Léo Valon

2.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
19 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Léo Valon is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Léo Valon has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Cell Biology, 6 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 5 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Léo Valon's work include Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (13 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (5 papers) and Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (5 papers). Léo Valon is often cited by papers focused on Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (13 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (5 papers) and Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (5 papers). Léo Valon collaborates with scholars based in France, United Kingdom and Spain. Léo Valon's co-authors include Guillaume Charras, Xavier Trepat, Emad Moeendarbary, Dale Moulding, Adrian J. Thrasher, Eleanor Stride, Andrew R. Harris, L. Mahadevan, Marco Fritzsche and Romain Levayer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Léo Valon

17 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

The cytoplasm of living cells behaves as a poroelastic material

2013 493 citations Emad Moeendarbary, Léo Valon et al. Nature Materials profile →
Collective cell durotaxis emerges from long-range intercellular force transmission

2016 447 citations Raimon Sunyer, Vito Conte et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Léo Valon France	13	1.2k	693	425	214	149	19	1.7k
Erin L. Barnhart United States	14	1.4k 1.2×	588 0.8×	503 1.2×	231 1.1×	154 1.0×	16	1.9k
Jérôme Solon Spain	15	1.4k 1.2×	706 1.0×	764 1.8×	216 1.0×	159 1.1×	22	2.2k
Elisabeth Fischer‐Friedrich Germany	19	947 0.8×	767 1.1×	847 2.0×	246 1.1×	137 0.9×	40	2.1k
Karen E. Kasza United States	18	1.5k 1.3×	909 1.3×	484 1.1×	421 2.0×	158 1.1×	32	2.3k
Martial Balland France	28	1.7k 1.4×	884 1.3×	820 1.9×	328 1.5×	198 1.3×	58	2.7k
Verena Ruprecht Austria	17	912 0.8×	504 0.7×	731 1.7×	146 0.7×	139 0.9×	30	1.7k
Greg M. Allen United States	11	841 0.7×	485 0.7×	483 1.1×	129 0.6×	89 0.6×	12	1.5k
Vito Conte Spain	15	1.9k 1.6×	1.1k 1.6×	533 1.3×	301 1.4×	153 1.0×	20	2.3k
Matteo Rauzi France	16	1.6k 1.4×	522 0.8×	773 1.8×	126 0.6×	157 1.1×	22	2.0k
Maël Le Berre France	18	1.4k 1.2×	978 1.4×	1.0k 2.4×	145 0.7×	134 0.9×	22	2.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Léo Valon

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Léo Valon

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All Works

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19 of 19 papers shown

Valon, Léo, et al.. (2025). Interfacial tension and growth both contribute to mechanical cell competition. Current Biology. 35(21). 5372–5383.e4.

Rossetti, Leone, Steffen Grosser, Juan F. Abenza, et al.. (2024). Optogenetic generation of leader cells reveals a force–velocity relation for collective cell migration. Nature Physics. 20(10). 1659–1669. 12 indexed citations

Letort, Gaëlle, et al.. (2023). DeXtrusion: automatic recognition of epithelial cell extrusion through machine learning in vivo. Development. 150(13). 13 indexed citations

Smith, Matthew B., Varun Sreenivasan, Ana Lisica, et al.. (2022). Spindle reorientation in response to mechanical stress is an emergent property of the spindle positioning mechanisms. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(26). e2121868119–e2121868119. 9 indexed citations

Herbert, Sébastien, Léo Valon, Nicolas Dray, et al.. (2021). LocalZProjector and DeProj: a toolbox for local 2D projection and accurate morphometrics of large 3D microscopy images. BMC Biology. 19(1). 136–136. 25 indexed citations

Valon, Léo & Jean-Yves Tinévez. (2021). Local Z Projector - 3D projection method comparison toolbox. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 1 indexed citations

Valon, Léo, et al.. (2021). Robustness of epithelial sealing is an emerging property of local ERK feedback driven by cell elimination. Developmental Cell. 56(12). 1700–1711.e8. 67 indexed citations

Wang, Irène, Léo Valon, Simon de Beco, et al.. (2020). Stick-slip dynamics of cell adhesion triggers spontaneous symmetry breaking and directional migration of mesenchymal cells on one-dimensional lines. Science Advances. 6(1). eaau5670–eaau5670. 62 indexed citations

Valon, Léo & Simon de Beco. (2020). Control of Cell Migration Using Optogenetics. Methods in molecular biology. 2179. 415–425.

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Valon, Léo & Romain Levayer. (2019). Dying under pressure: cellular characterisation and in vivo functions of cell death induced by compaction. Biology of the Cell. 111(3). 51–66. 31 indexed citations

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Moreno, Eduardo, Léo Valon, Florence Levillayer, & Romain Levayer. (2018). Competition for Space Induces Cell Elimination through Compaction-Driven ERK Downregulation. Current Biology. 29(1). 23–34.e8. 91 indexed citations

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Latorre, Ernest, Sohan Kale, Laura Casares, et al.. (2018). Active superelasticity in three-dimensional epithelia of controlled shape. Nature. 563(7730). 203–208. 212 indexed citations

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Pietro, Florencia di, et al.. (2017). An RNAi Screen in a Novel Model of Oriented Divisions Identifies the Actin-Capping Protein Z β as an Essential Regulator of Spindle Orientation. Current Biology. 27(16). 2452–2464.e8. 11 indexed citations

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Valon, Léo, et al.. (2017). Optogenetic control of cellular forces and mechanotransduction. Nature Communications. 8(1). 14396–14396. 163 indexed citations

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Sunyer, Raimon, Vito Conte, Jorge Escribano, et al.. (2016). Collective cell durotaxis emerges from long-range intercellular force transmission. Science. 353(6304). 1157–1161. 447 indexed citations breakdown →

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Valon, Léo, Fred Etoc, Amanda Remorino, et al.. (2015). Predictive Spatiotemporal Manipulation of Signaling Perturbations Using Optogenetics. Biophysical Journal. 109(9). 1785–1797. 42 indexed citations

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Valon, Léo, Amanda Remorino, Fred Etoc, et al.. (2014). Quantitative Subcellular Control of Cdc42, Rac1 and RhoA GTPases using the Cry2/CIBN Optogenetic Dimerizer. Biophysical Journal. 106(2). 244a–244a. 2 indexed citations

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Moeendarbary, Emad, Léo Valon, Marco Fritzsche, et al.. (2013). The cytoplasm of living cells behaves as a poroelastic material. Nature Materials. 12(3). 253–261. 493 indexed citations breakdown →

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Moulding, Dale, Emad Moeendarbary, Léo Valon, et al.. (2012). Excess F-actin mechanically impedes mitosis leading to cytokinesis failure in X-linked neutropenia by exceeding Aurora B kinase error correction capacity. Blood. 120(18). 3803–3811. 39 indexed citations

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