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).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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).

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).

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.

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).

Crises and chaotic scattering in hydrodynamic pilot-wave experiments
G.H. Choueiri, B. Suri, J. Merrin, M. Serbyn, B. Hof, N.B. Budanur, Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science 32 (2022).

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).

WASp triggers mechanosensitive actin patches to facilitate immune cell migration in dense tissues
F. Gaertner, P. Reis-Rodrigues, I. de Vries, M. Hons, J. Aguilera, M. Riedl, A.F. Leithner, S. Tasciyan, A. Kopf, J. Merrin, V. Zheden, W. Kaufmann, R. Hauschild, M.K. Sixt, Developmental Cell 57 (2022) 47–62.e9.

Cell surface and intracellular auxin signalling for H<sup>+</sup> fluxes in root growth
L. Li, I. Verstraeten, M. Roosjen, K. Takahashi, L. Rodriguez Solovey, J. Merrin, J. Chen, L. Shabala, W. Smet, H. Ren, S. Vanneste, S. Shabala, B. De Rybel, D. Weijers, T. Kinoshita, W.M. Gray, J. Friml, Nature 599 (2021) 273–277.

Cell surface and intracellular auxin signalling for H+-fluxes in root growth
L. Li, I. Verstraeten, M. Roosjen, K. Takahashi, L. Rodriguez Solovey, J. Merrin, J. Chen, L. Shabala, W. Smet, H. Ren, S. Vanneste, S. Shabala, B. De Rybel, D. Weijers, T. Kinoshita, W.M. Gray, J. Friml, Research Square (n.d.).

Differences in power law growth over time and indicators of COVID-19 pandemic progression worldwide
J. Merrin, Physical Biology 17 (2020).

Microtubules control cellular shape and coherence in amoeboid migrating cells
A. Kopf, J. Renkawitz, R. Hauschild, I. Girkontaite, K. Tedford, J. Merrin, O. Thorn-Seshold, D. Trauner, H. Häcker, K.D. Fischer, E. Kiermaier, M.K. Sixt, The Journal of Cell Biology 219 (2020).

Cellular locomotion using environmental topography
A. Reversat, F.R. Gärtner, J. Merrin, J.A. Stopp, S. Tasciyan, J.L. Aguilera Servin, I. de Vries, R. Hauschild, M. Hons, M. Piel, A. Callan-Jones, R. Voituriez, M.K. Sixt, Nature 582 (2020) 582–585.

Frontiers in microfluidics, a teaching resource review
J. Merrin, Bioengineering 6 (2019).