sEMTor – The EMT simulator
An interactive, agent-based model to simulate epithelial-to-mesenchymal transitions-like events in a pseudostratified epithelium.

Developed by Steffen Plunder, see the companion articles.


Go to online simulations:

EMT in tall pseudostratified epithelium.
Keywords: neuroepithelium, chick embryo, neural crest delamination
Reference: "Modelling variability and heterogeneity of EMT scenarios highlights nuclear positioning and protrusions as main drivers of extrusion"
Steffen Plunder, Cathy Danesin, Bruno Glise, Marina A Ferreira, Sara Merino Aceituno and Eric Theveneau, 2023, bioRxiv.
EMT in short pseudostratified epithelium.
Keywords: neuroepithelium, chick embryo, neural crest delamination
"Occurrence of non-apical mitoses at the primitive streak, induced by relaxation of actomyosin and acceleration of the cell cycle, contributes to cell delamination during mouse gastrulation"

Evangéline Despin-Guitard, Steffen Plunder, Navrita Mathiah, Eric Theveneau and Isabelle Migeotte, 2024, bioRxiv.