Modelling chemotaxis of branched cells in complex environments provides insights into immune cell navigation
J. Liu, J.E. Ron, G. Rinaldi, I. Williantarra, A. Georgantzoglou, I. de Vries, M.K. Sixt, M. Sarris, N.S. Gov, PLOS Computational Biology 22 (2026).

Filamin A editing in myeloid cells reduces intestinal inflammation and protects from colitis
R. Gawish, R. Varada, F. Deckert, A. Hladik, L. Steinbichl, L. Cimatti, K. Milanovic, M. Jain, N. Torgasheva, A. Tanzer, K. De Paepe, T. Van De Wiele, B. Hausmann, M. Lang, M. Pechhacker, N. Ibrahim, I. de Vries, C. Brostjan, M.K. Sixt, C. Gasche, L. Boon, D. Berry, M.F. Jantsch, F.C. Pereira, C. Vesely, Journal of Experimental Medicine 222 (2025).

Self-generated chemotaxis of mixed cell populations
M.C. Ucar, A. Zane, J.H. Alanko, M.K. Sixt, E.B. Hannezo, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 122 (2025).

Cell migration: How animal cells run and tumble
Z. LI, M.K. Sixt, Current Biology 35 (2025) 0–2.

BMP-dependent patterning of ectoderm tissue material properties modulates lateral mesendoderm cell migration during early zebrafish gastrulation
S. Tavano, D. Brückner, S. Tasciyan, X. Tong, R. Kardos, A. Schauer, R. Hauschild, C.-P.J. Heisenberg, Cell Reports 44 (2025).

Langerhans cells: Central players in the pathophysiology of atopic dermatitis
Y. Pan, M. Hochgerner, M.A. Cichon, T. Benezeder, T. Bieber, P. Wolf, Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology 39 (2025) 278–289.

Substrate heterogeneity promotes cancer cell dissemination through interface roughening
Z. Dunajova, S. Tasciyan, J. Majek, J. Merrin, E. Sahai, M.K. Sixt, E.B. Hannezo, (n.d.).

Migrating immune cells globally coordinate protrusive forces
P. Dos Reis Rodrigues, M. Avellaneda Sarrió, N. Canigova, F.R. Gärtner, K. Vaahtomeri, M. Riedl, I. de Vries, J. Merrin, R. Hauschild, Y. Fukui, A. Juanes Garcia, M.K. Sixt, Nature Immunology 26 (2025) 1258–1266.

Coordination of protrusive forces in immune cell migration 
P. Dos Reis Rodrigues, Coordination of Protrusive Forces in Immune Cell Migration , Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2025.

Adaptive strategies of dendritic cell migration in response to environmental cues
N. Canigova, Adaptive Strategies of Dendritic Cell Migration in Response to Environmental Cues, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2025.

Antibodies and complement are key drivers of thrombosis
K. Stark, B. Kilani, S. Stockhausen, J. Busse, I. Schubert, T.D. Tran, F.R. Gärtner, A. Leunig, K. Pekayvaz, L. Nicolai, V. Fumagalli, J. Stermann, F. Stephan, C. David, M.B. Müller, B. Heyman, A. Lux, A. Da Palma Guerreiro, L.P. Frenzel, C.Q. Schmidt, A. Dopler, M. Moser, S. Chandraratne, M.L. Von Brühl, M. Lorenz, T. Korff, M. Rudelius, O. Popp, M. Kirchner, P. Mertins, F. Nimmerjahn, M. Iannacone, M. Sperandio, B. Engelmann, A. Verschoor, S. Massberg, Immunity 57 (2024) 2140–2156.

Friction forces determine cytoplasmic reorganization and shape changes of ascidian oocytes upon fertilization
S. Caballero Mancebo, R. Shinde, M. Bolger-Munro, M. Peruzzo, G. Szep, I. Steccari, D. Labrousse Arias, V. Zheden, J. Merrin, A. Callan-Jones, R. Voituriez, C.-P.J. Heisenberg, Nature Physics 20 (2024) 310–321.

An/C is an essential player in the centrosome maintenance program regulated by Polo kinase and the PCM
A. Pimenta-Marques, T. Perestrelo, P. Dos Reis Rodrigues, P. Duarte, A. Ferreira-Silva, M. Lince-Faria, M. Bettencourt-Dias, EMBO Reports 25 (2024) 102–127.

Lift-out cryo-FIBSEM and cryo-ET reveal the ultrastructural landscape of extracellular matrix
B. Zens, F. Fäßler, J. Hansen, R. Hauschild, J. Datler, V.-V. Hodirnau, V. Zheden, J.H. Alanko, M.K. Sixt, F.K. Schur, Journal of Cell Biology 223 (2024).

Integrin ;21–mediated mast cell immune-surveillance of blood vessel content
K. Link, L. Muhandes, A. Polikarpova, T. Lämmermann, M.K. Sixt, R. Fässler, A. Roers, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 154 (2024) 745–753.

Nuclear squeezing wakes up dendritic cells
S. Lembo, M.K. Sixt, Nature Immunology 25 (2024) 1131–1132.

Versatile cloning strategy for efficient multigene editing in Arabidopsis
Z. LI, J. Huard, E.M. Bayer, V. Wattelet-Boyer, Bio-Protocol 14 (2024).

Rescuing T cells from stiff tumors
M. Avellaneda Sarrió, M.K. Sixt, Cell Chemical Biology 31 (2024) 1242–1243.

Plasmacytoid dendritic cells control homeostasis of megakaryopoiesis
F.R. Gärtner, H. Ishikawa-Ankerhold, S. Stutte, W. Fu, J. Weitz, A. Dueck, B. Nelakuditi, V. Fumagalli, D. Van Den Heuvel, L. Belz, G. Sobirova, Z. Zhang, A. Titova, A.M. Navarro, K. Pekayvaz, M. Lorenz, L. Von Baumgarten, J. Kranich, T. Straub, B. Popper, V. Zheden, W. Kaufmann, C. Guo, G. Piontek, S. Von Stillfried, P. Boor, M. Colonna, S. Clauß, C. Schulz, T. Brocker, B. Walzog, C. Scheiermann, W.C. Aird, C. Nerlov, K. Stark, T. Petzold, S. Engelhardt, M.K. Sixt, R. Hauschild, M. Rudelius, R.A.J. Oostendorp, M. Iannacone, M. Heinig, S. Massberg, Nature 631 (2024) 645–653.

Synchronization in collectively moving inanimate and living active matter
M. Riedl, I.D. Mayer, J. Merrin, M.K. Sixt, B. Hof, Nature Communications 14 (2023).