Works (27)
Updated: November 1st, 2024 05:58
2024 article
Caging of membrane-to-cortex attachment proteins can trigger cellular symmetry breaking
Dar, S., Moreno, R. T., Palaia, I., Gopalan, A. B., Sun, Z. G., Strauss, L., … Diz-Muñoz, A. (2024, October 14).
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Source: ORCID
Added: October 15, 2024
2024 article
Highly dynamic mechanical transitions in embryonic cell populations duringDrosophilagastrulation
Gomez, J. M., Bevilacqua, C., Thayambath, A., Leptin, M., Belmonte, J. M., & Prevedel, R. (2024, August 30).
Source: ORCID
Added: September 1, 2024
2023 article
Microtubule competition and cell growth recenter the nucleus after anaphase in fission yeast
Bellingham-Johnstun, K., Thorn, A., Belmonte, J., & Laplante, C. (2023, February 1).
Contributors: K. Bellingham-Johnstun n, A. Thorn n, J. Belmonte n & C. Laplante n
TL;DR:
This work underlines how intrinsic properties of microtubules differently impact nuclear positioning according to microtubule network organization and cell size.
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Source: ORCID
Added: February 2, 2023
2022 journal article
β-heavy-spectrin stabilizes the constricting contractile ring during cytokinesis
JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY, 222(1).
Contributors: A. Silva *, F. Chan *, M. Norman n, A. Sobral *, E. Zanin *, R. Gassmann *, J. Belmonte n, A. Carvalho *
MeSH headings : Actin Cytoskeleton; Actins; Actomyosin; Animals; Caenorhabditis elegans / cytology; Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins / metabolism; Cytokinesis; Formins; Membrane Glycoproteins / metabolism; Membrane Proteins / metabolism; Microfilament Proteins / metabolism; Spectrin / metabolism
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: ORCID, Web Of Science
Added: September 21, 2022
2021 journal article
A mechanical model of early somite segmentation
ISCIENCE, 24(4).
Contributors: P. Adhyapok *, A. Piatkowska *, M. Norman n, S. Clendenon *, C. Stern *, J. Glazier *, J. Belmonte n
TL;DR:
A corresponding mechanical model of epithelial segmentation in early somitogenesis is developed in which a wave of apical constriction leads to increasing tension and periodic failure of adhesion junctions within the dorsal epithelial layer of the PSM, forming clefts which determine the eventual somite boundaries.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: ORCID, Web Of Science
Added: March 19, 2021
2021 journal article
Mechanical competition alters the cellular interpretation of an endogenous genetic program
JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY, 220(11).
Contributors: S. Bhide *, D. Gombalova *, G. Mönke *, J. Stegmaier *, V. Zinchenko *, A. Kreshuk *, J. Belmonte n, M. Leptin *, J. Belmonte
MeSH headings : Actin Cytoskeleton / genetics; Actins / genetics; Actomyosin / genetics; Animals; Cell Shape / genetics; Cytoskeleton / genetics; Drosophila Proteins / genetics; Drosophila melanogaster / genetics; Gastrulation / genetics; Mesoderm / physiology
TL;DR:
This paper shows that adjacent cells with similar genetic capabilities to change their own shape enter a tug of war that determines which cell shrinks and which expands.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: ORCID, Web Of Science
Added: October 26, 2021
2021 journal article
Plastin and spectrin cooperate to stabilize the actomyosin cortex during cytokinesis
CURRENT BIOLOGY, 31(24), 5415-+.
Contributors: A. Sobral *, F. Chan *, M. Norman n, D. Osório *, A. Dias *, V. Ferreira *, D. Barbosa *, D. Cheerambathur *
MeSH headings : Actins / metabolism; Actomyosin / metabolism; Animals; Caenorhabditis elegans / metabolism; Cytokinesis; Membrane Glycoproteins; Microfilament Proteins; Spectrin / genetics
TL;DR:
These findings provide the first evidence that spectrin contributes to cytokinesis and highlight the importance of crosslinker interplay for actomyosin network integrity.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: ORCID, Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: October 19, 2021
2020 article
Cellular mechanisms of chick limb bud morphogenesis
Lesnicar-Pucko, G., Belmonte, J. M., Musy, M., Glazier, J. A., & Sharpe, J. (2020, September 11).
