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.

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.

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).

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Probing Single Chaperone Substrates
F. Wruck, M. Avellaneda Sarrió, M.M. Naqvi, E.J. Koers, K. Till, L. Gross, F. Moayed, A. Roland, L.W.H.J. Heling, A. Mashaghi, S.J. Tans, in:, S. Hiller, M. Liu, L. He (Eds.), Biophysics of Molecular Chaperones, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2023, pp. 278–318.

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).

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

Synchronization in collectively moving active matter
M. Riedl, Synchronization in Collectively Moving Active Matter, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023.

Neutrophils on the hunt : Migratory strategies employed by neutrophils to fulfill their effector function
J.A. Stopp, Neutrophils on the Huntf: Migratory Strategies Employed by Neutrophils to Fulfill Their Effector Function, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023.