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Raphaël Voituriez
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Research interests

Stochastic dynamics of reactive and living systems

Presentation


Publications

2024

Friction forces determine cytoplasmic reorganization and shape changes of ascidian oocytes upon fertilization - Nature Physics (Jan. 2024)
S. Caballero-Mancebo, , A. Callan-Jones, , M. Peruzzo, , G. Szep, , I. Steccari, , D. Labrousse-Arias, , V. Zheden, , J. Merrin, , R. Voituriez , C.P. Heisenberg
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2023

Polarization and motility of one-dimensional multi-cellular trains - Biophysical Journal (Nov. 2023)
J.E. Ron, , J. d’Alesandro, , V. Cellerin, , R. Voituriez , B. Ladoux, , N.S. Gov
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Leftward, rightward, and complete exit-time distributions of jump processes - Physical review E (May. 2023)
J. Klinger , R. Voituriez , O. Benichou
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.107.054109
Imperfect narrow escape problem - Physical Review E (Mar. 2023)
T. Guérin, , M. Dolgushev, , O. Bénichou, , R. Voituriez
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2022

Cells as «Tom Thumbs» of living tissues - Medecine Sciences: M/S (Nov. 2022)
J. d'Alessandro, , A. Barbier-Chebbah, , R. Voituriez , B. Ladoux
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Splitting Probabilities of Symmetric Jump Processes - Physical Review Letters (Nov. 2022)
J. Klinger, , R. Voituriez , O. Bénichou
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Self-generated gradients steer collective migration on viscoelastic collagen networks - Nature Materials (Oct. 2022)
A. G Clark, , A. Maitra, , C. Jacques, , M. Bergert, , C. Pérez-González, , A. Simon, , L. Lederer, , A. Diz-Muñoz, , X. Trepat, , R. Voituriez , D. Matic Vignjevic
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Cell clusters adopt a collective amoeboid mode of migration in confined nonadhesive environments - Science Advances (Sep. 2022)
D.L. Pagès, , E. Dornier, , J. De Seze, , E. Gontran, , A. Maitra, , A. Maciejewski, , L. Wang, , R. Luan, , J. Cartry, , C. Canet-Jourdan, , J. Raingeaud, , G. Lemahieu, , M. Lebel, , M. Ducreux, , M. Gelli, , J.Y. Scoazec, , M. Coppey, , R. Voituriez , M. Piel, , F. Jaulin
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Everlasting impact of initial perturbations on first-passage times of non-Markovian random walks - Nature Communications (Sep. 2022)
N. Levernier, , T. Mendes, , O. Bénichou, , R. Voituriez , T. Guérin
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Intermittent attractive interactions lead to microphase separation in nonmotile active matter - Physical Review E (Sep. 2022)
H. Alston, , A.O. Parry, , R. Voituriez , T. Bertrand
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Cytoplasmic forces functionally reorganize nuclear condensates in oocytes - Nature communications (Aug. 2022)
A. Al Jord, , G. Letort, , S. Chanet, , F.C. Tsai, , C. Antoniewski, , A. Eichmuller, , C. Da Silva, , J.R. Huynh, , N.S. Gov, , R. Voituriez , M.E. Terret, , M.H. Verlhac
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Elasticity of podosome actin networks produces nanonewton protrusive forces - Nature communications (Jul. 2022)
M. Jasnin, , J. Hervy, , S. Balor, , A. Bouissou, , A. Proag, , R. Voituriez , J. Schneider, , T. Mangeat, , I. Maridonneau-Parini, , W. Baumeister, ` , S. Dmitrieff, , R. Poincloux
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Self-interacting random walks: Aging, exploration, and first-passage times - Physical Review X (Mar. 2022)
A. Barbier-Chebbah, , O. Bénichou, , R. Voituriez
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Joint statistics of space and time exploration of one-dimensional random walks - Physical Review E (Mar. 2022)
J. Klinger, , A. Barbier-Chebbah, , R. Voituriez , O. Bénichou
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2021

Universal kinetics of imperfect reactions in confinement - Communications chemistry (Nov. 2021)
T. Guérin, , M. Dolgushev, , O. Bénichou, , R. Voituriez
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Cell migration guided by long-lived spatial memory - Nature Communications (Jul. 2021)
J. D’alessandro, , A. Barbier--Chebbah, , V. Cellerin, , O. Benichou, , R.M. Mège, , R. Voituriez , B. Ladoux
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Universality classes of hitting probabilities of jump processes - Physical Review Letters (Mar. 2021)
N. Levernier, , O. Bénichou, , R. Voituriez
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Distribution of the span of one-dimensional confined random processes before hitting a target - Physical Review E (Mar. 2021)
J. Klinger, , R. Voituriez , O. Bénichou
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Reply to “Comment on ‘Inverse Square Lévy Walks are not Optimal Search Strategies for d>=2”’ - Physical review letters (Jan. 2021)
N. Levernier, , J. Textor, , O. Bénichou, , R. Voituriez
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2020

