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Marrying mechanics with spatial transcriptomics

A method infers tension from spatial transcriptomic data on single cells in tissue context.

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Fig. 1: Pipeline for integration of data on morphology, state and mechanics of single cells in issue context.

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Alexandre Francou, Woonyung Hur & Anna-Katerina Hadjantonakis

Center for Studies in Physics and Biology, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA

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Francou, A., Hur, W. & Hadjantonakis, AK. Marrying mechanics with spatial transcriptomics. Nat Methods (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41592-024-02491-4

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Published:19 March 2025

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