TENSIONCONTROL

Multiscale regulation of epithelial tension

 Coordinatore FUNDACIO INSTITUT DE BIOENGINYERIA DE CATALUNYA 

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 Nazionalità Coordinatore Spain [ES]
 Totale costo 1˙981˙761 €
 EC contributo 1˙981˙761 €
 Programma FP7-IDEAS-ERC
Specific programme: "Ideas" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)
 Code Call ERC-2013-CoG
 Funding Scheme ERC-CG
 Anno di inizio 2015
 Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) 2015-01-01   -   2019-12-31

 Partecipanti

# participant  country  role  EC contrib. [€] 
1    FUNDACIO INSTITUT DE BIOENGINYERIA DE CATALUNYA

 Organization address address: CARRER BALDIRI REIXAC PLANTA 2A 10-12
city: BARCELONA
postcode: 8028

contact info
Titolo: Prof.
Nome: Josep
Cognome: Samitier Marti
Email: send email
Telefono: 34934031145
Fax: 34934039702

ES (BARCELONA) hostInstitution 1˙981˙761.50
2    FUNDACIO INSTITUT DE BIOENGINYERIA DE CATALUNYA

 Organization address address: CARRER BALDIRI REIXAC PLANTA 2A 10-12
city: BARCELONA
postcode: 8028

contact info
Titolo: Prof.
Nome: Xavier
Cognome: Trepat Guixer
Email: send email
Telefono: +34 934020265
Fax: +34 934039702

ES (BARCELONA) hostInstitution 1˙981˙761.50

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tissue    epithelial    global    local    vs    tension    physical    regulation    mechanisms    patterns    cues    tissues    competing    give    cell    multiscale   

 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'Throughout development and adult life, the growth and remodelling of living tissues is determined by a complex interplay between chemical and physical cues. Among such physical cues, mechanical tension is emerging as central regulator of cellular fate and function. To explain tension regulation, current research emphasizes molecular mechanisms at an ever increasing level of detail. How these local mechanisms are integrated to give rise to global patterns of tissue tension is unknown, however. The goal of this project is to provide a multiscale understanding of tension regulation within epithelial cell monolayers. We propose two pairs of competing mechanisms for tension regulation: fluidization vs. reinforcement and cell division vs. apoptosis. These competing mechanisms are inherently multiscale in the sense that they span and couple multiple levels of tissue organization, from the local actomyosin contraction to the multicellular rearrangement. For each of these competing mechanisms we plan to study how local processes and interactions give rise to global tensional patterns. To do this, we propose to develop an integrated experimental setup to map and perturb monolayer tension at different length scales. We expect this project to unveil the repertoire of mechanisms that epithelial tissues use to regulate their tension and dynamics.'

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