M. Riedl, “Synchronization in collectively moving active matter,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023.

M. Riedl, I. D. Mayer, J. Merrin, M. K. Sixt, and B. Hof, “Synchronization in collectively moving inanimate and living active matter,” Nature Communications, vol. 14. Springer Nature, 2023.

E. Sitarska et al., “Sensing their plasma membrane curvature allows migrating cells to circumvent obstacles,” Nature Communications, vol. 14. Springer Nature, 2023.

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J. A. Stopp, “Neutrophils on the hunt: Migratory strategies employed by neutrophils to fulfill their effector function,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023.

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K. Tomasek, A. F. Leithner, I. Glatzová, M. S. Lukesch, C. C. Guet, and M. K. Sixt, “Type 1 piliated uropathogenic Escherichia coli hijack the host immune response by binding to C,” eLife, vol. 11. eLife Sciences Publications, 2022.

Y. Mulla et al., “Weak catch bonds make strong networks,” Nature Materials, vol. 21, no. 9. Springer Nature, pp. 1019–1023, 2022.

T. Petzold et al., “Neutrophil ‘plucking’ on megakaryocytes drives platelet production and boosts cardiovascular disease,” Immunity, vol. 55, no. 12. Elsevier, p. 2285–2299.e7, 2022.

S. Cremer and M. K. Sixt, “Principles of disease defence in organisms, superorganisms and societies,” Nature Reviews Immunology, vol. 22, no. 12. Springer Nature, pp. 713–714, 2022.

J. A. Stopp and M. K. Sixt, “Plan your trip before you leave: The neutrophils’ search-and-run journey,” Journal of Cell Biology, vol. 221, no. 8. Rockefeller University Press, 2022.

F. Gaertner et al., “WASp triggers mechanosensitive actin patches to facilitate immune cell migration in dense tissues,” Developmental Cell, vol. 57, no. 1. Cell Pressf; Elsevier, p. 47–62.e9, 2022.

S. Tasciyan, “Role of microenvironment heterogeneity in cancer cell invasion,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022.

C. F. Düllberg, A. Auer, N. Canigova, K. Loibl, and M. Loose, “In vitro reconstitution reveals phosphoinositides as cargo-release factors and activators of the AR GAP ADA,” PNAS, vol. 118, no. 1. National Academy of Sciences, 2021.

K. Vaahtomeri, C. Moussion, R. Hauschild, and M. K. Sixt, “Shape and function of interstitial chemokine CCL21 gradients are independent of heparan sulfates produced by lymphatic endothelium,” Frontiers in Immunology, vol. 12. Frontiers, 2021.

F. R. Gärtner and M. K. Sixt, “Engaging the front wheels to drive through fibrous terrain,” Developmental Cell, vol. 56, no. 6. Elsevier, pp. 723–725, 2021.

T. Zisis et al., “Sequential and switchable patterning for studying cellular processes under spatiotemporal control,” ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, vol. 13, no. 30. American Chemical Society, pp. 35545–35560, 2021.

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A. F. Leithner et al., “Dendritic cell actin dynamics control contact duration and priming efficiency at the immunological synapse,” Journal of Cell Biology, vol. 220, no. 4. Rockefeller University Press, 2021.

J. Morandell et al., “Cul3 regulates cytoskeleton protein homeostasis and cell migration during a critical window of brain development,” Nature Communications, vol. 12, no. 1. Springer Nature, 2021.

K. Tomasek, “Pathogenic Escherichia coli hijack the host immune response,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021.

K. Tomasek, A. F. Leithner, I. Glatzová, M. S. Lukesch, C. C. Guet, and M. K. Sixt, “Type 1 piliated uropathogenic Escherichia coli hijack the host immune response by binding to C,” bioRxiv. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.

P. Obeidy et al., “Partial loss of actin nucleator actin-related protein 2/3 activity triggers blebbing in primary T lymphocytes,” Immunology and Cell Biology, vol. 98, no. 2. Wiley, pp. 93–113, 2020.

G. Jankowiak, D. Peurichard, A. Reversat, C. Schmeiser, and M. K. Sixt, “Modeling adhesion-independent cell migration,” Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences, vol. 30, no. 3. World Scientific, pp. 513–537, 2020.

A. Kopf et al., “Microtubules control cellular shape and coherence in amoeboid migrating cells,” The Journal of Cell Biology, vol. 219, no. 6. Rockefeller University Press, 2020.

M. K. Sixt and T. Lämmermann, “T cells: Bridge-and-channel commute to the white pulp,” Immunity, vol. 52, no. 5. Elsevier, pp. 721–723, 2020.

