title: From static to animated: Measuring mechanical forces in tissues.
abstract: Cells are physical objects that exert mechanical forces on their surroundings as they migrate and take their places within tissues. New techniques are now poised to enable the measurement of cell-generated mechanical forces in intact tissues in vivo, which will illuminate the secret dynamic lives of cells and change our current perception of cell biology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544.|Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544.
authors.forename: Celeste M
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9973-8870
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Nelson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002448:Cell Adhesion; D003585:Cell Biology; D002465:Cell Movement; D006801:Humans; D008465:Mechanoreceptors / Q000502:physiology*; D040542:Mechanotransduction, Cellular; D010812:Physical Stimulation; D013314:Stress, Mechanical