Anomalous persistence exponents for normal yet aging diffusion - Physical Review E (Dec. 2020)
A. Barbier–Chebbah, , O. Benichou, , R. Voituriez
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Chiral active hexatics: Giant number fluctuations, waves, and destruction of order - Physical Review Letters (Dec. 2020)
A. Maitra, , M. Lenz, , R. Voituriez
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One-dimensional cell motility patterns - Physical review research (Aug. 2020)
J.E. Ron, , P. Monzo, , N.C. Gauthier, , R. Voituriez , N.S. Gov
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Cell stretching is amplified by active actin remodelling to deform and recruit proteins in mechanosensitive structures - Nature cell biology (Aug. 2020)
S. Massou, , F.N. Vicente, , F. Wetzel, , A. Mehidi, , D. Strehle, , C. Leduc, , R. Voituriez , O. Rossier, , P. Nassoy, , G. Giannone
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Cellular locomotion using environmental topography - Nature (Jun. 2020)
A. Reversat, , F. Gaertner, , J. Merrin, , J. Stopp, , S. Tasciyan, , J. Aguilera, , I. De Vries, , R. Hauschild, , M. Hons, , M. Piel, , A. Callan-Jones, , R. Voituriez , M. Sixt
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Collective dynamics of focal adhesions regulate direction of cell motion - Cell Systems (Jun. 2020)
S. Lo Vecchio, , R. Thiagarajan, , D. Caballero, , V. Vigon, , L. Navoret, , R. Voituriez , D. Riveline
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Cell response to substrate rigidity is regulated by active and passive cytoskeletal stress - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (Jun. 2020)
B.L. Doss, , M. Pan, , M. Gupta, , G. Grenci, , R.M. Mège, , C.T. Lim, , M.P. Sheetz, , R. Voituriez , B. Ladoux
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Kinetics of rare events for non-Markovian stationary processes and application to polymer dynamics - Physical Review Research (Mar. 2020)
N. Levernier, , O. Bénichou, , R. Voituriez , T. Guérin
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Active diffusion in oocytes nonspecifically centers large objects during prophase I and meiosis I - Journal of Cell Biology (Mar. 2020)
A. Colin, , G. Letort, , N. Razin, , M. Almonacid, , W. Ahmed, , T. Betz, , M.E. Terret, , N.S. Gov, , R. Voituriez , Z. Gueroui, , M.H. Verlhac
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Inverse Square Lévy Walks are not Optimal Search Strategies for d>=2 - Physical review letters (Feb. 2020)
N. Levernier, , J. Textor, , O. Bénichou, , R. Voituriez
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Motility and morphodynamics of confined cells - Physical Review E (Feb. 2020)
I. Lavi, , N. Meunier, , R. Voituriez , J. Casademunt
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Enhanced Orientational Ordering Induced by an Active yet Isotropic Bath - Physical Review Letters (Jan. 2020)
A. Maitra, , R. Voituriez
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Stick-slip dynamics of cell adhesion triggers spontaneous symmetry breaking and directional migration of mesenchymal cells on one-dimensional lines - Science Advances (Jan. 2020)
K. Hennig, , I. Wang, , P. Moreau, , L. Valon, , S. DeBeco, , M. Coppey, , Y. Miroshnikova, , C. Albiges-Rizo, , C. Favard, , R. Voituriez , M. Balland
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2019

