Rapid changes in tissue mechanics regulate cell behaviour in the developing embryonic brain

Tissue stiffening coordinates morphogenesis by triggering collective cell migration in vivo

(2018) Elias H. Barriga et al.   NATURE

The soft mechanical signature of glial scars in the central nervous system

(2017) Emad Moeendarbary et al.   Nature Communications

In vivo quantification of spatially varying mechanical properties in developing tissues

(2016) Friedhelm Serwane et al.   NATURE METHODS

Mechanosensing is critical for axon growth in the developing brain

(2016) David E Koser et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

CNS Cell Distribution and Axon Orientation Determine Local Spinal Cord Mechanical Properties

(2015) David E. Koser et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Identification of synthetic lethality of PLK1 inhibition and microtubule-destabilizing drugs

(2015) M Hugle et al.   CELL DEATH AND DIFFERENTIATION

Müller glia provide essential tensile strength to the developing retina

(2015) Ryan B. MacDonald et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

A self-organized biomechanical network drives shape changes during tissue morphogenesis

(2015) Akankshi Munjal et al.   NATURE

Systematic profiling of spatiotemporal tissue and cellular stiffness in the developing brain

(2014) M. Iwashita et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Neuronal morphometry directly from bitmap images

(2014) Tiago A Ferreira et al.   NATURE METHODS

Mitotic Position and Morphology of Committed Precursor Cells in the Zebrafish Retina Adapt to Architectural Changes upon Tissue Maturation

(2014) Isabell P. Weber et al.   Cell Reports

Heart-Specific Stiffening in Early Embryos Parallels Matrix and Myosin Expression to Optimize Beating

(2013) Stephanie Majkut et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

In vivo Brillouin optical microscopy of the human eye

(2012) Giuliano Scarcelli et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

The Xenopus retinal ganglion cell as a model neuron to study the establishment of neuronal connectivity

(2011) Sarah McFarlane et al.   Developmental Neurobiology

Decreased brain stiffness in Alzheimer's disease determined by magnetic resonance elastography

(2011) Matthew C. Murphy et al.   JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING

A fast all-in-one method for automated post-processing of PIV data

(2010) Damien Garcia   EXPERIMENTS IN FLUIDS

Mechanical difference between white and gray matter in the rat cerebellum measured by scanning force microscopy

(2010) Andreas F. Christ et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS

Robust smoothing of gridded data in one and higher dimensions with missing values

(2009) Damien Garcia   COMPUTATIONAL STATISTICS & DATA ANALYSIS

Cell shape changes indicate a role for extrinsic tensile forces in Drosophila germ-band extension

(2009) Lucy C. Butler et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Extracellular Engrailed Participates in the Topographic Guidance of Retinal Axons In Vivo

(2009) Andrea Wizenmann et al.   NEURON

Non-invasive measurement of brain viscoelasticity using magnetic resonance elastography

(2007) Ingolf Sack et al.   NMR IN BIOMEDICINE