J. Damiano-Guercio et al., “Loss of Ena/VASP interferes with lamellipodium architecture, motility and integrin-dependent adhesion,” eLife, vol. 9. eLife Sciences Publications, 2020.

E. Salzer et al., “The cytoskeletal regulator HEM1 governs B cell development and prevents autoimmunity,” Science Immunology, vol. 5, no. 49. AAAS, 2020.

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J. C. Montesinos López et al., “Phytohormone cytokinin guides microtubule dynamics during cell progression from proliferative to differentiated stage,” The Embo Journal, vol. 39, no. 17. Embo Press, 2020.

A. Reversat et al., “Cellular locomotion using environmental topography,” Nature, vol. 582. Springer Nature, pp. 582–585, 2020.

M. K. Sixt and A. Huttenlocher, “Zena Werb (1945-2020): Cell biology in context,” The Journal of Cell Biology, vol. 219, no. 8. Rockefeller University Press, 2020.

F. R. Gärtner and S. Massberg, “Patrolling the vascular borders: Platelets in immunity to infection and cancer,” Nature Reviews Immunology, vol. 19, no. 12. Springer Nature, pp. 747–760, 2019.

K. Yamada and M. K. Sixt, “Mechanisms of 3D cell migration,” Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, vol. 20, no. 12. Springer Nature, pp. 738–752, 2019.

L. Nicolai, F. R. Gärtner, and S. Massberg, “Platelets in host defense: Experimental and clinical insights,” Trends in Immunology, vol. 40, no. 10. Cell Press, pp. 922–938, 2019.

A. Kopf and M. K. Sixt, “Gut homeostasis: Active migration of intestinal epithelial cells in tissue renewal,” Current Biology, vol. 29, no. 20. Cell Press, pp. 91–93, 2019.

L. Yolland et al., “Persistent and polarized global actin flow is essential for directionality during cell migration,” Nature Cell Biology, vol. 21, no. 11. Springer Nature, pp. 1370–1381, 2019.

P. Sahgal et al., “GG and RA promote activity-dependent ;21-integrin recycling,” Journal of Cell Science, vol. 132, no. 11. The Company of Biologists, 2019.

T. Stürner et al., “Transient localization of the Ar/3 complex initiates neuronal dendrite branching in vivo,” Development, vol. 146, no. 7. The Company of Biologists, 2019.

F. P. Assen, “Lymph node mechanics: Deciphering the interplay between stroma contractility, morphology and lymphocyte trafficking,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2019.

A. Kopf, “The implication of cytoskeletal dynamics on leukocyte migration,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2019.

J. Renkawitz et al., “Nuclear positioning facilitates amoeboid migration along the path of least resistance,” Nature, vol. 568. Springer Nature, pp. 546–550, 2019.

A. Kopf and M. K. Sixt, “The neural crest pitches in to remove apoptotic debris,” Cell, vol. 179, no. 1. Elsevier, pp. 51–53, 2019.

S. Fan, M. Lorenz, S. Massberg, and F. R. Gärtner, “Platelet migration and bacterial trapping assay under flow,” Bio-Protocol, vol. 8, no. 18. Bio-Protocol, 2018.

A. M. Casano and M. K. Sixt, “A fat lot of good for wound healing,” Developmental Cell, vol. 44, no. 4. Cell Press, pp. 405–406, 2018.

A. Ratheesh et al., “Drosophila TNF modulates tissue tension in the embryo to facilitate macrophage invasive migration,” Developmental Cell, vol. 45, no. 3. Elsevier, pp. 331–346, 2018.

A. F. Leithner, J. Renkawitz, I. de Vries, R. Hauschild, H. Haecker, and M. K. Sixt, “Fast and efficient genetic engineering of hematopoietic precursor cells for the study of dendritic cell migration,” European Journal of Immunology, vol. 48, no. 6. Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 1074–1077, 2018.

A. Reversat and M. K. Sixt, “IgM’s exit route,” Journal of Experimental Medicine, vol. 215, no. 12. Rockefeller University Press, pp. 2959–2961, 2018.

M. Brown et al., “Lymphatic exosomes promote dendritic cell migration along guidance cues,” Journal of Cell Biology, vol. 217, no. 6. Rockefeller University Press, pp. 2205–2221, 2018.

S. Hross, F. J. Theis, M. K. Sixt, and J. Hasenauer, “Mechanistic description of spatial processes using integrative modelling of noise-corrupted imaging data,” Journal of the Royal Society Interface, vol. 15, no. 149. Royal Society Publishing, 2018.

J. Renkawitz, A. Reversat, A. F. Leithner, J. Merrin, and M. K. Sixt, “Micro-engineered ‘pillar forests’ to study cell migration in complex but controlled 3D environments,” in Methods in Cell Biology, vol. 147, Academic Press, 2018, pp. 79–91.

