Cellular tornadoes and how they shape our organs

Yamini Ravichandran

doi:10.25250/thescbr.brk624

Cellular tornadoes and how they shape our organs

Authors

Yamini Ravichandran UNIGE https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3123-1242

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25250/thescbr.brk624

Keywords:

development/ topological defects/ cellular tornadoes

Abstract

During development our organs take different distinct shapes. Researchers from the labs of Prof. Roux and Prof. Kruse at UNIGE show how under certain circumstances muscle cells collectively spiral and rotate to protrude and self-organize in 3D forming cellular tornadoes.