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Questions to be addressed:
1) What is the role of topology-guided polar ordering in tissue repair?
2) How do polar and nematic order interact in biology?
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Kostanjevec, K., Sknepnek, R., Collinson, J.M., & Henkes, S. (2024). Spiral-eyes: A soft active matter model of in vivo corneal epithelial cell migration. Elife. #EpithelialMechanics doi.org/10.7554/eLif...

Lång, E., Lång, A., Blicher, P., Rognes, T., Dommersnes, P. G., & Bøe, S. O. (2024). Topology-guided polar ordering of collective cell migration. Science advances, 10(16), eadk4825. #EpithelialMechanics doi.org/10.1126/scia...