Research Interests

• Mechanobiology and Oncology
• Biophysical Modeling
• Machine Learning (Deep Learning)
• Dynamical Systems
• Systems Biology

Publications

Washington University in St. Louis

• Morikis VA, Avila DB, DiMauro A, Cao Y, Hwang PY, Pathak A, Longmore GD. Cadherin-1-mediated communication at the leader-follower boundary controls mouse breast tumor organoid collective migration. Cell Reports. 2025. (published)
• Almeida JA, Avila DB, Longmore GD, Pathak A. History of hypoxia exposure aids future cell invasion according to cell type and collagen density. Mol Biol Cell. 2025. (published)

Arizona State University

• Barra Avila, D., Melendez Alvarez, J., and Tian, X.-J. Control of Tissue Homeostasis, Tumorigenesis, and Degeneration by Coupled Bidirectional Bistable Switches. PLoS Comput Biol. 2021. (published)