Finally you managed to get paneer☺️

Congratulations, 🎉 Priti!

Fascinating! Congratulations 🎉

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This work wouldn’t have been possible without the all the amazing collaborators @yoannletoquin.bsky.social, Aleksandra, Christophe Marcelle, and Amin. A huge thanks to @bladoux.bsky.social for mentoring and shaping the research direction.

4. Moreover, extracellular matrix (ECM) plays a key role! As myoblasts self-organize, the ECM mirrors their alignment, reinforcing stable defects hence mechanical stress patterns. This coupling between cells and ECM boosts myotube growth.

3. Myoblasts fusion is enriched at topological defects mainly at +1/2, why so? Since these defects acts a hotspots of compressive stress, concentrating at head of +1/2 defects, therefore, forcing fusion to localize around these defects.

2. Myoblast and myotube patterning follows physical rules-as they differentiate to form multinucleated myotubes, they self-organize, a typical of nematic systems.

1. How do biomechanics shape muscle growth💪? Our new study (Mechanical stresses govern myoblast fusion and myotube growth) dives into the role of mechanical stresses in myogenesis. We explored the biophysics behind muscle formation!