Contributors: G. Lesnicar-Pucko*, J. Belmonte n, M. Musy *, J. Glazier * & J. Sharpe *
TL;DR:
It is argued that this less-organised region of mesenchyme is necessary to prevent PD-oriented intercalation events in the distal tip that would otherwise inhibit outgrowth.
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Source: ORCID
Added: September 13, 2020
2020 journal article
CompuCell3D Simulations Reproduce Mesenchymal Cell Migration on Flat Substrates
BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 118(11), 2801–2815.
MeSH headings : Cell Movement; Computer Simulation; Diffusion; Models, Biological; Motion
TL;DR:
A computationally tractable 3D model (implemented as a simulation in the CompuCell3D simulation environment) of mesenchymal cells crawling on a two-dimensional substrate suggests its future application in more complex situations, including chemotaxis, migration through complex 3D matrices, and collective cell motion.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: ORCID, Web Of Science
Added: June 22, 2020
2020 article
Mechanical competition alters the cellular interpretation of an endogenous genetic programme
Bhide, S., Gombalova, D., Mönke, G., Stegmaier, J., Zinchenko, V., Kreshuk, A., … Leptin, M. (2020, October 15).
TL;DR:
It is shown here that tissue-wide interactions force these cells to expand even when an otherwise sufficient amount of apical, active actomyosin is present, and models show that this behaviour is a general emergent property of actomyOSin networks [in a supracellular context, in accordance with experimental observations of actin reorganisation within stretching cells.
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Source: ORCID
Added: October 16, 2020
2020 journal article
Parameterizing cell movement when the instantaneous cell migration velocity is ill-defined
Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and Its Applications.
Contributors: J. Belmonte n
author keywords: Cell migration; Furth equation
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Source: ORCID
Added: May 4, 2020
2019 article
A Mechanical Model of Early Somite Segmentation
(2019, October 13).
Contributors: P. Adhyapok *, A. Piatkowska, M. Norman n, S. Clendenon *, C. Stern, J. Glazier *, J. Belmonte n
Source: ORCID
Added: March 1, 2022
2018 journal article
A disassembly-driven mechanism explains F-actin-mediated chromosome transport in starfish oocytes
ELife, 7.
Contributors: P. Bun *, S. Dmitrieff *, J. Belmonte *, F. Nédélec * & P. Lénárt *
MeSH headings : Actins / metabolism; Animals; Biological Transport; Chromosomes / metabolism; Computer Simulation; Meiosis; Models, Biological; Oocytes / physiology; Starfish
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
14. Life Below Water
(OpenAlex)
Source: ORCID
Added: February 7, 2019
2018 journal article
Fibroblast state switching orchestrates dermal maturation and wound healing
Molecular Systems Biology, 14(8).
Contributors: null
author keywords: dermis development; fibroblast states; mathematical modelling; tissue architecture; wound healing
MeSH headings : Animals; Cell Lineage / genetics; Cell Movement / genetics; Cell Proliferation / genetics; Cells, Cultured; Dermis / growth & development; Dermis / metabolism; Extracellular Matrix / genetics; Fibroblasts / cytology; Fibroblasts / metabolism; Humans; Mice; Skin / growth & development; Skin / metabolism; Wound Healing / genetics
TL;DR:
A mathematical model in which a negative feedback loop between extracellular matrix (ECM) deposition and fibroblast proliferation determines dermal architecture is proposed, which faithfully recapitulates dermal maturation and shows that tissue-scale coordination is driven by the interdependence of cell proliferation and ECM deposition.
