 1 shared Donghyun YimiD· 1 shared

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Durotactic Migration Driven by Anisotropic Matrix Stiffening and Mechanical Feedback

Donghyun Yim, Brandon Slater, Taeyoon Kim

The paper develops a biomechanical model to study how cells remodel fibrous matrices to drive durotactic migration, showing collective behavior similar to cancer metastasis.

bioRxiv · May 21, 2026 · PreprintBiophysics

Cluster Formation and Phase Separation Driven by Mobile Myosin Motors in the Motility Assay

Brandon Slater, Alfredo Sciortino, Andreas R. Bausch, Taeyoon Kim

This study simulates the motility assay with mobile myosin motors and shows that F-actin clusters form with polar ordering and phase separation, dependent on actin length and concentration.

Physical Review Research · Mar 25, 2025Peer-reviewedBiophysics