Publications

Highly dynamic mechanical transitions in embryonic cell populations during Drosophila gastrulation
JM Gomez, C Bevilacqua, A Thayambath, M Leptin, JM Belmonte, R Prevedel
Nature Comm (accepted – pre-print at https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.08.29.610383)

A computational dynamic systems model for in silico prediction of neural tube closure defects
JH Berkhout, JA Glazier, AH Piersma, JM Belmonte, J Legler, RM Spencer, TB Knudsen, HJ Heusinkveld
Current Research in Toxicology 8:100210 (2024)

Microtubule competition and cell growth recenter the nucleus after anaphase in fission yeast
K Bellingham-Johnstun, A Thorn, JM Belmonte, C Laplante
Molecular Biology of the Cell 34(8): E23-01-0034 (2023)

β-heavy-spectrin stabilizes the constricting contractile ring during cytokinesis
AM Silva, F-Y Chan, MJ Norman, AF Sobral, E Zanin, R Gassmann, JM Belmonte, AX Carvalho
Journal of Cell Biology 222(1): e202202024 (2022)

Mechanical Competition Alters the Cellular Interpretation of an Endogenous Genetic Program
S Bhide, D Gombalova, G Mönke, J Stegmaier, V Zinchenko, A Kreshuk, JM Belmonte, M Leptin
Journal of Cell Biology 210(11): e202104107 (2021)

Plastin and Spectrin Cooperate to Stabilize the Actomyosin Cortex During Cytokinesis
AF Sobral, F-Y Chan, MJ Norman, DS Osório, AB Dias, V Ferreira, DJ Barbosa, D Cheerambathur, R Gassmann, JM Belmonte, AX Carvalho
Current Biology 31(24): 5415-5428 (2021)

Cellular mechanisms of chick limb bud morphogenesis
G Lesnicar-Pucko*, JM Belmonte*, M Musy, JA Glazier, JA Sharpe
BioRxiv doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.09.10.292359

A mechanical model for early somite segmentation
P Adhyapok, A Piatkowska, MJ Norman, SG Clendenon, CD Stern, JA Glazier, JM Belmonte
iScience  24(4): 102317 (2021)

CompuCell3D simulations reproduce mesenchymal cell migration on flat substrates
I Fortuna, G Perrone, MS Krug, E Susin, JM Belmonte, GL Thomas, JA Glazier, RMC de Almeida
Biophysical Journal 118(11): 2801-2815 (2020)

Parameterizing cell movement when the instantaneous cell migration velocity is ill-defined
GL Thomas, I Fortuna, GC Perrone, JA Glazier, JM Belmonte, RMC de Almeida
Physica A 550: 124493 (2020)

Polarity sorting drives remodeling of actin-myosin networks
V Wollrab, JM Belmonte, L Baldauf, M Leptin, F Nedelec, GH Koenderink
Journal of Cell Science 132, 219717 (2019)

Fibroblast state switching orchestrates dermal maturation and wound healing
E Rognoni, AO Pisco, T Hiratsuka, K Sipila, JM Belmonte, A Mobasseri, C Philippeos, R Dilao, F Watt
Molecular Systems Biology 14, e8174 (2018)

A disassembly-driven mechanism explains F-actin-mediated chromosome transport in starfish oocytes
P Bun, S Dmitrieff, JM Belmonte, FJ Nédélec, P Lénárt
eLife 7, e31469 (2018)

A theory that predicts behaviors of disordered cytoskeletal networks
JM Belmonte, M Leptin, F Nedelec
Molecular Systems Biology 13, 941 (2017)

Filopodial-tension model of convergent-extension of tissues
JM Belmonte, MH Swat, JA Glazier
PLoS Computational Biology 12 (6), e1004952 (2016)

Virtual-tissue computer simulations define the roles of cell adhesion and proliferation in the onset of kidney cystic disease
JM Belmonte, SG Clendenon, GM Oliveira, MH Swat, EV Greene, S Jeyaraman, JA Glazier, RL Bacallao
Molecular Biology of the Cell 27 (22), 3673-3685 (2016)

3D simulations of wet foam coarsening evidence a self similar growth regime
GL Thomas, JM Belmonte, F Graner, JA Glazier, RMC de Almeida
Colloids and Surfaces A 473, 109-114 (2015)

Somites without a clock
AS Dias, I de Almeida, JM Belmonte, JA Glazier, CD Stern
Science 343 (6172), 791-795 (2014)

Multi-scale modeling of tissues using CompuCell3D
MH Swat, GL Thomas, JM Belmonte, A Shirinifard, D Hmeljak, JA Glazier
Computational Methods in Cell Biology 110, 325 (2012)

A multi-cell, multi-scale model of vertebrate segmentation and somite formation
SD Hester, JM Belmonte, JS Gens, SG Clendenon, JA Glazier
PLoS Computational Biology 7 (10), e1002155 (2011)

Self-propelled particle model for cell-sorting phenomena
JM Belmonte, GL Thomas, LG Brunnet, RMC De Almeida, H Chaté
Physical Review Letters 100 (24), 248702 (2008)