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Source: ORCID
Added: July 29, 2021
2018 journal article
Polarity sorting drives remodeling of actin-myosin networks
Journal of Cell Science.
Contributors: V. Wollrab*, J. Belmonte *, L. Baldauf *, M. Leptin *, F. Nédeléc * & G. Koenderink *
author keywords: Actin cytoskeleton; Actin-myosin contraction; Active gel; Cell cortex; Myosin end-dwelling; Polarity sorting
MeSH headings : Actin Cytoskeleton / chemistry; Actins / physiology; Actomyosin / physiology; Cell Movement / physiology; Computer Simulation; Cytoskeletal Proteins / physiology; Cytoskeleton / physiology; Models, Biological; Muscle Contraction / physiology; Myosins / physiology
TL;DR:
Experiments combined with simulations show that myosin-2 motors drive actin network contraction via a polarity-sorting mechanism that relies on dwelling of myosins at the plus end of actin filaments.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Source: ORCID
Added: February 7, 2019
2017 journal article
A Notch positive feedback in the intestinal stem cell niche is essential for stem cell self‐renewal
Molecular Systems Biology, 13(4), 927.
Contributors: K. Chen *, T. Srinivasan*, K. Tung*, J. Belmonte *, L. Wang *, P. Murthy *, J. Choi *, . al.
author keywords: gene editing; intestine stem cell; Notch signaling; organoid; positive feedback
MeSH headings : Animals; Binding Sites; Cell Self Renewal; Feedback, Physiological; Humans; Intestinal Mucosa / metabolism; Intestines / cytology; Mice; Mutation; Organoids / metabolism; Receptor, Notch1 / chemistry; Receptor, Notch1 / genetics; Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled / metabolism; Signal Transduction; Stem Cell Niche; Stochastic Processes; Systems Biology / methods
TL;DR:
Dynamical system analysis and agent‐based multiscale stochastic modeling suggest that the positive feedback enhances the robustness of Notch‐mediated niche patterning and highlights the importance of feedback mechanisms in spatiotemporal control of the stem cell niche.
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Source: ORCID
Added: February 7, 2019
2017 journal article
A theory that predicts behaviors of disordered cytoskeletal networks
Molecular Systems Biology, 13(9), 941.
Contributors: J. Belmonte *, M. Leptin *, F. Nédélec *, J. Belmonte & N. François
author keywords: actin; active gel; cell cortex; contractility; morphogenesis
MeSH headings : Actomyosin / chemistry; Algorithms; Animals; Cytoskeleton / chemistry; Cytoskeleton / metabolism; Models, Biological; Systems Biology / methods
TL;DR:
A theory that predicts whether an isotropic network will contract, expand, or conserve its dimensions is described and it is suggested that pulsatility is an intrinsic behavior of contractile networks if the filaments are not stable but turn over.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
16. Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
(OpenAlex)
Source: ORCID
Added: February 7, 2019
2017 article
A theory that predicts behaviors of disordered cytoskeletal networks
Belmonte, J., Leptin, M., & François, N. (2017, May 16).
Source: ORCID
Added: August 8, 2024
2016 journal article
A Liver-Centric Multiscale Modeling Framework for Xenobiotics
PLOS ONE, 11(9), e0162428.
Contributors: J. Belmonte *
Ed(s): E. Schmidt
MeSH headings : Acetaminophen / pharmacology; Liver / drug effects; Liver / metabolism; Models, Theoretical; Programming Languages; Xenobiotics
TL;DR:
This work describes a multi-scale, liver-centric in silico modeling framework for acetaminophen pharmacology and metabolism and uses the Systems Biology Markup Language (SBML) to create both the whole-body and sub-cellular scales.
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Source: ORCID
Added: February 7, 2019
2016 journal article
Filopodial-Tension Model of Convergent-Extension of Tissues
PLOS Computational Biology, 12(6), e1004952.
