Kristian Thijssen

The paper shows that cell division in epithelia follows a mechanical principal-stress rule rather than a geometric rule, as cells divide along their principal stress axis to relieve anisotropic stress.

The paper shows longer bacterial cells gain a competitive advantage during range expansion through collective alignment, blocking shorter cells from resources.

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.