I am interested in collective cell migrations and pattern formations in confluent tissues. Currently I am studying the influences of cell-level heterogeneities (mechanical heterogeneity, heterogeneity in the motility of cells etc.) in epithelial tissues to examine if these induce any emergent phenomena in the system.
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