Collective Behaviors and Self-Organization in Cells
This special collection features articles curated by JCB Editorial Board member Min Wu and Scientific Editor Gabriele Stephan. The collection includes exciting research articles, tools, perspectives, and reviews that explore emergent phenomena in cell biology, including how cellular events are rapidly coordinated by waves of chemical and electrical signals, how tissue patterning is governed at the cellular level, and how cellular interfaces guide cellular migration and morphology. Blending aspects of mechanobiology, developmental biology, and signaling, we hope this collection will engage a broad readership interested in biophysics and systems biology.
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