Super excited to share that my paper is out on Science Advances! Big thanks to @CaylaMMiller and the @Dunn_Lab, as well as collaborators from @DavidOddeLab!

Check it out here: https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/6/20/eaax0317">https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/6...
Regulation and dynamics of force transmission at individual cell-matrix adhesion bonds

Integrin-based adhesion complexes link the cytoskeleton to the extracellular matrix (ECM) and are central to the construction of multicellular animal tissues. How biological function emerges from the...

https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/6/20/eaax0317
If you want the one syllable TLDR:
Cells have things like tent stakes that help them stick down and move. Stakes that are not the same still have the same force for the most part. Also, the stakes do not move that much since the cords that stick to the stakes can help each other.
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