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Description
Collective cell migration is ubiquitous amongst multicellular communities and contributes to many phenomena, e.g., morphogenesis and cancer metastasis. Nonetheless, it is still poorly understood how cells coordinate to control the emergent collective motion of cell groups (or swarms). Recent experimental data suggests that physical interactions between cells within the swarms can result in emergent fluid-like properties. In this talk, I will discuss our recent developments in modelling the spatiotemporal dynamics of cell swarms’ collective and their emergent fluid mechanics. Combining numerics and analysis, our results reveal how the interplay between physical interactions, cell proliferation and cell motion shape the morphology and migration dynamics of cell collectives.
