Adhesion-induced cortical flows pattern E-cadherin-mediated cell contacts

Friction forces determine cytoplasmic reorganization and shape changes of ascidian oocytes upon fertilization
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Robust axis elongation by Nodal-dependent restriction of BMP signaling
A. Schauer, K. Pranjic-Ferscha, R. Hauschild, C.-P.J. Heisenberg, Development 151 (2024) 1–18.

A hydraulic feedback loop between mesendoderm cell migration and interstitial fluid relocalization promotes embryonic axis formation in zebrafish
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Yolk granule fusion and microtubule aster formation regulate cortical granule translocation and exocytosis in zebrafish oocytes
S. Shamipour, L. Hofmann, I. Steccari, R. Kardos, C.-P.J. Heisenberg, PLoS Biology 21 (2023) e3002146.

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).

ZnUMBA - a live imaging method to detect local barrier breaches
T. Higashi, R.E. Stephenson, C. Schwayer, K. Huljev, A.Y. Higashi, C.-P.J. Heisenberg, H. Chiba, A.L. Miller, Journal of Cell Science 136 (2023).

Morphogen gradient orchestrates pattern-preserving tissue morphogenesis via motility-driven unjamming
D.C. Nunes Pinheiro, R. Kardos, E.B. Hannezo, C.-P.J. Heisenberg, Nature Physics 18 (2022) 1482–1493.

Admp regulates tail bending by controlling ventral epidermal cell polarity via phosphorylated myosin localization in Ciona
Y.S. Kogure, H. Muraoka, W.C. Koizumi, R. Gelin-alessi, B.G. Godard, K. Oka, C.-P.J. Heisenberg, K. Hotta, Development 149 (2022).

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.

Rigidity transitions in development and disease
E.B. Hannezo, C.-P.J. Heisenberg, Trends in Cell Biology 32 (2022) 3-444.

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).

Reassembling gastrulation
A. Schauer, C.-P.J. Heisenberg, Developmental Biology 474 (2021) 71–81.

Cytoplasm's got moves
S. Shamipour, S. Caballero Mancebo, C.-P.J. Heisenberg, Developmental Cell 56 (2021) 3-226.

Quantifying tissue tension in the granulosa layer after laser surgery
P. Xia, C.-P.J. Heisenberg, in:, R. Dosch (Ed.), Germline Development in the Zebrafish, Humana, 2021, pp. 117–128.

Rigidity percolation uncovers a structural basis for embryonic tissue phase transitions
N. Petridou, B. Corominas-Murtra, C.-P.J. Heisenberg, E.B. Hannezo, Cell 184 (2021) 1914–1928.e19.

Holding it together: when cadherin meets cadherin
F.N. Arslan, J. Eckert, T. Schmidt, C.-P.J. Heisenberg, Biophysical Journal 120 (2021) 4182–4192.

Sat acts as a gatekeeper for major developmental transitions during early vertebrate embryogenesis
S.J. Pradhan, P.C. Reddy, M. Smutny, A. Sharma, K. Sako, M.S. Oak, R. Shah, M. Pal, O. Deshpande, G. Dsilva, Y. Tang, R. Mishra, G. Deshpande, A.J. Giraldez, M. Sonawane, C.-P.J. Heisenberg, S. Galande, Nature Communications 12 (2021).

Special rebranding issue: cQuantitative cell and developmental biologyd
C.-P.J. Heisenberg, A.M. Lennon, R. Mayor, G. Salbreux, Cells and Development 168 (2021).

Dissecting organismal morphogenesis by bridging genetics and biophysics
N. Mishra, C.-P.J. Heisenberg, Annual Review of Genetics 55 (2021) 209–233.