Multidimensional traction force microscopy reveals out-of-plane rotational moments about focal adhesions

Dual-objective STORM reveals three-dimensional filament organization in the actin cytoskeleton

(2012) Ke Xu et al.   NATURE METHODS

Static wetting on deformable substrates, from liquids to soft solids

(2012) Robert W. Style et al.   Soft Matter

Dynamic molecular processes mediate cellular mechanotransduction

(2011) Brenton D. Hoffman et al.   NATURE

Super-resolution 3D microscopy of live whole cells using structured illumination

(2011) Lin Shao et al.   NATURE METHODS

Balancing forces: architectural control of mechanotransduction

(2011) Christopher C. DuFort et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Deformation of an Elastic Substrate by a Three-Phase Contact Line

(2011) Elizabeth R. Jerison et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Three-Dimensional Traction Force Microscopy: A New Tool for Quantifying Cell-Matrix Interactions

(2011) Christian Franck et al.   PLoS One

An Adhesion-Dependent Switch between Mechanisms That Determine Motile Cell Shape

(2011) Erin L. Barnhart et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Mechanical Integration of Actin and Adhesion Dynamics in Cell Migration

(2010) Margaret L. Gardel et al.   Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

Bioactive hydrogels made from step-growth derived PEG–peptide macromers

(2010) Jordan S. Miller et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Transient Frictional Slip between Integrin and the ECM in Focal Adhesions under Myosin II Tension

(2010) Yvonne Aratyn-Schaus et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Measuring mechanical tension across vinculin reveals regulation of focal adhesion dynamics

(2010) Carsten Grashoff et al.   NATURE

Nanoscale architecture of integrin-based cell adhesions

(2010) Pakorn Kanchanawong et al.   NATURE

Measurement of mechanical tractions exerted by cells in three-dimensional matrices

(2010) Wesley R Legant et al.   NATURE METHODS

Mechanical regulation of cell function with geometrically modulated elastomeric substrates

(2010) Jianping Fu et al.   NATURE METHODS

Cell adhesion: integrating cytoskeletal dynamics and cellular tension

(2010) J. Thomas Parsons et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

4D Traction Force Microscopy Reveals Asymmetric Cortical Forces in MigratingDictyosteliumCells

(2010) H. Delanoë-Ayari et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Integrins and Extracellular Matrix in Mechanotransduction

(2010) M. A. Schwartz   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Live Cells Exert 3-Dimensional Traction Forces on Their Substrata

(2009) Sung Sik Hur et al.   Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering

Plasticity of cell migration: a multiscale tuning model

(2009) Peter Friedl et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Non-muscle myosin II takes centre stage in cell adhesion and migration

(2009) Miguel Vicente-Manzanares et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Collective cell migration in morphogenesis, regeneration and cancer

(2009) Peter Friedl et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

A Role for the Juxtamembrane Cytoplasm in the Molecular Dynamics of Focal Adhesions

(2009) Haguy Wolfenson et al.   PLoS One

Quantifying cellular traction forces in three dimensions

(2009) Stacey A. Maskarinec et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Stretching Single Talin Rod Molecules Activates Vinculin Binding

(2009) A. del Rio et al.   SCIENCE

The heel and toe of the cell's foot: A multifaceted approach for understanding the structure and dynamics of focal adhesions

(2009) Haguy Wolfenson et al.   CELL MOTILITY AND THE CYTOSKELETON

Traction stress in focal adhesions correlates biphasically with actin retrograde flow speed

(2008) Margaret L. Gardel et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Paxillin comes of age

(2008) N. O. Deakin et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Mechanotransduction - a field pulling together?

(2008) C. S. Chen   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Actin and α-actinin orchestrate the assembly and maturation of nascent adhesions in a myosin II motor-independent manner

(2008) Colin K. Choi et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Improving the photostability of bright monomeric orange and red fluorescent proteins

(2008) Nathan C Shaner et al.   NATURE METHODS

Environmental sensing through focal adhesions

(2008) Benjamin Geiger et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Comparative Dynamics of Retrograde Actin Flow and Focal Adhesions: Formation of Nascent Adhesions Triggers Transition from Fast to Slow Flow

(2008) Antonina Y. Alexandrova et al.   PLoS One

High Resolution Traction Force Microscopy Based on Experimental and Computational Advances

(2007) Benedikt Sabass et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL