Impact of model-dependent rigidity transition on glassy dynamics in confluent tissues

Determine how the presence of a rigidity transition in the Vertex model, contrasted with its absence in the Voronoi model and the cellular Potts model, influences the glassy dynamics of confluent epithelial monolayers.

Background

Confluent tissue models differ in whether they exhibit a density-independent rigidity transition: the Vertex model does, while the Voronoi and cellular Potts models do not.

Although qualitative static and dynamic behaviors appear similar across models, the effect of this structural difference on glassy dynamics remains unresolved.