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Breadcrumb Guillaume Salbreux Salbreux lab Theoretical Physics of Biology Laboratory : Publications Lab contentLab contentIn this section Overview Areas of interest Publications Members Vacancies The Theoretical Physics of Biology Laboratory uses illustrations and equations like those shown in this image to make sense of biology. 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Series B, Biological Sciences (1)Physical Review X (1)PLOS Biology (1)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA (1)Reports on Progress in Physics (1)Science advances (1)Scientific Reports (1)Trends in Cell Biology (1) Facet Journal Publications Displaying 1 - 20 of 63Last updated : 28 May 2023 02:28 Particle entity in the Doi-Peliti and response field formalisms Authors (4) Marius BotheLuca Cocconi Zigan Zhen Gunnar Pruessner Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical Published 28 April 2023 Crick labsGuillaume SalbreuxFull details Active mesh and neural network pipeline for cell aggregate segmentation Authors (7)Matt Smith Hugh SparksJorge Almagro Agathe ChaigneAxel Behrens Chris DunsbyGuillaume Salbreux Biophysical Journal Published 2 May 2023 Crick labsGuillaume SalbreuxFull details Active morphogenesis of patterned epithelial shells Authors (2)Diana KhoromskaiaGuillaume Salbreux eLife Published 17 January 2023 Crick labsGuillaume SalbreuxFull details Field theory of survival probabilities, extreme values, first-passage times, and mean span of non-Markovian stochastic processes Authors (3) Benjamin Walter Gunnar PruessnerGuillaume Salbreux Physical Review Research Published 19 December 2022 Crick labsGuillaume SalbreuxFull details Interacting active surfaces: A model for three-dimensional cell aggregates Authors (3) Alejandro Torres-SánchezMax Kerr WinterGuillaume Salbreux PLoS Computational Biology Published 16 December 2022 Crick labsGuillaume SalbreuxFull details Pulsations and flows in tissues as two collective dynamics with simple cellular rules Authors (5) Raghavan Thiagarajan Alka BhatGuillaume Salbreux Mandar M Inamdar Daniel Riveline iScience Published 21 October 2022 Crick labsGuillaume SalbreuxFull details Theory of nematic and polar active fluid surfaces Authors (4)Guillaume Salbreux Frank Jülicher Jacques Prost Andrew Callan-Jones Physical Review Research Published 1 August 2022 Crick labsGuillaume SalbreuxFull details Spindle reorientation in response to mechanical stress is an emergent property of the spindle positioning mechanisms Authors (10) Manasi Kelkar Pierre BohecMatt Smith Varun Sreenivasan Ana Lisica Léo Valon Emma Ferber Buzz BaumGuillaume Salbreux Guillaume Charras Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA Published 28 June 2022 Crick labsGuillaume SalbreuxFull details Scaling of entropy production under coarse graining in active disordered media Authors (3)Luca CocconiGuillaume Salbreux Gunnar Pruessner Physical Review E Published 1 April 2022 Crick labsGuillaume SalbreuxFull details Extended Poisson-Kac theory: A unifying framework for stochastic processes with finite propagation velocity Authors (3) Massimiliano Giona Andrea Cairoli Rainer Klages Physical Review X Published 1 April 2022 Crick labsGuillaume SalbreuxFull details Mechanical constraints to cell-cycle progression in a pseudostratified epithelium Authors (9) Sophie HechtGantas Perez Mockus Dominik SchienstockCarles Recasens Alvarez Sara Merino-AceitunoMatt SmithGuillaume Salbreux Pierre DegondJean-Paul Vincent Current Biology Published 9 May 2022 Crick labsJean-Paul VincentGuillaume SalbreuxFull details ECM degradation in the Drosophila abdominal epidermis initiates tissue growth that ceases with rapid cell-cycle exit Authors (11)John DavisAnna AinslieJohn WilliamsonAna De Almeida Ferreira Alejandro Torres-Sánchez Andreas HoppeFederica MangioneMatt Smith Enrique