Nonlinear diffusion and hyperuniformity from Poisson representation in systems with interaction mediated dynamics - New Journal of Physics (Dec. 2019)
T. Bertrand, , D. Chatenay, , R. Voituriez
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MT1-MMP directs force-producing proteolytic contacts that drive tumor cell invasion - Nature communications (Oct. 2019)
R. Ferrari, , G. Martin, , O. Tagit, , A. Guichard, , A. Cambi, , R. Voituriez , S. Vassilopoulos, , P. Chavrier
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Active fluctuations of the nuclear envelope shape the transcriptional dynamics in oocytes - Developmental Cell (Oct. 2019)
M. Almonacid, , A. Al Jord, , S. El-Hayek, , A. Othmani, , F. Coulpier, , S. Lemoine, , K. Miyamoto, , R. Grosse, , C. Klein, , T. Piolot, , P. Mailly, , R. Voituriez , A. Genovesio, , M.H. Verlhac
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Cellular blebs and membrane invaginations are coupled through membrane tension buffering - Biophysical Journal (Oct. 2019)
I. Lavi, , M. Goudarzi, , E. Raz, , N.S. Gov, , R. Voituriez , P. Sens
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Tunable corrugated patterns in an active nematic sheet - PNAS (Oct. 2019)
A. Senoussi , S. Kashida , R. Voituriez , J.C. Galas , A. Maitra , A. Estevez-Torres
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1073/pnas.1912223116
Diffusion through Nanopores in Connected Lipid Bilayer Networks - Phys. Rev. Lett. (Aug. 2019)
M. Valet , L.L. Pontani , R. Voituriez , E. Wandersman , A. Prevost
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.088101
Survival probability of stochastic processes beyond persistence exponents - Nature communications (Jul. 2019)
N. Levernier, , M. Dolgushev, , O. Bénichou, , R. Voituriez , T. Guérin
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Actomyosin-driven force patterning controls endocytosis at the immune synapse - Nature Communications (Jun. 2019)
A. Kumari, , J. Pineau, , P.J. Sáez, , M. Maurin, , D. Lankar, , M. San Roman, , K. Hennig, , V.F. Boura, , R. Voituriez , M. Balland, , A.M. Lennon Dumenil, , P. Pierobon
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Large-scale curvature sensing by directional actin flow drives cellular migration mode switching - Nature physics (Apr. 2019)
T. Chen, , A. Callan-Jones, , E. Fedorov, , A. Ravasio, , A. Brugués, , H. Ting Ong, , Y. Toyama, , B. Chuan Low, , X. Trepat, , T. Shemesh, , R. Voituriez , B. Ladoux
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Macropinocytosis overcomes directional bias in dendritic cells due to hydraulic resistance and facilitates space exploration - Dev Cell (Apr. 2019)
H.D. Moreau, , C. Blanch-Mercader, , R. Attia, , M. Maurin, , Z. Alraies, , D. Sanseau, , O. Malbec, , M.G. Delgado, , P. Bousso, , J.F. Joanny, , R. Voituriez , M. Piel, , A.M. Lennon-Duménil
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Signatures of motor susceptibility to forces in the dynamics of a tracer particle in an active gel - Physical Review E (Feb. 2019)
N. Razin, , R. Voituriez , N.S. Gov
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Cell shape and substrate stiffness drive actin-based cell polarity - Physical Review E (Jan. 2019)
M. Gupta, , B.L. Doss, , L. Kocgozlu, , M. Pan, , R.M. Mège, , A. Callan-Jones, , R. Voituriez , B. Ladoux
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2018

Tracer diffusion in crowded narrow channels - J. Phys.-Condes. Matter (Nov. 2018)
O. Benichou , P. Illien , G. Oshanin , A. Sarracino , R. Voituriez
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1088/1361-648X/aae13a
Universal first-passage statistics in aging media - Phys. Rev. E (Aug. 2018)
N. Levernier , O. Benichou , T. Guerin , R. Voituriez
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.98.022125
Integrating Physical and Molecular Insights on Immune Cell Migration - Trends Immunol. (Aug. 2018)
H.D. Moreau , M. Piel , R. Voituriez , A.M. Lennon-Dumenil
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1016/j.it.2018.04.007
Directed Flow of Micromotors through Alignment Interactions with Micropatterned Ratchets - ACS Nano (Jul. 2018)
J. Katuri , D. Caballero , R. Voituriez , J. Samitier , S. Sanchez
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1021/acsnano.8b03494
Intermittent Pili-Mediated Forces Fluidize Neisseria meningitidis Aggregates Promoting Vascular Colonization - Cell (Jun. 2018)
D. Bonazzi , V. Lo Schiavo , S. Machata , I. Djafer-Cherif , P. Nivoit , V. Manriquez , H. Tanimoto , J. Husson , N. Henry , H. Chate , R. Voituriez , G. Dumenil
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1016/j.cell.2018.04.010
Ependymal cilia beating induces an actin network to protect centrioles against shear stress - Nat. Commun. (Jun. 2018)
A. Mahuzier , A. Shihavuddin , C. Fournier , P. Lansade , M. Faucourt , N. Menezes , A. Meunier , M. Garfa-Traore , M.F. Carlier , R. Voituriez , A. Genovesio , N. Spassky , N. Delgehyr
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1038/s41467-018-04676-w
Nonequilibrium Fluctuations and Enhanced Diffusion of a Driven Particle in a Dense Environment - Phys. Rev. Lett. (May. 2018)
P. Illien , O. Benichou , G. Oshanin , A. Sarracino , R. Voituriez
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.200606
Optimized Diffusion of Run-and-Tumble Particles in Crowded Environments - Physical Review Letters (May. 2018)
T. Bertrand , Y. Zhao , O. Bénichou , J. Tailleur , R. Voituriez
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.198103
Time rescaling reproduces EEG behavior during transition from propofol anesthesia-induced unconsciousness to consciousness - Sci Rep (Apr. 2018)
S. Boussen , A. Spiegler , C. Benar , M. Carrere , F. Bartolomei , P. Metellus , R. Voituriez , L. Velly , N. Bruder , A. Trebuchon
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1038/s41598-018-24405-z

