We present a new mechanism for triggering the flocking transition in epithelia, involving extensile polar defects and domain walls. Very happy to share this work, done in great collaboration with the @luizaangheluta.bsky.social group. preprint: arxiv.org/abs/2605.23339

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Our review article is now available in Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics: “Full-Integer Topological Defects in Polar Active Matter.” @luizaangheluta.bsky.social @emmalaang.bsky.social doi.org/10.1146/annu...

Our new review on topological defects 🌀 in polar active matter is out on arXiv! Co-authored by Luiza Angheluta, Anna Lång, @emmalaang.bsky.social, and @stigoveboe.bsky.social. #ActiveMatter #TopologicalDefects #CollectiveBehavior arxiv.org/abs/2504.03284

Pre-announcing the EMBO/EMBL symposium "Mechanobiology Across the Tree of Life", Heidelberg, 9-12 June 2026. It is still very very far away, but save the date 🗓️. With Alba Diz-Munoz, @nicolettapetridou.bsky.social , Kirsty Wan @micromotility.bsky.social, Enrique Rojas. www.embl.org/about/info/c...