Simulation-based inference of cell migration dynamics in complex spatial environments
J. Arruda, E. Alamoudi, R. Mueller, M. Vaisband, R. Molkenbur, J. Merrin, E. Kiermaier, J. Hasenauer, Npj Systems Biology and Applications 12 (2026).

Auxin response and PINmediated transport in chlorophyte algae
A. Smoljan, S. KoutnikAbele, D. Vladimirtsev, P. Klíma, A. Bírosíková, Y. Zhang, J. Merrin, M. Schuster, K. Kurtovi, U.Z. Hammes, J. Petrásek, J. Friml, Journal of Integrative Plant Biology (2026).

Myosin II regulates cellular thermo-adaptability and the efficiency of immune responses
I. Company-Garrido, A. Zurita Carpio, M. Colomer-Rosell, B. Ciraulo, R. Molkenbur, P. Lanzerstorfer, F. Pezzano, C. Agazzi, R. Hauschild, S. Jain, J.M. Jacques, V. Venturini, C. Knapp, Y. Xie, J. Merrin, J. Weghuber, M. Schaaf, R. Quidant, E. Kiermaier, J. Ortega Arroyo, V. Ruprecht, S. Wieser, Developmental Cell 61 (2026) 356–371.e12.

Low-noise quantum dots in ultra-shallow Ge/SiGe heterostructures for prototyping hybrid semiconducting–superconducting devices
M. Borovkov, Y.A. Schell, D. Sokolova, K.E.R. Roux, P. Falthansl-Scheinecker, G. Fabris, D.C. Shah, J. Saez Mollejo, R. Previdi, I. Taha, A. Genç, J. Arbiol, S. Calcaterra, A.D.C. Oliveira, D. Chrastina, G. Isella, A. Bubis, G. Katsaros, Applied Physics Letters 129 (2026).

Protecting centrosomes from fracturing enables efficient cell navigation
M.T. Schmitt, J. Kroll, M.J.A. Ruiz-Fernandez, R. Hauschild, S. Ghosh, P. Kameritsch, J. Merrin, J. Schmid, K. Stefanowski, A.W. Thomae, J. Cheng, G.N. Öztan, P. Konopka, G.C. Ortega, T. Penz, L. Bach, D. Baumjohann, C. Bock, T. Straub, F. Meissner, E. Kiermaier, J. Renkawitz, Science Advances 11 (2025).

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.

A duality between surface charge and work function in scanning Kelvin probe microscopy
I.C. Lenton, F. Pertl, L.B. Shafeek, S.R. Waitukaitis, Advanced Materials Interfaces 12 (2025).

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, BioRxiv (n.d.).

Self-organized pattern formation in the developing mouse neural tube by a temporal relay of BMP signaling
S. Rus, D. Brückner, T. Minchington, M. Greunz, J. Merrin, E.B. Hannezo, A. Kicheva, Developmental Cell 60 (2025) 567–580.

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.

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.

Compressively strained epitaxial Ge layers for quantum computing applications
Y. Shimura, C. Godfrin, A. Hikavyy, R. Li, J.L. Aguilera Servin, G. Katsaros, P. Favia, H. Han, D. Wan, K. de Greve, R. Loo, Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing 174 (2024).

Unveiling the mechanism of phonon-polariton damping in ;1MoO3
J. Taboada-Gutiérrez, Y. Zhou, A.I.F. Tresguerres-Mata, C. Lanza, A. Martínez-Suárez, G. Álvarez-Pérez, J. Duan, J.I. Martín, M. Vélez, I. Prieto Gonzalez, A. Bercher, J. Teyssier, I. Errea, A.Y. Nikitin, J. Martín-Sánchez, A.B. Kuzmenko, P. Alonso-González, ACS Photonics 11 (2024) 3570–3577.

Beyond the blur: Using experimentally determined point spread functions to improve scanning Kelvin probe imaging
I.C. Lenton, F. Pertl, L.B. Shafeek, S.R. Waitukaitis, Journal of Applied Physics 136 (2024).

Protocol for fabricating elastomeric stencils for patterned stem cell differentiation
S. Rus, J. Merrin, M.A. Kulig, T. Minchington, A. Kicheva, STAR Protocols 5 (2024).

En-Face Imaging of T Cell-Dendritic Cell Immunological Synapses
A.F. Leithner, J. Merrin, M.K. Sixt, in:, C. Baldari, M. Dustin (Eds.), The Immune Synapse, Springer Nature, New York, NY, 2023, pp. 137–147.

Adaptive pathfinding by nucleokinesis during amoeboid migration
J. Kroll, R. Hauschild, A. Kuznetcov, K. Stefanowski, M.D. Hermann, J. Merrin, L.B. Shafeek, A. Müller-Taubenberger, J. Renkawitz, EMBO Journal (2023).

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).

CC acts as both a sensor and a sink for CCL19 to coordinate collective leukocyte migration
J.H. Alanko, M.C. Ucar, N. Canigova, J.A. Stopp, J. Schwarz, J. Merrin, E.B. Hannezo, M.K. Sixt, Science Immunology 8 (2023).

Quantifying the probing and selection of microenvironmental pores by motile immune cells
J. Kroll, M.J.A. Ruiz-Fernandez, M.B. Braun, J. Merrin, J. Renkawitz, Current Protocols 2 (2022).