the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grants 11772055, 11532009, 11521062, 11372042).
Collective cells are organized to form specific patterns which play important roles in various physiological and pathological processes, such as tissue morphogenesis, wound healing, and cancer invasion. Compared to si...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(11025208,11372042,and 11221202)
Biological materials such as bone, tooth, and nacre are load-bearing nanocomposites composed of mineral and protein. Since the mineral crystals often have slender geometry, the nanocomposites are susceptible to buckle...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(11025208,11221202,11372042,and 11202026);the Excellent Young Scholars Research Fund of Beijing Institute of Technology
The stiffness and strength of extracellular (EC) region of cadherin are proposed to be two important mechanical properties both for cadherin as a mechanotransductor and for the formation of cell-cell adhesion. In th...