Martin-BlancoGuillaume SalbreuxNicolas Tapon Current Biology Published 28 March 2022 Crick labs/ facilitiesNic TaponGuillaume SalbreuxLight MicroscopyFull details A three-dimensional numerical model of an active cell cortex in the viscous limit Authors (4) Christian BächerDiana KhoromskaiaGuillaume Salbreux Stephan Gekle Frontiers in Physics Published 22 October 2021 Crick labsGuillaume SalbreuxFull details Tissue hydraulics: Physics of lumen formation and interaction Authors (3) Alejandro Torres-SánchezMax Kerr WinterGuillaume Salbreux Cells and Development Published 1 December 2021 Crick labsGuillaume SalbreuxFull details First passage time distribution of active thermal particles in potentials Authors (3) Benjamin Walter Gunnar PruessnerGuillaume Salbreux Physical Review Research Published 22 January 2021 Crick labsGuillaume SalbreuxFull details Epithelial colonies in vitro elongate through collective effects Authors (9) Jordi Comelles Soumya S S Linjie Lu Emilie Le Maout S AnvithaGuillaume Salbreux Frank Jülicher Mandar M Inamdar Daniel Riveline eLife Published 4 January 2021 Crick labsGuillaume SalbreuxFull details Dual-view oblique plane microscopy (dOPM) Authors (6) H Sparks L Dent C BakalAxel BehrensGuillaume Salbreux C Dunsby Biomedical Optics Express Published 1 December 2020 Crick labsGuillaume SalbreuxAxel BehrensFull details Patterning and growth control in vivo by an engineered GFP gradient Authors (5)Kristina StapornwongkulMarc De GennesLuca CocconiGuillaume SalbreuxJean-Paul Vincent Science Published 16 October 2020 Crick labsJean-Paul VincentGuillaume SalbreuxFull details Mechanochemical crosstalk produces cell-intrinsic patterning of the cortex to orient the mitotic spindle Authors (11) Andrea DimitracopoulosPragya Srivastava Agathe Chaigne Zaw Win Roie Shlomovitz Oscar M Lancaster Maël Le Berre Matthieu Piel Kristian FranzeGuillaume Salbreux Buzz Baum Current Biology Published 21 September 2020 Crick labsGuillaume SalbreuxFull details microRNA-mediated noise processing in cells: A fight or a game? Authors (4) Elsi Ferro Chiara Enrico BenaSilvia Grigolon Carla Bosia Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal Published 10 March 2020 Crick labsGuillaume SalbreuxFull details Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Next page Next Last page Last Share the page Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share on Email
Particle entity in the Doi-Peliti and response field formalisms Authors (4) Marius BotheLuca Cocconi Zigan Zhen Gunnar Pruessner Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical Published 28 April 2023 Crick labsGuillaume SalbreuxFull details
Active mesh and neural network pipeline for cell aggregate segmentation Authors (7)Matt Smith Hugh SparksJorge Almagro Agathe ChaigneAxel Behrens Chris DunsbyGuillaume Salbreux Biophysical Journal Published 2 May 2023 Crick labsGuillaume SalbreuxFull details
Active morphogenesis of patterned epithelial shells Authors (2)Diana KhoromskaiaGuillaume Salbreux eLife Published 17 January 2023 Crick labsGuillaume SalbreuxFull details
Field theory of survival probabilities, extreme values, first-passage times, and mean span of non-Markovian stochastic processes Authors (3) Benjamin Walter Gunnar PruessnerGuillaume Salbreux Physical Review Research Published 19 December 2022 Crick labsGuillaume SalbreuxFull details
Interacting active surfaces: A model for three-dimensional cell aggregates Authors (3) Alejandro Torres-SánchezMax Kerr WinterGuillaume Salbreux PLoS Computational Biology Published 16 December 2022 Crick labsGuillaume SalbreuxFull details
Pulsations and flows in tissues as two collective dynamics with simple cellular rules Authors (5) Raghavan Thiagarajan Alka BhatGuillaume Salbreux Mandar M Inamdar Daniel Riveline iScience Published 21 October 2022 Crick labsGuillaume SalbreuxFull details
