Lior Atia

The paper shows that mechanical gradients from cell division coordinate cell-cycle progression in epithelial tissues through spatially localized high-tension zones.

The paper identifies migratory non-canonical AT2 cells in IPF lung fibrosis, showing they are trapped in developmental transition states that drive fibrosis progression.

This paper introduces a 3D-printed toolkit for creating micro-gaps to study epithelial unjamming dynamics, showing that gap width influences migration speed and pattern.