Pere Roca-Cusachs

@pcusachs.bsky.social

Cell biologist, bioengineer, or biophysicist, depending on the time of day. Group Leader at @ibecbarcelona.eu Professor at @medicinacs-ub.bsky.social @ub.edu

Interested in how cells respond when squeezed? Check the review paper just published by Laura Faure, @valeriaventurini.bsky.social and myself on this. Really thorough and clear revision by Laura and Valeria!

Journal of Cell Science@jcellsci.bsky.social · last yr.

In their Review, Laura Faure, Valeria Venturini @valeriaventurini.bsky.social and Pere Roca-Cusachs discuss the biological contexts of cell mechanical compression, the associated mechanisms and the experimental systems engineered to compress cells in vitro. journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...

Cartoon of techniques to apply one-dimensional, in-plane or volumetric cell compression in vitro.