Modeling and simulation of cell nuclear architecture reorganization process

J Comput Phys. 2022 Jan 15:449:110808. doi: 10.1016/j.jcp.2021.110808. Epub 2021 Nov 4.

Abstract

We develop a special phase field/diffusive interface method to model the nuclear architecture reorganization process. In particular, we use a Lagrange multiplier approach in the phase field model to preserve the specific physical and geometrical constraints for the biological events. We develop several efficient and robust linear and weakly nonlinear schemes for this new model. To validate the model and numerical methods, we present ample numerical simulations which in particular reproduce several processes of nuclear architecture reorganization from the experiment literature.

Keywords: Lagrange multiplier; Nuclear architecture reorganization; Phase field approach; chromosome.