Cytokinetic actomyosin ring disassembly occurs through a novel mechanism in which the increased ring curvature, generated through contraction, itself promotes the disassembly process.

The actomyosin cytoskeleton generates active chiral torques that lead to left-right asymmetry in C. elegans embryos.

Asymmetric tension increase along the cell equator promotes self-organization of actomyosin into a partially aligned network during cytokinetic cleavage furrow ingression of vertebrate cells.

Combining quantitative biological experiment and physical description of actomyosin cortex reveals a contractile instability in the cortex of C. elegans embryo, and its biochemical control in order to robustly drive morphogenetic events.

Contractility wins over the polarity pathway in a tug-of-war to position a cytokinesis-like actomyosin ring at the equator of notochord cells.

Distinct molecular functions contribute to the same material property at larger scales leading to degenerate functionality.

Boundary cell identity and sharpening of borders are coupled in hindbrain development since both are regulated by mechanical tension.

Emergence of hematopoietic stem cells from an aortic component is a unique phenomenon of cell extrusion, with no equivalent in cell biology, and which is adapted to environmental constraints exerted by endothelial cells and hemodynamics forces.

Cannabinoids inhibit neuronal expansion and growth through the rapid contraction of actomyosin.

The actomyosin network and phospho-regulation combine to polarize fate determinants at the Drosophila neuroblast cell cortex.