2017

Analysis of a nonlocal and nonlinear fokker planck model for cell crawling migration - SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics (Dec. 2017)
C. Etchegaray , N. Meunier , R. Voituriez
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Forces in inhomogeneous open active-particle systems - PHYSICAL REVIEW E (Nov. 2017)
N. Razin , R. Voituriez , J. Elgeti , N.S. Gov
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.96.052409
Generalized Archimedes' principle in active fluids - PHYSICAL REVIEW E (Sep. 2017)
N. Razin , R. Voituriez , J. Elgeti , N.S. Gov
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.96.032606
Myofibril contraction and crosslinking drive nuclear movement to the periphery of skeletal muscle - NATURE CELL BIOLOGY (Sep. 2017)
W. Roman , J.P. Martins , F.A. Carvalho , R. Voituriez , J.V.G. Abella , N.C. Santos , B. Cadot , M. Way , E.R. Gomes
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1038/ncb3605
Mean first-passage time of an anisotropic diffusive searcher - JOURNAL OF PHYSICS A-MATHEMATICAL AND THEORETICAL (Jan. 2017)
N. Levernier , O. Benichou , R. Voituriez
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1088/1751-8121/50/2/024001

2016

Deterministic patterns in cell motility - Nature Physics (Dec. 2016)
I. Lavi , M. Piel , A.M. Lennon-Dumenil , R. Voituriez , N.S. Gov
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1038/NPHYS3836
Single cell rigidity sensing: A complex relationship between focal adhesion dynamics and large-scale actin cytoskeleton remodeling - CELL ADHESION \& MIGRATION (Sep. 2016)
M. Gupta , B. Doss , C.T. Lim , R. Voituriez , B. Ladoux
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1080/19336918.2016.1173800
Active Particles with Soft and Curved Walls: Equation of State, Ratchets, and Instabilities - PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS (Aug. 2016)
N. Nikola , A.P. Solon , Y. Kafri , M. Kardar , J. Tailleur , R. Voituriez
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.098001
Optimal search strategies of run-and-tumble walks - PHYSICAL REVIEW E (Jul. 2016)
J.F. Rupprecht , O. Benichou , R. Voituriez
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.94.012117
Mean first-passage times of non-Markovian random walkers in confinement - NATURE (Jun. 2016)
T. Guerin , N. Levernier , O. Benichou , R. Voituriez
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1038/nature18272
ESCRT III repairs nuclear envelope ruptures during cell migration to limit DNA damage and cell death - SCIENCE (Apr. 2016)
M. Raab , M. Gentili , H. de Belly , H.R. Thiam , P. Vargas , A.J. Jimenez , F. Lautenschlaeger , R. Voituriez , A.M. Lennon-Dumenil , N. Manel , M. Piel
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1126/science.aad7611
Nonlinear response and emerging nonequilibrium microstructures for biased diffusion in confined crowded environments - PHYSICAL REVIEW E (Mar. 2016)
O. Benichou , P. Illien , G. Oshanin , A. Sarracino , R. Voituriez
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.93.032128
Cortical Flow-Driven Shapes of Non-Adherent Cells - BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL (Feb. 2016)
A. Callan-Jones , V. Ruprecht , S. Wieser , C.P. Heisenberg , R. Voituriez
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1016/j.bpj.2015.11.3348
Actin flows in cell migration: from locomotion and polarity to trajectories - CURRENT OPINION IN CELL BIOLOGY (Feb. 2016)
A.C. Callan-Jones , R. Voituriez
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1016/j.ceb.2016.01.003
Cortical Flow-Driven Shapes of Nonadherent Cells - PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS (Jan. 2016)
A. Callan-Jones , V. Ruprecht , S. Wieser , C.P. Heisenberg , R. Voituriez
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.028102
ESCRT III Repairs Nuclear Envelope Rupture During Confined Cell Migration to Limit DNA Damage and Cell Death. - (Jan. 2016)
M. Raab , M. Gentili , H. De Belly , H.R. Thiam , R. Attia , P. Vargas , F. Lautenschlaeger , R. Voituriez , A. Jimenez , A. Lennon-Dumenil , N. Manel , M. Piel
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1126/science.aad7611
F-actin mechanics control spindle centring in the mouse zygote - NATURE COMMUNICATIONS (Jan. 2016)
A. Chaigne , C. Campillo , R. Voituriez , N.S. Gov , C. Sykes , M.H. Verlhac , M.E. Terret
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1038/ncomms10253
Innate control of actin nucleation determines two distinct migration behaviours in dendritic cells - NATURE CELL BIOLOGY (Jan. 2016)
P. Vargas , P. Maiuri , M. Bretou , P.J. Saez , P. Pierobon , M. Maurin , M. Chabaud , D. Lankar , D. Obino , E. Terriac , M. Raab , H.R. Thiam , T. Brocker , S.M. Kitchen-Goosen , A.S. Alberts , P. Sunareni , S. Xia , R. Li , R. Voituriez , M. Piel , A.M. Lennon-Dumenil
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1038/ncb3284

