Biophysics of Tissue Self-Organization in Morphogenesis: The Role of Dynamics Along the Biointerface [Pehme köide]

Section 1: Tissues self-organisation in morphogenesis
1. Cell adhesion: Common mechanisms and physical principles
2. Analysis of the effect of cell movement on gene expression dynamics in development
3. Force transmission across scales: Examples and measuring methods
4. The impact of air pollution on the tissue self-organisation within co[ 1]cultured lung systems

Section 2: Physics of tissue self-organisation from subcellular to supracellular levels
5. How physical cues guide cell collectives, from local adhesion to global force transmission
6. Cellular death and division events at tissue interfaces: A chicken-or[ 1]the-egg situation
7. Active Nematics: Exploring the Interplay between structure and dynamics in cell cultures
8. The dynamics along the epithelial-cancer bio-interface within co[ 1]cultured cell spheroids: Physical aspects
9. Dynamical interplay at the interfaces of cancer cells, immune cells and stromal cells in the extracellular space of artificial model systems and tissues
10. Techniques development to quantify cell-scale dynamic mechanical interactions in extracellular matrices of tissues

Section 3: Modeling of the tissue self[ 1]organization
11. Mathematical modelling approaches to collective cell movement: Leader vs. follower cells

Section 4: Engineering of human tissues
12. Engineering of human tissues
13. Conclusion and outlook

Dr. Ivana Pajic-Lijakovic is a scientific advisor at the Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Belgrade, Serbia. Her research interest is related to biological physics, biorheology and biomechanics. She has previously worked as a guest editor for various special issues and has published a book with Elsevier titled: Viscoelasticity and Collective Cell Migration: An Interdisciplinary Perspective Across Levels of Organization” (2021). Her research has been published in multiple leading international peer-reviewed journals.