Fernanda Pérez-Verdugo

This study shows that local anisotropic stress and cytoskeletal organization, rather than actomyosin purse-string contraction, drive cell shape and motion during hindbrain neuropore closure in mouse embryos.

This study develops coarse-grained models of collagen-IV networks and shows that non-equilibrium remodelling enables dynamic strain response not achievable through equilibrium processes.