Publications

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A. M. Gabbert, N. P. Mitchell, E. G. Gemmill, J. P. Campanale, J. A. Mondo, D. J. Montell. “Protocol for 3D surface texture modeling and quantitative spectral decomposition analysis in Drosophila border cell clusters.” STAR Protocols 5 3:103048 (2024). [Full text]

M. F. Lefebvre*, J. Colen*, N. Claussen*, F. Brauns, M. Raich, N. P. Mitchell, M. Fruchart, V. Vitelli, S. J. Streichan. Learning a conserved mechanism for early neuroectoderm morphogenesis. [arXiv]

N. P. Mitchell*, D. J. Cislo*. “TubULAR: Tracking in toto deformations of dynamic tissues via constrained maps.” Nature Methods 10.1038/s41592-023-02081-w (2023). [Full text, biorxiv]
    – Featured in: Graner, Nat Methods News & Views (2023).
    – Featured in: Method of the Year 2023: methods for modeling development. Nat Methods (2023)
    – Featured in: Liu, et. al., Mapping morphogenesis and mechanics in embryo models. Nat Methods (2023).

W. Hur*, A. Mukherjee*, L. Hayden, Z. LuA. Chao, N. P. MitchellS. J. Streichan, M. VergassolaS. Di Talia, “Scale-independent topological interactions drive the first fate decision in the Drosophila embryo.” [biorxiv]

A. M. Gabbert, J. A. Mondo, J. P. Campanale, N. P. Mitchell, A. Myers, S. J. Streichan, N. Miolane, D. J. Montell, “Septins regulate border cell shape and surface geometry downstream of Rho.” Developmental Cell 58 (15) P1399-1413.E5 (2023) [biorxiv, Full text]

M. F. Lefebvre*, N. H. Claussen*, N. P. Mitchell, H. J. Gustafson, S. J Streichan. “Geometric control of Myosin-II orientation during axis elongation.” eLife 12:e78787 (2023) [biorxiv, Full text]

T. Matsuzawa, N. P. Mitchell, S.  Perrard, W. T. M. Irvine. “Turbulence through Sustained Vortex Ring Collisions.” Physical Review Fluids 8, 110507 (2023). 

T. Matsuzawa, N. P. Mitchell, S.  Perrard, W. T. M. Irvine. “Creation of an isolated turbulent blob fed by vortex rings.” Nature Physics 19, 1193–1200 (2023) [arxiv, Full text].
    – Featured in: Quanta MagazineNature (Research Highlight), Nature Physics (Research Briefing), and many others

N. P. Mitchell, D. J. Cislo, S. Shankar, Y. Lin, B. I. Shraiman, S. J. Streichan, “Visceral organ morphogenesis via calcium-patterned muscle contractions.” eLife 11:e77355 (2022) [Full text]
     – Featured in: Devenport, D. “Gut development: a squash and a squeeze.” eLife Insights 11:e80416 (2022) [link]

N. P. Mitchell*, M. F. Levebvre*, V. Jain-Sharma*, N. H. Claussen, M. K. Raich, H. J. Gustafson, A. R. Bausch, S. J. Streichan. “Morphodynamic atlas of Drosophila development.” [biorxiv] *equal contribution
    – Featured in: Montequinn, A. Prelights digest. [link]

A. Khanra, L. L. Jia, N. P. Mitchell, A. Balchunas, R. A. Pelcovits, T. R. Powers, Z. Dogic, P. Sharma. “Controlling the shape and topology of two-component colloidal membranes.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 119 (32) e2204453119 (2022) [arxiv, Full text]

B. Lemma, N. P. Mitchell, R. Subramanian, D. J. Needleman, Z. Dogic. “Active microphase separation in mixtures of microtubules and tip-accumulating molecular motors.” Physical Review X Phys. Rev. X 12, 031006 (2022) [arxiv, Full text]

N. P. Mitchell, A. M. Turner, W. T. M. Irvine. “Real-space origin of topological band gaps, localization, and re-entrant phase transitions in gyroscopic metamaterials.” Physical Review E, 104, 025007 (2021) [arxiv, Full text]

N. P. Mitchell, Geometric Control of Fracture and Topological Metamaterials. Springer Nature (2020) [Full text]

N. P. Mitchell*, R. Carey*, J. Hannah, Y. Wang, M. Cortes, S. McBride, H. Jaeger. “Conforming nanoparticle sheets onto surfaces with Gaussian curvature.” Soft Matter, 14, 9107 – 9117 (2018) [Full textarxiv] *equal contribution

N. P. Mitchell, L. M. Nash, W. T. M. Irvine. “Tunable band topology in gyroscopic lattices.” Physical Review B, 98, 174301 (2018) [Full text, arxiv]
    – Featured in: Middleton, C. “Topological insulators: from graphene to gyroscopes.” Physics Today 10.1063/pt.6.3.20181127a (2018)

N. P. Mitchell, L. M. Nash, W. T. M. Irvine. “Realization of a topological phase transition in gyroscopic lattices.” Physical Review B 97, 100302(R) (2018) [Full text, arxiv]
    – Featured in: Middleton, C. “Topological insulators: from graphene to gyroscopes.” Physics Today 10.1063/pt.6.3.20181127a (2018). Also featured in: Phys.org, Space Daily, ChemEurope, Science Newsline, Nanowerk Nanotechnology News, AAAS EurekAlert, UChicago News

N. P. Mitchell, L. M. Nash, D. Hexner, A. M. Turner, W. T. M. Irvine. “Amorphous topological insulators constructed from random point sets.” Nature Physics 14380–385 (2018). [Full text, arxiv]
    – Featured in: Middleton, C. “Topological insulators: from graphene to gyroscopes.” Physics Today 10.1063/pt.6.3.20181127a (2018). Also featured in: Phys.org, Space Daily, ChemEurope, Science Newsline, Nanowerk Nanotechnology News, AAAS EurekAlert, UChicago News

N. P. Mitchell, V. Koning, V. Vitelli, W. T. M. Irvine, “Fracture in sheets draped on curved surfaces.” Nature Materials 16, 89-93 (2017) [Full text, arxiv]
    – Featured in: K. Kamrin, “Elastic Sheets: Cracks by Design.” Nature Materials 16,8-9 (2017). Also featured in: University of Leiden News.

D. E. NitzJ. CurryM. BuuckA. DeMannN. P. Mitchell, W. Shull, “Transition probabilities of Ce I obtained from Boltzmann analysis of visible and near-infrared emission spectra.” J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 51 045007 (2018)

K. B. W. McQuinn, E. D. Skillman, T. N. Heilman, N. P. Mitchell, T. Kelley. “Galactic outflows, star formation histories, and timescales in starburst dwarf galaxies from STARBIRDS.” Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 477, Issue 3, 1 January 1753, Pages 3164–3177, (2018) [Full text, arxiv]

K. B. W. McQuinn, E. D. Skillman, A. E. Dolphin, N. P. Mitchell. “Calibrating UV star formation rates for dwarf galaxies from STARBIRDS.” The Astrophysical Journal 808 109 (2015). [Full text, arxiv]

K. B. W. McQuinn, N. P. Mitchell, E. D. Skillman. “The Panchromatic Starburst Irregular Dwarf Survey (STARBIRDS): Observations and Data Archive”, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 218 29 (2015). [Full text, arxiv]
    – Featured in: J. Hargis. “High Level Science Products: The STARBurst IRregular Dwarf Survey (STARBIRDS).” MAST News, April 2017.

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