Contributors: J. Belmonte *
Ed(s): T. Tusscher
MeSH headings : Animals; Cell Adhesion / physiology; Cell Polarity / physiology; Computer Simulation; Elastic Modulus / physiology; Embryonic Development / physiology; Feedback, Physiological / physiology; Humans; Mechanotransduction, Cellular / physiology; Models, Biological; Pseudopodia / physiology; Stress, Mechanical; Tensile Strength / physiology
TL;DR:
A cell-based CE model based on asymmetric filopodial tension forces between cells is proposed and addition of a simple mechanical feedback between cells fully rescues and even improves CE of tissues with high levels of polarity misalignments.
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Source: ORCID
Added: February 7, 2019
2016 journal article
Large-scale microtubule networks contract quite well
Elife, 5.
Contributors: J. Belmonte * & F. Nedelec *
MeSH headings : Actins; Dyneins; Microtubules
TL;DR:
The quantitative investigation of how networks of microtubules contract can boost the understanding of actin biology and help clarify the role of “spatially aggregating particles” in actinogenesis.
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Source: ORCID
Added: February 7, 2019
2016 journal article
Virtual-tissue computer simulations define the roles of cell adhesion and proliferation in the onset of kidney cystic disease
Molecular Biology of the Cell, 27(22), 3673–3685.
Contributors: J. Belmonte *, S. Clendenon *, G. Oliveira *, M. Swat *, E. Greene*, S. Jeyaraman*, J. Glazier *, R. Bacallao *
MeSH headings : Animals; Cadherins / metabolism; Cell Adhesion / physiology; Cell Culture Techniques; Cell Proliferation / physiology; Computer Simulation / statistics & numerical data; Cysts / metabolism; Humans; Kidney / metabolism; Mutation; Polycystic Kidney, Autosomal Dominant / metabolism; Signal Transduction
TL;DR:
Virtual-tissue modeling is used to model emergent cyst growth in polycystic kidney disease and shows that decreased cell adhesion is necessary to produce stalk cysts and loss of contact inhibition causes saccular cysts.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(OpenAlex)
Source: ORCID
Added: February 7, 2019
2015 journal article
3D simulations of wet foam coarsening evidence a self similar growth regime
Colloids and Surfaces a-Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 473, 109–114.
Contributors: G. Thomas *, J. Belmonte *, F. Graner *, J. Glazier * & R. Almeida *
author keywords: Liquid foams; Foam coarsening; Potts model simulations
TL;DR:
All simulations eventually reach a self-similar growth regime, with the distribution functions time independent and the number of bubbles decreasing with time as a power law whose exponent depends on the wetness.
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Source: ORCID
Added: February 7, 2019
2014 journal article
Somites Without a Clock
Science, 343(6172), 791–795.
Contributors: A. Dias*, I. Almeida *, J. Belmonte *, J. Glazier * & C. Stern *
MeSH headings : Animals; Bone Morphogenetic Proteins / antagonists & inhibitors; CLOCK Proteins / genetics; Carrier Proteins / pharmacology; Cell Communication; Circadian Clocks / drug effects; Circadian Clocks / genetics; Circadian Clocks / physiology; Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; Homeodomain Proteins / genetics; Homeodomain Proteins / metabolism; Metabolic Networks and Pathways; Quail; Receptors, Notch / metabolism; Somites / cytology; Somites / drug effects; Somites / growth & development
TL;DR:
It is shown that it is possible to generate somites of normal size, shape, and identity without either a clock or a wavefront and the findings suggest that somite size and shape are regulated by local cell-cell interactions.
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Source: ORCID
Added: February 7, 2019
2012 journal article
Multi-Scale Modeling of Tissues Using CompuCell3D
Computational Methods in Cell Biology, 110, 325–366.
