Nir S. Gov

This study shows that neutrophils can be reprogrammed through transcriptional changes to enhance swarming and improve infection control in zebrafish.

This paper develops a minimal physical model to explain haptotaxis and oscillatory cell migration by linking adhesion strength to protrusive actin activity.

This paper develops a theoretical model to simulate phagocytosis of deformable targets and identifies three mechanical regimes based on target stiffness, validated experimentally with GUVs and lymphoma cells.

This study shows that cell cluster geometry and fluidity control the transition from single-cell chemorepulsion to collective chemotaxis through receptor trafficking and critical concentration thresholds.

The paper develops a theoretical model and experimental analysis to study how branched cells balance shape dynamics for directional decision-making during migration.

The paper introduces an integrated Ising model with global inhibition to explain decision-making, showing it can improve accuracy and has unique learning properties.

The paper investigates how periodic changes in cell polarity during migration are controlled by pulsations in Rac1 activity in live zebrafish embryos.

This study shows the WAVE complex forms linear arrays at negative membrane curvature to instruct lamellipodia formation through in vivo biochemical approaches.

The paper shows that Chlamydomonas reinhardtii uses an intensity-weighted average of light vectors for phototactic decision-making, with stochastic switching at large angular separations.

This study investigates how ECM-confinement affects mitotic spindle positioning and orientation through mechanical interactions and RF patterning.

The paper quantifies dawn chorus onset in cicadas, showing chorus timing tracks sunrise and reveals a sharp susceptibility peak linked to cooperative decision-making.

This study models branched-cell chemotaxis in complex environments and finds that slow cells are more accurate in following weak chemoattractant signals, while neutrophils behave as fast cells compromising accuracy.

The paper models cell migration by coupling polarity cues to actin dynamics, showing how long-range inhibition stabilizes motility and explains cellular dynamics.

The paper recreates an artificial actomyosin cortex on a bilayer membrane using minimal components, revealing mechanisms of cortical thickness regulation and robustness to concentration fluctuations.

This paper develops a theoretical framework to understand how motility drives glassy dynamics in epithelial monolayers, showing that confluency affects the effective persistence time-scale of active force.

The paper investigates how Drosophila border cells integrate chemical and physical cues during migration, showing that tissue topography significantly influences path selection.