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

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.

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.

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.

Reassembling gastrulation
A. Schauer, C.-P.J. Heisenberg, Developmental Biology (n.d.).

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.