M. Ben Amar

Physical forces drive C. elegans embryonic deformation

The paper investigates how physical forces from actomyosin networks and muscles drive C. elegans embryonic elongation and bending during development.

How cancer-associated fibroblasts promote T-cell exclusion in human lung tumors: a physical perspective

The paper models how cancer-associated fibroblasts in lung tumors create barriers that exclude T-cells, affecting tumor growth and immune response outcomes.

Onsager's variational principle in proliferating biological tissues, in presenceof activity and anisotropy

This paper applies Onsager's variational principle to model proliferating biological tissues, considering activity and anisotropy, and derives coupled partial differential equations for growth and chemical interactions.

Cyclic muscle contractions reinforce the acto-myosin motors and mediate the full elongation of C. elegans embryo

The paper investigates how cyclic muscle contractions and actomyosin networks contribute to embryonic elongation in C. elegans using a theoretical model and finite elasticity analysis.

Minimizing the elastic energy of growing leaves by conformal mapping

The paper shows that stress-free leaf growth can be modeled using conformal mappings, recovering observed leaf shapes and features through mathematical adjustments.

Modeling the mechanics of growing epithelia with a bilayer plate theory

This paper develops a bilayer plate theory to model epithelial mechanics, showing how localized stiffness or thickness changes affect 3D shape during growth in Drosophila tissues.