Contributors: M. Swat *, G. Thomas *, J. Belmonte *, A. Shirinifard *, D. Hmeljak*, J. Glazier *, A. Asthagiri, A. Arkin
MeSH headings : Algorithms; Cell Adhesion; Cell Death; Cell Movement; Cell Proliferation; Chemotaxis; Computer Simulation; Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells / cytology; Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells / metabolism; Humans; Models, Biological; Monte Carlo Method; Neoplasms, Vascular Tissue / blood supply; Neoplasms, Vascular Tissue / pathology; Neovascularization, Pathologic; Software; Thermodynamics; Tissue Engineering; Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A / metabolism
TL;DR:
This tutorial introduces the lattice-based Glazier-Graner-Hogeweg (GGH) Monte Carlo multi-cell modeling and the open-source GGH-based CompuCell3D simulation environment that allows rapid and intuitive modeling and simulation of cellular and multi- cellular behaviors in the context of tissue formation and subsequent dynamics.
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Source: ORCID
Added: February 7, 2019
2011 journal article
A Multi-cell, Multi-scale Model of Vertebrate Segmentation and Somite Formation
Plos Computational Biology, 7(10).
Contributors: S. Hester*, J. Belmonte *, J. Gens *, S. Clendenon * & J. Glazier *
MeSH headings : Animals; Biological Clocks; Body Patterning; Cell Adhesion; Cell Adhesion Molecules / genetics; Cell Adhesion Molecules / metabolism; Cell Division; Cell Movement; Computational Biology; Fibroblast Growth Factor 8 / genetics; Fibroblast Growth Factor 8 / metabolism; Gene Expression Regulation; Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins / genetics; Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins / metabolism; Membrane Proteins / genetics; Membrane Proteins / metabolism; Mesoderm / cytology; Mesoderm / embryology; Mesoderm / metabolism; Models, Biological; RNA, Messenger / genetics; RNA, Messenger / metabolism; Receptors, Notch / genetics; Receptors, Notch / metabolism; Signal Transduction; Somites / cytology; Somites / embryology; Somites / metabolism; Wnt3A Protein / genetics; Wnt3A Protein / metabolism
TL;DR:
An integrated clock-and-wavefront model is built including submodels of the intracellular segmentation clock, intercellular segmentation-clock coupling via Delta/Notch signaling, an FGF8 determination front, delayed differentiation, clock- wavefront readout, and differential-cell- cell-adhesion-driven cell sorting to test the consistency, integrability and combined explanatory power of current prevailing hypotheses.
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Source: ORCID
Added: February 7, 2019
2008 journal article
Self-propelled particle model for cell-sorting phenomena
Physical Review Letters, 100(24).
Contributors: J. Belmonte *, G. Thomas *, L. Brunnet *, R. Almeida * & H. Chate *
MeSH headings : Animals; Cell Adhesion / physiology; Cell Movement / physiology; Hydra / cytology; Hydra / physiology; Models, Biological; Regeneration / physiology
TL;DR:
It is found that the tendency of cells to actively follow their neighbors greatly reduces segregation time scales, and clear algebraic growth laws as in physical phase-ordering processes are revealed, albeit with unusual scaling exponents.
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Source: ORCID
Added: February 7, 2019
Employment
Updated: October 13th, 2019 17:06
2018 - present
North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC, US
Assistant Professor
Physics
2014 - 2018
European Molecular Biology Laboratory Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, DE
Postdoc
Education
Updated: January 4th, 2016 04:22
Indiana University Bloomington Bloomington, IN, US
PhD
Physics
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul Porto Alegre, RS, BR
Master
Physics
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul Porto Alegre, RS, BR
Bachelor
Physics
Funding History
Funding history based on the linked ORCID record. Updated: August 6th, 2024 15:24
salary-award
January 1, 2015
Embryo-scale characterization and modeling of tissue dynamics during Drosophila gastrulation
EMBL Interdisciplinary Postdoc (EIPOD) Fellowship
award
CAREER: Computational and Theoretical Investigation of Actomyosin Contraction Systems
NSF PHY
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