Daniel A. Beller

This study shows that rod-like bacteria with different shapes sort spatially in growing colonies, with longer cells moving to the periphery due to mechanical interactions and nematic order.

The paper identifies 3D topological defects and quasi-long-range order in glioma tumors, linking them to tumor aggression and cell density regulation.

The paper shows that disordered environments with hotspot patches increase mutant survival in growing populations through geometrical effects, without fitting parameters.