2015

Ratchetaxis: Long-Range Directed Cell Migration by Local Cues - TRENDS IN CELL BIOLOGY (Dec. 2015)
D. Caballero , J. Comelles , M. Piel , R. Voituriez , D. Riveline
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1016/j.tcb.2015.10.009
Mean exit time for surface-mediated diffusion: spectral analysis and asymptotic behavior - ANALYSIS AND MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS (Dec. 2015)
O. Benichou , D.S. Grebenkov , L. Hillairet , L. Phun , R. Voituriez , M. Zinsmeister
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1007/s13324-015-0098-0
Non-Markovian closure kinetics of flexible polymers with hydrodynamic interactions - JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS (Nov. 2015)
N. Levernier , M. Dolgushev , O. Benichou , A. Blumen , T. Guerin , R. Voituriez
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1063/1.4935966
Diffusion and Subdiffusion of Interacting Particles on Comblike Structures - PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS (Nov. 2015)
O. Benichou , P. Illien , G. Oshanin , A. Sarracino , R. Voituriez
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.220601
Contact Kinetics in Fractal Macromolecules - PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS (Nov. 2015)
M. Dolgushev , T. Guerin , A. Blumen , O. Benichou , R. Voituriez
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.208301
Contact Kinetics in Fractal Macromolecules - PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS (Nov. 2015)
M. Dolgushev , T. Guerin , A. Blumen , O. Benichou , R. Voituriez
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.208301
Distribution of the position of a driven tracer in a hardcore lattice gas - JOURNAL OF STATISTICAL MECHANICS-THEORY AND EXPERIMENT (Nov. 2015)
P. Illien , O. Benichou , G. Oshanin , R. Voituriez
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1088/1742-5468/2015/11/P11016
Distribution of the position of a driven tracer in a hardcore lattice gas - JOURNAL OF STATISTICAL MECHANICS-THEORY AND EXPERIMENT (Nov. 2015)
P. Illien , O. Benichou , G. Oshanin , R. Voituriez
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1088/1742-5468/2015/11/P11016
Cover times of random searches - NATURE PHYSICS (Oct. 2015)
M. Chupeau , O. Benichou , R. Voituriez
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1038/NPHYS3413
The cell ratchet: Interplay between efficient protrusions and adhesion determines cell motion - CELL ADHESION & MIGRATION (Sep. 2015)
D. Caballero , R. Voituriez , D. Riveline
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1080/19336918.2015.1061865
Cell migration and antigen capture are antagonistic processes coupled by myosin II in dendritic cells - NATURE COMMUNICATIONS (Aug. 2015)
M. Chabaud , M.L. Heuze , M. Bretou , P. Vargas , P. Maiuri , P. Solanes , M. Maurin , E. Terriac , M. Le Berre , D. Lankar , T. Piolot , R.S. Adelstein , Y. Zhang , M. Sixt , J. Jacobelli , O. Benichou , R. Voituriez , M. Piel , A.M. Lennon-Dumenil
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1038/ncomms9122
Probing the target search of DNA-binding proteins in mammalian cells using TetR as model searcher - NATURE COMMUNICATIONS (Jul. 2015)
D. Normanno , L. Boudarene , C. Dugast-Darzacq , J. Chen , C. Richter , F. Proux , O. Benichou , R. Voituriez , X. Darzacq , M. Dahan
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1038/ncomms8357
Cell migration and antigen capture are antagonistic processes coupled by myosin II in dendritic cells - NATURE COMMUNICATIONS (Jun. 2015)
M. Chabaud , M.L. Heuze , M. Bretou , P. Vargas , P. Maiuri , P. Solanes , M. Maurin , E. Terriac , M. Le Berre , D. Lankar , T. Piolot , R.S. Adelstein , Y. Zhang , M. Sixt , J. Jacobelli , O. Benichou , R. Voituriez , M. Piel , A.M. Lennon-Dumenil
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1038/ncomms8526
Adaptive rheology and ordering of cell cytoskeleton govern matrix rigidity sensing - NATURE COMMUNICATIONS (Jun. 2015)
M. Gupta , B.R. Sarangi , J. Deschamps , Y. Nematbakhsh , A. Callan-Jones , F. Margadant , R.M. Mege , C.T. Lim , R. Voituriez , B. Ladoux
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1038/ncomms8525
Mean first-passage times in confined media: from Markovian to non-Markovian processes - JOURNAL OF PHYSICS A-MATHEMATICAL AND THEORETICAL (Apr. 2015)
