Pere Roca-Cusachs
@pcusachs.bsky.social
170 followers 100 following 2 posts
Cell biologist, bioengineer, or biophysicist, depending on the time of day. Group Leader at @ibecbarcelona.eu Professor at @medicinacs-ub.bsky.social @ub.edu
Posts Media Videos Starter Packs
pcusachs.bsky.social
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!
jcellsci.bsky.social
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.
pcusachs.bsky.social
Finally opening a bluesky account, long overdue! I plan to use this platform to provide updates on the work of our lab, with the first one coming right now.