D. Iber

Morphometry and mechanical instability at the onset of epithelial bladder cancer

The paper investigates mechanical instability in bladder epithelium at cancer onset, showing stiffness changes and morphological features similar to early tumors.

3D Cell Neighbour Dynamics in Growing Pseudostratified Epithelia

The paper uses light-sheet microscopy and physical theory to study 3D cell organization in growing mouse embryonic lung epithelia, finding that cell packing follows physical laws despite dynamic changes.

Cell-based Simulations of Biased Epithelial Lung Growth

This study uses a cell-based simulation to show that cortical tension is necessary for biased epithelial lung outgrowth, and that external forces alone cannot explain the observed cell shape bias.

Minimisation of surface energy drives apical epithelial organisation and gives rise to Lewis’ law

The paper shows that minimizing surface energy drives apical epithelial organization and explains Lewis' law through regular polygonal cell shapes.

Aboave-Weaire’s law in epithelia results from an angle constraint in contiguous polygonal lattices

The paper shows that Aboav-Weaire’s law in epithelia arises from minimizing lateral contact surface energy by controlling angles in polygonal lattices, alongside topological constraints.