O. Benichou , T. Guerin , R. Voituriez
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1088/1751-8113/48/16/163001
Actin Flows Mediate a Universal Coupling between Cell Speed and Cell Persistence - Cell (Apr. 2015)
P. Maiuri , J.F. Rupprecht , S. Wieser , V. Ruprecht , O. Benichou , N. Carpi , M. Coppey , S. De Beco , N. Gov , C.P. Heisenberg , C.L. Crespo , F. Lautenschlaeger , M. Le Berre , A.M. Lennon-Dumenil , M. Raab , H.R. Thiam , M. Piel , M. Sixt , R. Voituriez
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1016/j.cell.2015.01.056
Actin Flows Mediate a Universal Coupling between Cell Speed and Cell Persistence - CELL (Apr. 2015)
P. Maiuri , J.F. Rupprecht , S. Wieser , V. Ruprecht , O. Benichou , N. Carpi , M. Coppey , S. De Beco , N. Gov , C.P. Heisenberg , C.L. Crespo , F. Lautenschlaeger , M. Le Berre , A.M. Lennon-Dumenil , M. Raab , H.R. Thiam , M. Piel , M. Sixt , R. Voituriez
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1016/j.cell.2015.01.056
Working Together: Spatial Synchrony in the Force and Actin Dynamics of Podosome First Neighbors - ACS NANO (Apr. 2015)
A. Proag , A. Bouissou , T. Mangeat , R. Voituriez , P. Delobelle , C. Thibault , C. Vieu , I. Maridonneau-Parini , R. Poincloux
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1021/nn506745r
Active diffusion positions the nucleus in mouse oocytes - NATURE CELL BIOLOGY (Apr. 2015)
M. Almonacid , W.W. Ahmed , M. Bussonnier , P. Mailly , T. Betz , R. Voituriez , N.S. Gov , M.H. Verlhac
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1038/ncb3131
Active diffusion positions the nucleus in mouse oocytes - NATURE CELL BIOLOGY (Apr. 2015)
M. Almonacid , W.W. Ahmed , M. Bussonnier , P. Mailly , T. Betz , R. Voituriez , N.S. Gov , M.H. Verlhac
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1038/ncb3131
Confinement and Low Adhesion Induce Fast Amoeboid Migration of Slow Mesenchymal Cells - Cell (Feb. 2015)
Y.J. Liu , M. Le Berre , F. Lautenschlaeger , P. Maiuri , A. Callan-Jones , M. Heuze , T. Takaki , R. Voituriez , M. Piel
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1016/j.cell.2015.01.007
Confinement and Low Adhesion Induce Fast Amoeboid Migration of Slow Mesenchymal Cells - CELL (Feb. 2015)
Y.J. Liu , M. Le Berre , F. Lautenschlaeger , P. Maiuri , A. Callan-Jones , M. Heuze , T. Takaki , R. Voituriez , M. Piel
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1016/j.cell.2015.01.007
Cortical Contractility Triggers a Stochastic Switch to Fast Amoeboid Cell Motility - CELL (Feb. 2015)
V. Ruprecht , S. Wieser , A. Callan-Jones , M. Smutny , H. Morita , K. Sako , V. Barone , M. Ritsch-Marte , M. Sixt , R. Voituriez , C.P. Heisenberg
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1016/j.cell.2015.01.008
Confinement and Low Adhesion Induce Fast Amoeboid Migration of Slow Mesenchymal Cells - CELL (Feb. 2015)
Y.J. Liu , M. Le Berre , F. Lautenschlaeger , P. Maiuri , A. Callan-Jones , M. Heuze , T. Takaki , R. Voituriez , M. Piel
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1016/j.cell.2015.01.007
Cortical Contractility Triggers a Stochastic Switch to Fast Amoeboid Cell Motility - CELL (Feb. 2015)
V. Ruprecht , S. Wieser , A. Callan-Jones , M. Smutny , H. Morita , K. Sako , V. Barone , M. Ritsch-Marte , M. Sixt , R. Voituriez , C.P. Heisenberg
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1016/j.cell.2015.01.008
Liposome Adhesion Generates Contractile Traction Stresses - BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL (Jan. 2015)
M.P. Murrell , R. Voituriez , J.F. Joanny , P. Nassoy , C. Sykes , M. Gardel
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1016/j.bpj.2014.11.1003
Exit Time Distribution in Spherically Symmetric Two-Dimensional Domains - JOURNAL OF STATISTICAL PHYSICS (Jan. 2015)
J.F. Rupprecht , O. Benichou , D.S. Grebenkov , R. Voituriez
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1007/s10955-014-1116-6
A narrow window of cortical tension guides asymmetric spindle positioning in the mouse oocyte - NATURE COMMUNICATIONS (Jan. 2015)
A. Chaigne , C. Campillo , N.S. Gov , R. Voituriez , C. Sykes , M.H. Verlhac , M.E. Terret
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1038/ncomms7027

