Interaction and feedback between cell mechanics and fate specification in vertebrate gastrulation

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.

A hydraulic feedback loop between mesendoderm cell migration and interstitial fluid relocalization promotes embryonic axis formation in zebrafish
K. Huljev, S. Shamipour, D.C. Nunes Pinheiro, F. Preusser, I. Steccari, C.M. Sommer, S. Naik, C.-P.J. Heisenberg, Developmental Cell 58 (2023) 582–596.e7.

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.

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).

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.

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

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.

Apical contacts stemming from incomplete delamination guide progenitor cell allocation through a dragging mechanism
E. Pulgar, C. Schwayer, N. Guerrero, L. López, S. Márquez, S. Härtel, R. Soto, C.P. Heisenberg, M.L. Concha, ELife 10 (2021).

Mesendoderm formation in zebrafish gastrulation: The role of extraembryonic tissues
A. Schauer, Mesendoderm Formation in Zebrafish Gastrulation: The Role of Extraembryonic Tissues, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023.

Zebrafish embryonic explants undergo genetically encoded self-assembly
A. Schauer, D.C. Nunes Pinheiro, R. Hauschild, C.-P.J. Heisenberg, ELife 9 (2020).

An adhesion code ensures robust pattern formation during tissue morphogenesis
T.Y.-C. Tsai, M.K. Sikora, P. Xia, T. Colak-Champollion, H. Knaut, C.-P.J. Heisenberg, S.G. Megason, Science 370 (2020) 113–116.

Light-activated Frizzled7 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).

Lateral inhibition in cell specification mediated by mechanical signals modulating TAZ activity
P. Xia, D.J. Gütl, V. Zheden, C.-P.J. Heisenberg, Cell 176 (2019) 1379–1392.e14.

Mechanochemical feedback loops in development and disease
E.B. Hannezo, C.-P.J. Heisenberg, Cell 178 (2019) 12–25.

Tissue rheology in embryonic organization
N. Petridou, C.-P.J. Heisenberg, The EMBO Journal 38 (2019).

Zebrafish gastrulation: Putting fate in motion
D.C. Nunes Pinheiro, C.-P.J. Heisenberg, in:, Gastrulation: From Embryonic Pattern to Form, Elsevier, 2020, pp. 343–375.

Fluidization-mediated tissue spreading by mitotic cell rounding and non-canonical Wnt signalling
N. Petridou, S. Grigolon, G. Salbreux, E.B. Hannezo, C.-P.J. Heisenberg, Nature Cell Biology 21 (2019) 169–178.

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).

Adhesion-induced cortical flows pattern E-cadherin-mediated cell contacts
F.N. Arslan, E.B. Hannezo, J. Merrin, M. Loose, C.-P.J. Heisenberg, Current Biology 34 (2024) 171–182.e8.

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.

Remodeling of E-cadherin-mediated contacts via cortical flows
F.N. Arslan, Remodeling of E-Cadherin-Mediated Contacts via Cortical  Flows, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022.

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).

Bulk actin dynamics drive phase segregation in zebrafish oocytes
S. Shamipour, R. Kardos, S. Xue, B. Hof, E.B. Hannezo, C.-P.J. Heisenberg, Cell 177 (2019) 1463–1479.e18.

Mechanosensation of tight junctions depends on ZO-1 phase separation and flow
C. Schwayer, S. Shamipour, K. Pranjic-Ferscha, A. Schauer, M. Balda, M. Tada, K. Matter, C.-P.J. Heisenberg, Cell 179 (2019) 937–952.e18.