Alejandro Torres-Sànchez

The paper develops a unified framework connecting sub-cellular actomyosin dynamics to tissue mechanics, explaining various epithelial behaviors under stretch.

The paper shows that mechanical fracturing of the cardiac extracellular matrix patterns delamination in the zebrafish heart, independent of biochemical signals.

The paper shows that tissue growth in Drosophila abdomen stops due to rapid cell cycle arrest, not gradual slowing, and that ECM remodeling is required for expansion.