M. S. Alber

Behaviors of individual microtubules and microtubule populations relative to critical concentrations: Dynamic instability occurs when critical concentrations are driven apart by nucleotide hydrolysis

The paper confirms microtubules have two critical concentrations and explains their behaviors relative to these concentrations, showing dynamic instability occurs below traditionally assumed polymer assembly thresholds.

Multi-scale computational study of the mechanical regulation of cell mitotic rounding in epithelia

This study develops a multi-scale computational model to investigate how mechanical factors regulate mitotic rounding in epithelial tissues, finding that all three factors—adhesion, cortical stiffness, and pressure—must be coordinated for robust rounding.