C. Villard

Surface tension drives neuronal sorting in magnetically engineered brain-like tissue

The paper shows that neuronal cells sort to the periphery of magnetic brain-like spheroids due to surface tension differences, influenced by glia/neuron ratios.

Bending stiffness of Candida albicans hyphae reflects adaptive behavior of the fungal cell wall

This study measures the bending stiffness of Candida albicans hyphae and shows how environmental stresses and genetic modifications affect cell wall mechanics.

RNA chaperones Hfq and ProQ play a key role in the virulence of the plant pathogenic bacterium Dickeya dadantii

This study shows that RNA chaperones Hfq and ProQ regulate virulence in Dickeya dadantii by affecting mRNA levels of virulence factors.

Neuron-gated silicon nanowire field effect transistors to follow single spike propagation within neuronal network

The paper demonstrates silicon nanowire field effect transistors for recording neuronal activity and tracking spike propagation in cultured neurons.

Parallelized manipulation of adherent living cells by magnetic nanoparticles-mediated forces

This study demonstrates that magnetic nanoparticle-mediated forces from micro-magnetic pillars can direct cell migration and neurite outgrowth in adherent cells.

Compromised nuclear envelope integrity drives tumor cell invasion

The paper shows that mechanical nuclear envelope ruptures in cancer cells cause DNA damage and promote invasion through ATM activation and TREX1 depletion.

Glial cell mechanosensitivity is reversed by adhesion cues

The paper shows that glial cells change their adhesion and proliferation preferences between stiff and soft substrates based on adhesive ligands, unlike neurons which follow rigidity gradients.

Fluid shear stress coupled with narrow constrictions induce cell type-dependent morphological and molecular changes in circulating tumor cells

This study shows that fluid shear stress and narrow constrictions cause different morphological and molecular changes in epithelial-like and mesenchymal-like breast cancer cells.

Topographical cues control the morphology and dynamics of migrating cortical interneurons

This study shows that micro-scale topography influences the morphology and migration of cortical interneurons in vitro, promoting distinct migratory states.