3D cell segregation geometry and dynamics are governed by tissue surface tension regulation
E. Méhes, E. Mones, M. Varga, Á. Zsigmond, B. Biri-Kovács, L. Nyitray, V. Barone, G. Krens, C.-P.J. Heisenberg, T. Vicsek, Communications Biology 6 (2023).

Multitier mechanics control stromal adaptations in swelling lymph nodes
F.P. Assen, J. Abe, M. Hons, R. Hauschild, S. Shamipour, W. Kaufmann, T. Costanzo, G. Krens, M. Brown, B. Ludewig, S. Hippenmeyer, C.-P.J. Heisenberg, W. Weninger, E.B. Hannezo, S.A. Luther, J.V. Stein, M.K. Sixt, Nature Immunology 23 (2022) 1246–1255.

Tension-dependent stabilization of E-cadherin limits cell-cell contact expansion in zebrafish germ-layer progenitor cells
J. Slovakova, M.K. Sikora, F.N. Arslan, S. Caballero Mancebo, G. Krens, W. Kaufmann, J. Merrin, C.-P.J. Heisenberg, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 119 (2022).

QUAREP-LiMi: A community-driven initiative to establish guidelines for quality assessment and reproducibility for instruments and images in light microscopy
G. Nelson, U. Boehm, S. Bagley, P. Bajcsy, J. Bischof, C.M. Brown, A. Dauphin, I.M. Dobbie, J.E. Eriksson, O. Faklaris, J. Fernandez-Rodriguez, A. Ferrand, L. Gelman, A. Gheisari, H. Hartmann, C. Kukat, A. Laude, M. Mitkovski, S. Munck, A.J. North, T.M. Rasse, U. Resch-Genger, L.C. Schuetz, A. Seitz, C. Strambio-De-Castillia, J.R. Swedlow, I. Alexopoulos, K. Aumayr, S. Avilov, G.J. Bakker, R.R. Bammann, A. Bassi, H. Beckert, S. Beer, Y. Belyaev, J. Bierwagen, K.A. Birngruber, M. Bosch, J. Breitlow, L.A. Cameron, J. Chalfoun, J.J. Chambers, C.L. Chen, E. Conde-Sousa, A.D. Corbett, F.P. Cordelieres, E.D. Nery, R. Dietzel, F. Eismann, E. Fazeli, A. Felscher, H. Fried, N. Gaudreault, W.I. Goh, T. Guilbert, R. Hadleigh, P. Hemmerich, G.A. Holst, M.S. Itano, C.B. Jaffe, H.K. Jambor, S.C. Jarvis, A. Keppler, D. Kirchenbuechler, M. Kirchner, N. Kobayashi, G. Krens, S. Kunis, J. Lacoste, M. Marcello, G.G. Martins, D.J. Metcalf, C.A. Mitchell, J. Moore, T. Mueller, M.S. Nelson, S. Ogg, S. Onami, A.L. Palmer, P. Paul-Gilloteaux, J.A. Pimentel, L. Plantard, S. Podder, E. Rexhepaj, A. Royon, M.A. Saari, D. Schapman, V. Schoonderwoert, B. Schroth-Diez, S. Schwartz, M. Shaw, M. Spitaler, M.T. Stoeckl, D. Sudar, J. Teillon, S. Terjung, R. Thuenauer, C.D. Wilms, G.D. Wright, R. Nitschke, Journal of Microscopy 284 (2021) 56–73.

Tension-dependent stabilization of E-cadherin limits cell-cell contact expansion
J. Slovakova, M.K. Sikora, S. Caballero Mancebo, G. Krens, W. Kaufmann, K. Huljev, C.-P.J. Heisenberg, BioRxiv (2020).

Drosophila TNF modulates tissue tension in the embryo to facilitate macrophage invasive migration
A. Ratheesh, J. Bicher, M. Smutny, J. Veselá, E. Papusheva, G. Krens, W. Kaufmann, A. György, A.M. Casano, D.E. Siekhaus, Developmental Cell 45 (2018) 331–346.

Real-time analysis of auxin response, cell wall pH and elongation in Arabidopsis thaliana Hypocotyls
L. Li, G. Krens, M. Fendrych, J. Friml, Bio-Protocol 8 (2018).

Interstitial fluid osmolarity modulates the action of differential tissue surface tension in progenitor cell segregation during gastrulation
G. Krens, J. Veldhuis, V. Barone, D. Capek, J.-L. Maître, W. Brodland, C.-P.J. Heisenberg, Development 144 (2017) 1798–1806.

An effective feedback loop between cell-cell contact duration and morphogen signaling determines cell fate
V. Barone, M. Lang, G. Krens, S. Pradhan, S. Shamipour, K. Sako, M.K. Sikora, C.C. Guet, C.-P.J. Heisenberg, Developmental Cell 43 (2017) 198–211.

The physical basis of coordinated tissue spreading in zebrafish gastrulation
H. Morita, S. Grigolon, M. Bock, G. Krens, G. Salbreux, C.-P.J. Heisenberg, Developmental Cell 40 (2017) 354–366.

YAP is essential for tissue tension to ensure vertebrate 3D body shape
S. Porazinski, H. Wang, Y. Asaoka, M. Behrndt, T. Miyamoto, H. Morita, S. Hata, T. Sasaki, G. Krens, Y. Osada, S. Asaka, A. Momoi, S. Linton, J. Miesfeld, B. Link, T. Senga, A. Castillo Morales, A. Urrutia, N. Shimizu, H. Nagase, S. Matsuura, S. Bagby, H. Kondoh, H. Nishina, C.-P.J. Heisenberg, M. Furutani Seiki, Nature 521 (2015) 217–221.

Cell adhesion mechanics of zebrafish gastrulation
J.-L. Maître, H. Berthoumieux, G. Krens, G. Salbreux, F. Julicher, E. Paluch, C.-P.J. Heisenberg, Medecine Sciences 29 (2013) 147–150.

Adhesion functions in cell sorting by mechanically coupling the cortices of adhering cells
J.-L. Maître, H. Berthoumieux, G. Krens, G. Salbreux, F. Julicher, E. Paluch, C.-P.J. Heisenberg, Science 338 (2012) 253–256.

Enveloping cell layer differentiation at the surface of zebrafish germ layer tissue explants
G. Krens, S. Möllmert, C.-P.J. Heisenberg, PNAS 108 (2011) –.

Cell sorting in development
G. Krens, C.-P.J. Heisenberg, in:, M. Labouesse (Ed.), Forces and Tension in Development, Elsevier, 2011, pp. 189–213.

Finite-size corrections to scaling behavior in sorted cell aggregates
A. Klopper, G. Krens, S. Grill, C.-P.J. Heisenberg, The European Physical Journal E: Soft Matter and Biological Physics 33 (2010) 99–103.