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).

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

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.

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).

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.).

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.

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).

The excitable nature of polymerizing actin and the Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction
M. Riedl, M.K. Sixt, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology 11 (2023).

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.

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).

Sensing their plasma membrane curvature allows migrating cells to circumvent obstacles
E. Sitarska, S.D. Almeida, M.S. Beckwith, J.A. Stopp, J. Czuchnowski, M. Siggel, R. Roessner, A. Tschanz, C. Ejsing, Y. Schwab, J. Kosinski, M.K. Sixt, A. Kreshuk, A. Erzberger, A. Diz-Muñoz, Nature Communications 14 (2023).

Type 1 piliated uropathogenic Escherichia coli hijack the host immune response by binding to C
K. Tomasek, A.F. Leithner, I. Glatzová, M.S. Lukesch, C.C. Guet, M.K. Sixt, ELife 11 (2022).

Principles of disease defence in organisms, superorganisms and societies
S. Cremer, M.K. Sixt, Nature Reviews Immunology 22 (2022) 713–714.

Multitier mechanics control stromal adaptations in swelling lymph nodes
F.P. Assen, J. Abe, M. Hons, R. Hauschild, S. Shamipour, W. Kaufmann, T. Costanzo, G. Krens, M. Brown, B. Ludewig, S. Hippenmeyer, C.-P.J. Heisenberg, W. Weninger, E.B. Hannezo, S.A. Luther, J.V. Stein, M.K. Sixt, Nature Immunology 23 (2022) 1246–1255.

Plan your trip before you leave: The neutrophils’ search-and-run journey
J.A. Stopp, M.K. Sixt, Journal of Cell Biology 221 (2022).