Glassy dynamics in active epithelia emerge from an interplay of mechanochemical feedback and crowding.
Sindhu Muthukrishnan, Phanindra Dewan, Tanishq Tejaswi, Michelle B. Sebastian, Tanya Chhabra, Soumyadeep Mondal, Soumitra Kolya, Sumantra Sarkar, Medhavi Vishwakarma
This study shows that glassy dynamics in epithelial tissues arise from mechanochemical feedback and crowding, not just crowding alone.
Nature Communications · Jun 10, 2026Peer-reviewedBiophysics