Alfredo Sciortino

The paper shows that topological defects and strings mediate ordering in endothelial cell layers, revealing an intermediate phase in their transition from disordered to ordered states.

This study simulates the motility assay with mobile myosin motors and shows that F-actin clusters form with polar ordering and phase separation, dependent on actin length and concentration.

This study shows that actin network contractile steady states can be sustained by filament transport rather than assembly/disassembly in an in vitro system.