Adam Hendricks

ArticleOnline nowOpen access Affiliations & Notes 1Department of Neuroscience, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA 2Department of Cell Biology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA 3Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA 4Department of Bioengineering, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 0E9, Canada Article Info Publication History: Received April 17, 2025; Revised January 28, 2026; Accepted March...

Abstract Mussels fabricate a distinctive biointerface that bridges their non-living biopolymeric byssus (used for anchoring in seashore habitats) with their soft-living tissue. Occurring in a region known as the byssus stem root, this biointerface is at once strong, yet also capable of on-demand release under apparent neurobiological control by the mussel, but this is not well understood.