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).

Light-activated Frizzle reveals a permissive role of non-canonical wnt signaling in mesendoderm cell migration
D. Capek, M. Smutny, A.M. Tichy, M. Morri, H.L. Janovjak, C.-P.J. Heisenberg, ELife 8 (2019).

Friction forces position the neural anlage
M. Smutny, Z. Ákos, S. Grigolon, S. Shamipour, V. Ruprecht, D. Capek, M. Behrndt, E. Papusheva, M. Tada, B. Hof, T. Vicsek, G. Salbreux, C.-P.J. Heisenberg, Nature Cell Biology 19 (2017) 306–317.

Cortical contractility triggers a stochastic switch to fast amoeboid cell motility
V. Ruprecht, S. Wieser, A. Callan Jones, M. Smutny, H. Morita, K. Sako, V. Barone, M. Ritsch Marte, M.K. Sixt, R. Voituriez, C.-P.J. Heisenberg, Cell 160 (2015) 673–685.

UV laser ablation to measure cell and tissue-generated forces in the zebrafish embryo in vivo and ex vivo
M. Smutny, M. Behrndt, P. Campinho, V. Ruprecht, C.-P.J. Heisenberg, in:, C. Nelson (Ed.), Tissue Morphogenesis, Springer, New York, NY, 2014, pp. 219–235.

Multicomponent analysis of junctional movements regulated by Myosin II isoforms at the epithelial zonula adherens
M. Smutny, S. Wu, G. Gomez, S. Mangold, A. Yap, N. Hamilton, PLoS One 6 (2011).