Theory of nematic and polar active fluid surfaces Authors (4)Guillaume Salbreux Frank Jülicher Jacques Prost Andrew Callan-Jones Physical Review Research Published 1 August 2022 Crick labsGuillaume SalbreuxFull details
Spindle reorientation in response to mechanical stress is an emergent property of the spindle positioning mechanisms Authors (10) Manasi Kelkar Pierre BohecMatt Smith Varun Sreenivasan Ana Lisica Léo Valon Emma Ferber Buzz BaumGuillaume Salbreux Guillaume Charras Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA Published 28 June 2022 Crick labsGuillaume SalbreuxFull details
Scaling of entropy production under coarse graining in active disordered media Authors (3)Luca CocconiGuillaume Salbreux Gunnar Pruessner Physical Review E Published 1 April 2022 Crick labsGuillaume SalbreuxFull details
Extended Poisson-Kac theory: A unifying framework for stochastic processes with finite propagation velocity Authors (3) Massimiliano Giona Andrea Cairoli Rainer Klages Physical Review X Published 1 April 2022 Crick labsGuillaume SalbreuxFull details
Mechanical constraints to cell-cycle progression in a pseudostratified epithelium Authors (9) Sophie HechtGantas Perez Mockus Dominik SchienstockCarles Recasens Alvarez Sara Merino-AceitunoMatt SmithGuillaume Salbreux Pierre DegondJean-Paul Vincent Current Biology Published 9 May 2022 Crick labsJean-Paul VincentGuillaume SalbreuxFull details
ECM degradation in the Drosophila abdominal epidermis initiates tissue growth that ceases with rapid cell-cycle exit Authors (11)John DavisAnna AinslieJohn WilliamsonAna De Almeida Ferreira Alejandro Torres-Sánchez Andreas HoppeFederica MangioneMatt Smith Enrique Martin-BlancoGuillaume SalbreuxNicolas Tapon Current Biology Published 28 March 2022 Crick labs/ facilitiesNic TaponGuillaume SalbreuxLight MicroscopyFull details
A three-dimensional numerical model of an active cell cortex in the viscous limit Authors (4) Christian BächerDiana KhoromskaiaGuillaume Salbreux Stephan Gekle Frontiers in Physics Published 22 October 2021 Crick labsGuillaume SalbreuxFull details
Tissue hydraulics: Physics of lumen formation and interaction Authors (3) Alejandro Torres-SánchezMax Kerr WinterGuillaume Salbreux Cells and Development Published 1 December 2021 Crick labsGuillaume SalbreuxFull details
First passage time distribution of active thermal particles in potentials Authors (3) Benjamin Walter Gunnar PruessnerGuillaume Salbreux Physical Review Research Published 22 January 2021 Crick labsGuillaume SalbreuxFull details
Epithelial colonies in vitro elongate through collective effects Authors (9) Jordi Comelles Soumya S S Linjie Lu Emilie Le Maout S AnvithaGuillaume Salbreux Frank Jülicher Mandar M Inamdar Daniel Riveline eLife Published 4 January 2021 Crick labsGuillaume SalbreuxFull details
Dual-view oblique plane microscopy (dOPM) Authors (6) H Sparks L Dent C BakalAxel BehrensGuillaume Salbreux C Dunsby Biomedical Optics Express Published 1 December 2020 Crick labsGuillaume SalbreuxAxel BehrensFull details
Patterning and growth control in vivo by an engineered GFP gradient Authors (5)Kristina StapornwongkulMarc De GennesLuca CocconiGuillaume SalbreuxJean-Paul Vincent Science Published 16 October 2020 Crick labsJean-Paul VincentGuillaume SalbreuxFull details
Mechanochemical crosstalk produces cell-intrinsic patterning of the cortex to orient the mitotic spindle Authors (11) Andrea DimitracopoulosPragya Srivastava Agathe Chaigne Zaw Win Roie Shlomovitz Oscar M Lancaster Maël Le Berre Matthieu Piel Kristian FranzeGuillaume Salbreux Buzz Baum Current Biology Published 21 September 2020 Crick labsGuillaume SalbreuxFull details
microRNA-mediated noise processing in cells: A fight or a game? Authors (4) Elsi Ferro Chiara Enrico BenaSilvia Grigolon Carla Bosia Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal Published 10 March 2020 Crick labsGuillaume SalbreuxFull details