Publications

2024

19. Microscopic interactions control a structural transition in active mixtures of microtubules and molecular motors 

Bibi Najma, Wei-Shao Wei, Aparna Baskaran, Peter J. Foster, Guillaume Duclos 

PNAS, 121 (2) e230017412 (2024) Preprint: 2023/01/04/2023.01.04.522797.full.pdf

2020

17. Confinement Controls the Bend Instability of Three-Dimensional Active Liquid Crystals

Pooja Chandrakar, Minu Varghese, S.Ali Aghvami, Aparna Baskaran, Zvonimir Dogic, and Guillaume Duclos

Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 257801 – Published 18 December 2020

16. Topological structure and dynamics of three-dimensional active nematics

Guillaume Duclos, Raymond Adkins, Debarghya Banerjee, Matthew S. E. Peterson, Minu Varghese, Itamar Kolvin, Arvind Baskaran, Robert A. Pelcovits, Thomas R. Powers, Aparna Baskaran, Federico Toschi, Michael F. Hagan, Sebastian J. Streichan, Vincenzo Vitelli, Daniel A. Beller, Zvonimir Dogic 

Science, Vol. 367, Issue 6482, pp. 1120-1124, DOI: 10.1126/science.aaz4547 (2020)


See Perspective by Denis Bartolo: Rings rule three-dimensional active matter

15. The 2020 motile active matter roadmap

G. Gompper, R. G. Winkler, T. Speck,  A. Solon, C. Nardini, F. Peruani, H.Löwen, R. Golestanian, U. B. Kaupp, L. Alvarez, T. Kiørboe, E. Lauga, W. C. K. Poon, A. DeSimone, S. Muiños-Landin, A. Fischer, N. A. Söker, F. Cichos, R. Kapral, P. Gaspard, M. Ripoll, F. Sagues, A. Doostmohammadi, J. M. Yeomans, I. S. Aranson, C. Bechinger, H. Stark, C.K. Hemelrijk, F. J. Nedelec, T. Sarkar, T. Aryaksama, M. Lacroix, G. Duclos, V. Yashunsky, P. Silberzan, M. Arroyo and S. Kale.

Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter (2020), Volume 32, Number 19  DOI 10.1088/1361-648X/ab6348


Before 2019

14. Turbulent dynamics of epithelial cell culture

C. Blanch-Mercader*, V. Yashunsky*, S. Garcia, G. Duclos, L. Giomi and P. Silberzan (*Equal contribution)

Phys. Rev. Letter (2018)  120, 208101 [pdf]


13. Spontaneous shear flow in confined cellular nematics

G. Duclos*, C. Blanch-Mercader*, V. Yashunsky*, G. Salbreux, J.-F. Joanny, J. Prost and P. Silberzan  (*Equal contribution)

Nature Physics (2018) (See News and Views: Live Streaming, F. Sagues, Nature Physics)


12.   Reentrant wetting transition in the spreading of cellular aggregates

G. Beaune*, G. Duclos*, N. Khalifat,*, T. Stirbat, D. Vignjevic and F. Brochard-Wyart (*Equal contribution)

Soft Matter, (2017) DOI: 10.1039/C7SM00768J 


11.   Influence of confinement and topology on collective cell behaviors

G. Duclos*, M. Deforet*, H. Yevick*, O. Cochet-Escartin*, F. Ascione, S. Moitrier, T. Sarkar, V. Yashunsky, I. Bonnet, A. Buguin, and P. Silberzan (*Equal contribution)

 Methods in Molecular Biology, Cell Migration pp 387-399  (2018) 

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10.    Topological defects in confined populations of spindle-shaped cells

G. Duclos, C. Erlenkämper, JF Joanny​ and P. Silberzan 

Nature Physics,13, 58-62 (2017) doi:10.1038/nphys3876

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9.     Mechanical cell competition kills cells via induction of lethal p53 levels

L. Wagstaff, M. Goschorska, K. Kozyrska, G. Duclos, I. Kucinski, A. Chessel, L. Hampton-O’Neil, C. R. Bradshaw , G. E. Allen, E. L. Rawlins, P. Silberzan, R. E.Carazo Salas & E. Piddini

Nature Communication, 7, 11373 (2016) doi:10.1038/ncomms11373

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8.     Tissue fusion over nonadhering surfaces

V. Nier*, M. Deforet*, G. Duclos*,  H.G. Yevick, O. Cochet-Escartin, P. Marcq, and P. Silberzan (*Equal contribution)

 PNAS 112 (31), 9546-9551 (2015)   

 

7.   RalB regulates contractility-driven cancer dissemination upon TGFbeta stimulation via the RhoGEF GEF-H1

M. Biondini, G. Duclos, N. Meyer-Schaller, P. Silberzan, J. Camonis and M.C. Parrini

 Scientific Reports (2015)

 

6.  Architecture and migration of an epithelium on a cylindrical wire

H.G. Yevick, G. Duclos, I. Bonnet and P. Silberzan

PNAS (2015)  doi: 10.1073/pnas.1418857112

 

5.   Emergence of collective modes and tridimensional structures from epithelial confinement

M. Deforet, V. Hakim, H.G. Yevick, G. Duclos and P. Silberzan

Nature Communication, 5, 3747 (2014) | DOI : 10.1038/ncomms4747.


4.   Perfect nematic order in confined monolayers of spindle-shaped cells

G. Duclos, S. Garcia, H.G. Yevick and P. Silberzan

Soft Matter, 10(14):2346-53 (2014) | DOI : 10.1039/c3sm52323c

 

3.   Network characteristics of collective chemosensing

B. Sun, G. Duclos and H.A. Stone

Phys. Rev. Lett., 110, 158103 (2013)  | DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.158103 


2.   Minimisation of thermodynamic cost in cancer cell invasion

L. Liu*, G. Duclos*, B. Sun*, J. Lee, A. Wu, Y. Kam, E. Sontag,  H.A. Stone, J.C. Sturm, R.A. Gatenby and R.H. Austin (*Equal contribution)

PNAS, 110(5): 1686-91 (2013)  | DOI : 10.1073/pnas.1221147110     

 

1.   Exploring cytoplasmic dynamics in zebrafish yolk cells by single particle tracking of fluorescent nanodiamonds

C.C. Chang, B. Zhang, C.Y. Li, V.V. Hsied, G. Duclos, F. Treussart and H.C. Chang

Proc. SPIE, 8272205 (2012) | DOI : 10.1117/12.907181