C. Frick et al., “Nano-scale microfluidics to study 3D chemotaxis at the single cell level,” PLoS One, vol. 13, no. 6. Public Library of Science, 2018.

J. H. Alanko and M. K. Sixt, “The cell sets the tone,” eLife, vol. 7. eLife Sciences Publications, 2018.

M. Morri et al., “Optical functionalization of human class A orphan G-protein-coupled receptors,” Nature Communications, vol. 9, no. 1. Springer Nature, 2018.

S. Dolati et al., “On the relation between filament density, force generation, and protrusion rate in mesenchymal cell motility,” Molecular Biology of the Cell, vol. 29, no. 22. American Society for Cell Biology , pp. 2674–2686, 2018.

F. Moalli et al., “The Rho regulator Myosin IXb enables nonlymphoid tissue seeding of protective C+T cells,” The Journal of Experimental Medicine, vol. 2015, no. 7. Rockefeller University Press, pp. 1869–1890, 2018.

M. Brown et al., “Lymph node blood vessels provide exit routes for metastatic tumor cell dissemination in mice,” Science, vol. 359, no. 6382. American Association for the Advancement of Science, pp. 1408–1411, 2018.

A. F. Leithner, “Branched actin networks in dendritic cell biology,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2018.

M. Hons et al., “Chemokines and integrins independently tune actin flow and substrate friction during intranodal migration of T cells,” Nature Immunology, vol. 19, no. 6. Nature Publishing Group, pp. 606–616, 2018.

F. Spira et al., “Cytokinesis in vertebrate cells initiates by contraction of an equatorial actomyosin network composed of randomly oriented filaments,” eLife, vol. 6. eLife Sciences Publications, 2017.

F. R. Gärtner et al., “Migrating platelets are mechano scavengers that collect and bundle bacteria,” Cell Press, vol. 171, no. 6. Cell Press, pp. 1368–1382, 2017.

F. Kage et al., “FMNL formins boost lamellipodial force generation,” Nature Communications, vol. 8. Nature Publishing Group, 2017.

M. Horsthemke et al., “Multiple roles of filopodial dynamics in particle capture and phagocytosis and phenotypes of Cd and Myo10 deletion,” Journal of Biological Chemistry, vol. 292, no. 17. American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, pp. 7258–7273, 2017.

K. Vaahtomeri et al., “Locally triggered release of the chemokine CCL21 promotes dendritic cell transmigration across lymphatic endothelia,” Cell Reports, vol. 19, no. 5. Cell Press, pp. 902–909, 2017.

J. Schwarz et al., “Dendritic cells interpret haptotactic chemokine gradients in a manner governed by signal to noise ratio and dependent on GRK6,” Current Biology, vol. 27, no. 9. Cell Press, pp. 1314–1325, 2017.

C. Lademann, J. Renkawitz, B. Pfander, and S. Jentsch, “The INO80 complex removes A.Z to promote presynaptic filament formation during homologous recombination,” Cell Reports, vol. 19, no. 7. Cell Press, pp. 1294–1303, 2017.

A. Veß et al., “A dual phenotype of MDA MB 468 cancer cells reveals mutual regulation of tensin3 and adhesion plasticity,” Journal of Cell Science, vol. 130, no. 13. Company of Biologists, pp. 2172–2184, 2017.

J. Müller and M. K. Sixt, “Cell migration: Making the waves,” Current Biology, vol. 27, no. 1. Cell Press, pp. –, 2017.

J. Mueller et al., “Load adaptation of lamellipodial actin networks,” Cell, vol. 171, no. 1. Cell Press, pp. 188–200, 2017.

A. F. Leithner, “Immunological synapse DC-Tcells.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2017.

F. P. Assen and M. K. Sixt, “The dynamic cytokine niche,” Immunity, vol. 46, no. 4. Cell Press, pp. 519–520, 2017.

F. Ebner et al., “The RNA-binding protein tristetraprolin schedules apoptosis of pathogen-engaged neutrophils during bacterial infection,” The Journal of Clinical Investigation, vol. 127, no. 6. American Society for Clinical Investigation, pp. 2051–2065, 2017.

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R. Martins et al., “Heme drives hemolysis-induced susceptibility to infection via disruption of phagocyte functions,” Nature Immunology, vol. 17, no. 12. Nature Publishing Group, pp. 1361–1372, 2016.

J. Renkawitz and M. K. Sixt, “A Radical Break Restraining Neutrophil Migration,” Developmental Cell, vol. 38, no. 5. Cell Press, pp. 448–450, 2016.

