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Rastko Sknepnek

University of DundeeORCID 0000-0002-0144-9921Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:statistical model· 4 Assay:imaging· 3 Approach:deep learning· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:cell-cell communication· 1 Research Focus:clustering· 1 Research Focus:development & morphogenesis· 1 Organism:Drosophila· 1

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An active matter model captures the spatial dynamics of actomyosin oscillations during morphogenesis

Euan D. Mackay, Aimee Bebbington, Jens Januschke, Jochen Kursawe, Marcus Bischoff, Rastko Sknepnek

The paper uses an active matter model to simulate and reproduce actomyosin oscillations in Drosophila cells during morphogenesis, showing that cell geometry and polarity drive these dynamics.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · Jan 16, 2026Peer-reviewedBiophysics

Quantifying the shape of cells - from Minkowski tensors to p-atic order

Lea Happel, Griseldis Oberschelp, Valeriia Grudtsyna, Harish P Jain, Rastko Sknepnek, Amin Doostmohammadi, Axel Voigt

The paper introduces mathematical tools to quantify cell shape and demonstrates p-atic order in MDCK monolayers, challenging previous findings on orientational symmetry.

eLife · Nov 19, 2025Peer-reviewedBiophysics

A soft active matter models explains spiral epithelial cell migration on in-vivo corneas

Kaja Kostanjevec, Rastko Sknepnek, Jon Martin Collinson, Silke Henkes

The paper explains spiral epithelial cell migration on corneas using a soft active matter model that incorporates cell division, extrusion, and collective migration.

bioRxiv · Aug 14, 2024 · PreprintBiophysics

Confinement-induced transition between wave-like collective cell migration modes

Vanni Petrolli, Magali Le Goff, Monika Tadrous, Kirsten Martens, Cédric Allier, Ondrej Mandula, Lionel Hervé, Silke Henkes, Rastko Sknepnek, Thomas Boudou, Giovanni Cappello, Martial Balland

This study shows that epithelial cell layers confined to narrow geometries exhibit tissue-level waves that undergo a phase transition, independent of confinement length, revealing an intrinsic mechanism for supracellular distance measurement.

bioRxiv · Dec 13, 2018 · PreprintBiophysics