Discovering stochastic dynamical equations from ecological time series data
A. Nabeel, A. Karichannavar, S. Palathingal, J. Jhawar, D. Brückner, D. Raj M, V. Guttal, The American Naturalist 205 (2025) 0–7.

The actin cortex acts as a mechanical memory of morphology in confined migrating cells
Y. Kalukula, M. Luciano, G. Simanov, G. Charras, D. Brückner, S. Gabriele, Nature Physics 21 (2025) 1451–1461.

Single-cell migration along and against confined haptotactic gradients
I.C. Fortunato, D. Brückner, S. Grosser, R. Nautiyal, L. Rossetti, M. Bosch-Padrós, J. Trebicka, P. Roca-Cusachs, R. Sunyer, E.B. Hannezo, X. Trepat, Nature Physics 21 (2025) 1638–1647.

Tissue active matter: Integrating mechanics and signaling into dynamical models
D. Brückner, E.B. Hannezo, Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology 17 (2025).

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).

Learning dynamical models of single and collective cell migration: a review
D. Brückner, C.P. Broedersz, Reports on Progress in Physics 87 (2024).

Information content and optimization of self-organized developmental systems
D. Brückner, G. Tkadik, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 121 (2024).

Geometry-driven migration efficiency of autonomous epithelial cell clusters
E. Vercruysse, D. Brückner, M. Gómez-González, A. Remson, M. Luciano, Y. Kalukula, L. Rossetti, X. Trepat, E.B. Hannezo, S. Gabriele, Nature Physics 20 (2024) 1492–1500.

Stochastic motion and transcriptional dynamics of pairs of distal DNA loci on a compacted chromosome
D. Brückner, H. Chen, L. Barinov, B. Zoller, T. Gregor, Science 380 (2023) 1357–1362.

Connecting theory and experiment in cell and tissue mechanics
C. Schwayer, D. Brückner, Journal of Cell Science 136 (2023).