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Morphoelasticity of large bending deformations of cell sheets during development
Deformations of cell sheets during morphogenesis are driven by developmental processes such as cell division and cell…
Six reference-quality genomes reveal evolution of bat adaptations
The Bat1K consortium aims to sequence all ~1,300 bat species and provide chromosome-level assemblies to the public domain. The…
Towards complete and error-free genome assemblies of all vertebrate species
The Vertebrate Genomes Project aims to provide reference-quality assemblies for all 70,000 extant vertebrate species. The…
The MPI-CBG, the CSBD, and all projects above are funded by the Max Planck Society. All the sequencing, assembly, and initial annotation for the Bat1K and Euro-Fish projects are being performed in…
Shape-shifting polygonal and polyhedral droplets
Cooled oil emulsion droplets in aqueous surfactant solution have been observed to flatten into a remarkable host of polygonal shapes with straight…
Subpopulations and stability in microbial communities
In microbial communities, each species often has multiple, distinct phenotypes, but studies of ecological stability have largely ignored this…
Dynamics and Mechanics of a Volvox embryo turning itself inside out
Deformations of cell sheets are ubiquitous in early animal development, often arising from a complex and poorly understood…
The noisy basis of morphogenesis
Variability is emerging as an integral part of development. It is therefore imperative to ask how to access the information contained in this variability. Yet most…