J. Schwarz et al., “A microfluidic device for measuring cell migration towards substrate bound and soluble chemokine gradients,” Scientific Reports, vol. 6. Nature Publishing Group, 2016.

J. Renkawitz and M. K. Sixt, “Formin’ a nuclear protection,” Cell, vol. 167, no. 6. Cell Press, pp. 1448–1449, 2016.

V. Sreeramkumar et al., “Efficient T-cell priming and activation requires signaling through prostaglandin  (EP) receptors,” Immunology and Cell Biology, vol. 94, no. 1. Nature Publishing Group, pp. 39–51, 2016.

E. Paluch, I. Aspalter, and M. K. Sixt, “Focal adhesion-independent cell migration,” Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology, vol. 32. Annual Reviews, pp. 469–490, 2016.

E. Russo et al., “Intralymphatic CCL21 promotes tissue egress of dendritic cells through afferent lymphatic vessels,” Cell Reports, vol. 14, no. 7. Cell Press, pp. 1723–1734, 2016.

E. Kiermaier et al., “Polysialylation controls dendritic cell trafficking by regulating chemokine recognition,” Science, vol. 351, no. 6269. American Association for the Advancement of Science, pp. 186–190, 2016.

J. Schwarz and M. K. Sixt, “Quantitative analysis of dendritic cell haptotaxis,” Methods in Enzymology, vol. 570. Elsevier, pp. 567–581, 2016.

J. Schwarz, “Quantitative analysis of haptotactic cell migration,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2016.

A. F. Leithner et al., “Diversified actin protrusions promote environmental exploration but are dispensable for locomotion of leukocytes,” Nature Cell Biology, vol. 18. Nature Publishing Group, pp. 1253–1259, 2016.

V. Bierbaum and S. Klumpp, “Impact of the cell division cycle on gene circuits,” Physical Biology, vol. 12, no. 6. IOP Publishing Ltd., 2015.

P. Maiuri et al., “Actin flows mediate a universal coupling between cell speed and cell persistence,” Cell, vol. 161, no. 2. Cell Press, pp. 374–386, 2015.

K. Heger et al., “A novel Cre recombinase reporter mouse strain facilitates selective and efficient infection of primary immune cells with adenoviral vectors,” European Journal of Immunology, vol. 45, no. 6. Wiley, pp. 1614–1620, 2015.

M. Hons and M. K. Sixt, “The lymph node filter revealed,” Nature Immunology, vol. 16, no. 4. Nature Publishing Group, pp. 338–340, 2015.

M. Chabaud et al., “Cell migration and antigen capture are antagonistic processes coupled by myosin II in dendritic cells,” Nature Communications, vol. 6. Nature Publishing Group, 2015.

M. K. Sixt and E. Raz, “Editorial overview: Cell adhesion and migration,” Current Opinion in Cell Biology, vol. 36, no. 10. Elsevier, pp. 4–6, 2015.

M. Sarris and M. K. Sixt, “Navigating in tissue mazes: Chemoattractant interpretation in complex environments,” Current Opinion in Cell Biology, vol. 36, no. 10. Elsevier, pp. 93–102, 2015.

E. Kiermaier and M. K. Sixt, “Fragmented communication between immune cells: Neutrophils blaze a trail with migratory cues for T cells to follow to sites of infection,” Science, vol. 349, no. 6252. American Association for the Advancement of Science, pp. 1055–1056, 2015.

K. Holst et al., “The serotonin receptor 5-HR regulates the morphology and migratory properties of dendritic cells,” Journal of Cell Science, vol. 128, no. 15. Company of Biologists, pp. 2866–2880, 2015.

C. Veldkamp et al., “Solution structure of CCL19 and identification of overlapping CC and PSGL-1 binding sites,” Biochemistry, vol. 54, no. 27. American Chemical Society, pp. 4163–4166, 2015.

V. Ruprecht et al., “Cortical contractility triggers a stochastic switch to fast amoeboid cell motility,” Cell, vol. 160, no. 4. Cell Press, pp. 673–685, 2015.

M. K. Sixt and K. Vaahtomeri, “Physiology: Relax and come in,” Nature, vol. 514, no. 7523. Springer Nature, pp. 441–442, 2014.

S. Konradi et al., “Langerhans cell maturation is accompanied by induction of N-cadherin and the transcriptional regulators of epithelial-mesenchymal transition ZE/2,” European Journal of Immunology, vol. 44, no. 2. Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 553–560, 2014.

C. Lamprecht et al., “A single-molecule approach to explore binding uptake and transport of cancer cell targeting nanotubes,” Nanotechnology, vol. 25, no. 12. IOP Publishing, 2014.