Claudio Collinet

Spatial patterning of contractility by a mechanogen gradient underlies Drosophila gastrulation

The paper shows that a mechanogen gradient controls contractility during Drosophila gastrulation by regulating actomyosin contractility through Fog signaling.

Mechanical regulation of substrate adhesion and de-adhesion drives a cell contractile wave during tissue morphogenesis

The paper shows how mechanical coupling between Myosin-II activation and adhesion/de-adhesion drives a cell contractile wave during Drosophila tissue morphogenesis.

Transcriptional induction and mechanical propagation of a morphogenetic wave

The paper shows that morphogenetic waves in Drosophila endoderm are initiated by transcriptional activation and driven by mechanical feedback, not by continuous gene expression.

Viscoelastic dissipation stabilizes cell shape changes during tissue morphogenesis

The paper shows that dissipation stabilizes cell shape changes during tissue morphogenesis by analyzing Myosin II activity in Drosophila embryos.