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journal article·2021-08

Mechanosensation Mediates Long‐Range Spatial Decision‐Making in an Aneural Organism (Adv. Mater. 34/2021)

Nirosha J. Murugan, Daniel H. Kaltman, Paul H. Jin, Melanie Chien, Ramses Martinez, Cuong Q. Nguyen, Anna Kane, Richard Novak, Donald E. Ingber, Michael Levin

Advanced Materials· Volume 33· Issue 34
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Abstract

Biomechanical Signaling Physarum polycephalum, a slime mold with one cell and no brain, is a remarkable new model for understanding basal cognition. Its living material deforms its own structure to interact with the objects around it. In article number 2008161, Michael Levin and co-workers show that Physarum senses strain in its substrate, using biomechanical signaling to assess the environment and express its preferences as directional growth decisions.
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OpenAlex topics: Slime Mold and Myxomycetes Research · Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology · 3D Printing in Biomedical Research

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Department of Biology Tufts University Medford MA 02155 USA

Allen Discovery Center at Tufts University 200 College Avenue Medford MA 02155 USA

Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering Harvard University 3 Blackfan Circle Boston MA 02115 USA

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Harvard University Cambridge MA 02115 USA

Vascular Biology Program and Department of Surgery Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School Boston MA 02115 USA

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