Publications

2025

24. Coarsening of biomimetic condensates in a self-stirring active fluid

Jeremy Laprade, Layne Frechette, Christopher Amey, Adrielle Cusi, Aparna Baskaran, W. Benjamin Rogers, Guillaume Duclos

https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.21753

24. Interfacial instability of confined 3D active droplets

Bennett C. Sessa*, Federico Cao*, Robert A. Pelcovits, Thomas R. Powers, Guillaume Duclos

https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.17532

23. Collective Motion in Active Matter Driven by Protein Turnover

Joseph D. Lopes*, Benjamin Winterstrain*, Fernando Caballero, Amélie Chardac, Izaiah Alvarado, Adrielle T. Cusi, Shibani Dalal, Gess Kelly, Michael R. Stehnach, Bruce L. Goode, Thomas G. Fai, Michael F. Hagan, Michael M. Norton, Guillaume Duclos

https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.17394

22. 3D pattern formation of a protein-membrane suspension

Amelie Chardac, Michael Norton, Jonathan Touboul, Guillaume Duclos

PNAS version

arXiv version

21. Arrested coalescence, aging, and stability of asters composed of microtubules and kinesin motors

Bibi Najma, Saptorshi Ghosh, Christopher Amey, Peter J. Foster, Michael F. Hagan, Aparna Baskaran, Guillaume Duclos

Physical Review Research 7 (1), 013247

2024

20. Active Fréedericksz Transition in Active Nematic Droplets

Salman Alam, Bibi Najma, Abhinav Singh, Jeremy Laprade, Gauri Gajeshwar, Hannah G. Yevick, Aparna Baskaran, Peter J. Foster, and Guillaume Duclos

Phys. Rev. X 14, 041002

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

2022

18. Competing instabilities reveal how to rationally design and control active crosslinked gels

Bibi Najma, Minu Varghese, Lev Tsidilkovski, Linnea Lemma, Aparna Baskaran, Guillaume Duclos

Nat. Commun. 13, 6465 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34089-9

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)

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

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

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