2014

Microscopic Theory for Negative Differential Mobility in Crowded Environments - PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS (Dec. 2014)
O. Benichou , P. Illien , G. Oshanin , A. Sarracino , R. Voituriez
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.268002
Cyclization kinetics of Gaussian semiflexible polymer chains - PHYSICAL REVIEW E (Nov. 2014)
T. Guerin , M. Dolgushev , O. Benichou , R. Voituriez , A. Blumen
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.90.052601
Protrusion force microscopy reveals oscillatory force generation and mechanosensing activity of human macrophage podosomes - NATURE COMMUNICATIONS (Nov. 2014)
A. Labernadie , A. Bouissou , P. Delobelle , S. Balor , R. Voituriez , A. Proag , I. Fourquaux , C. Thibault , C. Vieu , R. Poincloux , G.M. Charriere , I. Maridonneau-Parini
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1038/ncomms6343
Cells as Active Particles in Asymmetric Potentials: Motility under External Gradients - BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL (Oct. 2014)
J. Comelles , D. Caballero , R. Voituriez , V. Hortigueela , V. Wollrab , A.L. Godeau , J. Samitier , E. Martinez , D. Riveline
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1016/j.bpj.2014.08.001
Velocity Anomaly of a Driven Tracer in a Confined Crowded Environment - PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS (Jul. 2014)
P. Illien , O. Benichou , G. Oshanin , R. Voituriez
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.030603
Gaussian semiflexible rings under angular and dihedral restrictions - JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS (Jul. 2014)
M. Dolgushev , T. Guerin , A. Blumen , O. Benichou , R. Voituriez
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1063/1.4885445
Protrusion Fluctuations Direct Cell Motion - BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL (Jul. 2014)
D. Caballero , R. Voituriez , D. Riveline
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1016/j.bpj.2014.05.002
From first-passage times of random walks in confinement to geometry-controlled kinetics - PHYSICS REPORTS-REVIEW SECTION OF PHYSICS LETTERS (Jun. 2014)
O. Benichou , R. Voituriez
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1016/j.physrep.2014.02.003
Mean cover time of one-dimensional persistent random walks - PHYSICAL REVIEW E (Jun. 2014)
M. Chupeau , O. Benichou , R. Voituriez
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.89.062129
Single-molecule tracking in live cells reveals distinct target-search strategies of transcription factors in the nucleus - ELIFE (Jun. 2014)
I. Izeddin , V. Recamier , L. Bosanac , I.I. Cisse , L. Boudarene , C. Dugast-Darzacq , F. Proux , O. Benichou , R. Voituriez , O. Bensaude , M. Dahan , X. Darzacq
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.7554/eLife.02230
Accelerating search kinetics by following boundaries - PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS (Jun. 2014)
T. Calandre , O. Benichou , R. Voituriez
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.230601
Active polar fluid flow in finite droplets - EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL E (Feb. 2014)
C.A. Whitfield , D. Marenduzzo , R. Voituriez , R.J. Hawkins
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1140/epje/i2014-14008-3
Liposome adhesion generates traction stress - NATURE PHYSICS (Feb. 2014)
M.P. Murrell , R. Voituriez , J.F. Joanny , P. Nassoy , C. Sykes , M.L. Gardel
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1038/NPHYS2855
Splitting probabilities and interfacial territory covered by two-dimensional and three-dimensional surface-mediated diffusion - PHYSICAL REVIEW E (Jan. 2014)
T. Calandre , O. Benichou , D.S. Grebenkov , R. Voituriez
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.89.012149
First-Passage Statistics for Random Walks in Bounded Domains - FIRST-PASSAGE PHENOMENA AND THEIR APPLICATIONS (Jan. 2014)
R. Voituriez , O. Benichou
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:
First-Passage Times of Intermittent Random Walks - FIRST-PASSAGE PHENOMENA AND THEIR APPLICATIONS (Jan. 2014)
O. Benichou , R. Voituriez
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:

2013

Geometry-Induced Superdiffusion in Driven Crowded Systems - PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS (Dec. 2013)
O. Benichou , A. Bodrova , D. Chakraborty , P. Illien , A. Law , C. Mejia-Monasterio , G. Oshanin , R. Voituriez
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.260601
Cell-sized liposomes reveal how actomyosin cortical tension drives shape change (vol 110, pg 16456, 2013) - PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Dec. 2013)
K. Carvalho , F.C. Tsai , E. Lees , R. Voituriez , G.H. Koenderink , C. Sykes
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1073/pnas.1320628110
Geometric Friction Directs Cell Migration - PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS (Nov. 2013)
M. Le Berre , Y.J. Liu , J. Hu , P. Maiuri , O. Benichou , R. Voituriez , Y. Chen , M. Piel
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.198101
Migration of dendritic cells: physical principles, molecular mechanisms, and functional implications - IMMUNOLOGICAL REVIEWS (Nov. 2013)
M.L. Heuze , P. Vargas , M. Chabaud , M. Le Berre , Y.J. Liu , O. Collin , P. Solanes , R. Voituriez , M. Piel , A.M. Lennon-Dumenil
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1111/imr.12108
Cell-sized liposomes reveal how actomyosin cortical tension drives shape change - PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Oct. 2013)
K. Carvalho , F.C. Tsai , E. Lees , R. Voituriez , G.H. Koenderink , C. Sykes
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1073/pnas.1221524110
A soft cortex is essential for asymmetric spindle positioning in mouse oocytes - NATURE CELL BIOLOGY (Aug. 2013)
A. Chaigne , C. Campillo , N.S. Gov , R. Voituriez , J. Azoury , C. Umana-Diaz , M. Almonacid , I. Queguiner , P. Nassoy , C. Sykes , M.H. Verlhac , M.E. Terret
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1038/ncb2799
Active Transport in Dense Diffusive Single-File Systems - PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS (Jul. 2013)
P. Illien , O. Benichou , C. Mejia-Monasterio , G. Oshanin , R. Voituriez
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.038102
The shadow principle: An optimal survival strategy for a prey chased by random predators - PHYSICA A-STATISTICAL MECHANICS AND ITS APPLICATIONS (Jul. 2013)
M. Moreau , O. Benichou , G. Oshanin , R. Voituriez
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1016/j.physa.2013.02.020
Fluctuations and correlations of a driven tracer in a hard-core lattice gas - PHYSICAL REVIEW E (Mar. 2013)
O. Benichou , P. Illien , G. Oshanin , R. Voituriez
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.87.032164
Reactive conformations and non-Markovian reaction kinetics of a Rouse polymer searching for a target in confinement - PHYSICAL REVIEW E (Mar. 2013)
T. Guerin , O. Benichou , R. Voituriez
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.87.032601
Reactive conformations and non-Markovian cyclization kinetics of a Rouse polymer - JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS (Mar. 2013)
T. Guerin , O. Benichou , R. Voituriez
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1063/1.4792437
Active gel model of amoeboid cell motility - NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS (Feb. 2013)
A.C. Callan-Jones , R. Voituriez
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1088/1367-2630/15/2/025022

