Juan A. Arias Del Angel

Interplay of mesoscale physics and agent-like behaviors in the parallel evolution of aggregative multicellularity

The paper investigates how physical processes and agent-like behaviors in myxobacteria and dictyostelids contribute to similar multicellular morphologies despite their evolutionary divergence.

Dynamical Patterning Modules and Network Motifs as joint determinants of development: lessons from an aggregative bacterium

The paper examines how dynamical patterning modules and network motifs jointly influence development in the aggregative bacterium Myxococcus xanthus.

Role of aggregate size, multistability and communication in determining cell fate and patterning in M. xanthus

This paper develops a multiscale model to study cell fate determination and spatial patterning in Myxococcus xanthus, showing that aggregate size, multistability, and communication are critical for these processes.

Plastic multicellular development of Myxococcus xanthus: genotype-environment interactions in a physical gradient

The paper quantifies how different genotypes of Myxococcus xanthus express plastic phenotypes in varying substrate stiffness conditions, showing genotype-environment interactions.