2012

Spatial log-periodic oscillations of first-passage observables in fractals - PHYSICAL REVIEW E (Dec. 2012)
E. Akkermans , O. Benichou , G.V. Dunne , A. Teplyaev , R. Voituriez
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.86.061125
Exact mean exit time for surface-mediated diffusion - PHYSICAL REVIEW E (Oct. 2012)
J.F. Rupprecht , O. Benichou , D.S. Grebenkov , R. Voituriez
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.86.041135
Reaction kinetics of A plus B -> 0 - JOURNAL OF PHYSICS A-MATHEMATICAL AND THEORETICAL (Oct. 2012)
C.P. Haynes , R. Voituriez , O. Benichou
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1088/1751-8113/45/41/415001
Front acceleration by dynamic selection in Fisher population waves - PHYSICAL REVIEW E (Oct. 2012)
O. Benichou , V. Calvez , N. Meunier , R. Voituriez
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.86.041908
Taylor dispersion with adsorption and desorption - PHYSICAL REVIEW E (Sep. 2012)
M. Levesque , O. Benichou , R. Voituriez , B. Rotenberg
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.86.036316
Invasion fronts with variable motility: Phenotype selection, spatial sorting and wave acceleration - COMPTES RENDUS MATHEMATIQUE (Aug. 2012)
E. Bouin , V. Calvez , N. Meunier , S. Mirrahimi , B. Perthame , G. Raoul , R. Voituriez
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1016/j.crma.2012.09.010
Non-Markovian polymer reaction kinetics - NATURE CHEMISTRY (Jul. 2012)
T. Guerin , O. Benichou , R. Voituriez
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1038/NCHEM.1378
Interfacial territory covered by surface-mediated diffusion - PHYSICAL REVIEW E (May. 2012)
T. Calandre , O. Benichou , D.S. Grebenkov , R. Voituriez
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.85.051111
Geometry-Induced Bursting Dynamics in Gene Expression - BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL (May. 2012)
B. Meyer , O. Benichou , Y. Kafri , R. Voituriez
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1016/j.bpj.2012.03.060
Evidence of a large-scale mechanosensing mechanism for cellular adaptation to substrate stiffness - PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (May. 2012)
L. Trichet , J. Le Digabel , R.J. Hawkins , R.K. Vedula , M. Gupta , C. Ribrault , P. Hersen , R. Voituriez , B. Ladoux
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1073/pnas.1117810109
ANALYSIS OF A NONLOCAL MODEL FOR SPONTANEOUS CELL POLARIZATION - SIAM JOURNAL ON APPLIED MATHEMATICS (Apr. 2012)
V. Calvez , R.J. Hawkins , N. Meunier , R. Voituriez
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1137/11083486X
Non-Gaussianity and dynamical trapping in locally activated random walks - PHYSICAL REVIEW E (Feb. 2012)
O. Benichou , N. Meunier , S. Redner , R. Voituriez
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.85.021137
Optimizing Persistent Random Searches - PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS (Feb. 2012)
V. Tejedor , R. Voituriez , O. Benichou
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.088103
Classes of fast and specific search mechanisms for proteins on DNA - REPORTS ON PROGRESS IN PHYSICS (Feb. 2012)
M. Sheinman , O. Benichou , Y. Kafri , R. Voituriez
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1088/0034-4885/75/2/026601

2011

Encounter distribution of two random walkers on a finite one-dimensional interval - JOURNAL OF PHYSICS A-MATHEMATICAL AND THEORETICAL (Sep. 2011)
V. Tejedor , M. Schad , O. Benichou , R. Voituriez , R. Metzler
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1088/1751-8113/44/39/395005