Excitable RhoA dynamics drive pulsed contractions in the early C. elegans embryo

Feedback inhibition of actin on Rho mediates content release from large secretory vesicles

(2018) Dagan Segal et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

An excitable Rho GTPase signaling network generates dynamic subcellular contraction patterns

(2017) Melanie Graessl et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Controlling contractile instabilities in the actomyosin cortex

(2017) Masatoshi Nishikawa et al.   eLife

Mechanoaccumulative Elements of the Mammalian Actin Cytoskeleton

(2016) Eric S. Schiffhauer et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

RhoA GTPase inhibition organizes contraction during epithelial morphogenesis

(2016) Frank M. Mason et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

From actomyosin oscillations to tissue-level deformations

(2015) Nicole Gorfinkiel   DEVELOPMENTAL DYNAMICS

Actin Mechanics and Fragmentation

(2015) Enrique M. De La Cruz et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

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

(2015) Akankshi Munjal et al.   NATURE

Activator–inhibitor coupling between Rho signalling and actin assembly makes the cell cortex an excitable medium

(2015) William M. Bement et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

The RhoGAP activity of CYK-4/MgcRacGAP functions non-canonically by promoting RhoA activation during cytokinesis

(2015) Donglei Zhang et al.   eLife

Recapitulation of morphogenetic cell shape changes enables wound re-epithelialisation

(2014) William Razzell et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Cytoskeletal turnover and Myosin contractility drive cell autonomous oscillations in a model of Drosophila Dorsal Closure

(2014) P. F. Machado et al.   European Physical Journal-Special Topics

Dynamic myosin phosphorylation regulates contractile pulses and tissue integrity during epithelial morphogenesis

(2014) Claudia G. Vasquez et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Mechanochemical regulation of oscillatory follicle cell dynamics in the developing Drosophila egg chamber

(2014) Sarita Koride et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Single-molecule analysis of cell surface dynamics in Caenorhabditis elegans embryos

(2014) François B Robin et al.   NATURE METHODS

Spontaneous Oscillations of Elastic Contractile Materials with Turnover

(2014) Kai Dierkes et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Pulsatory Patterns in Active Fluids

(2014) K. Vijay Kumar et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Active torque generation by the actomyosin cell cortex drives left–right symmetry breaking

(2014) Sundar Ram Naganathan et al.   eLife

Oscillation and Polarity of E-Cadherin Asymmetries Control Actomyosin Flow Patterns during Morphogenesis

(2013) Romain Levayer et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

A Conserved RhoGAP Limits M Phase Contractility and Coordinates with Microtubule Asters to Confine RhoA during Cytokinesis

(2013) Esther Zanin et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Compression and dilation of the membrane-cortex layer generates rapid changes in cell shape

(2013) Maryna Kapustina et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Understanding the Cooperative Interaction between Myosin II and Actin Cross-Linkers Mediated by Actin Filaments during Mechanosensation

(2012) Tianzhi Luo et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Actomyosin-based Self-organization of cell internalization during C. elegans gastrulation

(2012) Christian Pohl et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

The RhoGAP Domain of CYK-4 Has an Essential Role in RhoA Activation

(2012) Andy Loria et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Traveling waves in actin dynamics and cell motility

(2012) Jun Allard et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CELL BIOLOGY

Hierarchical assembly of the eggshell and permeability barrier inC. elegans

(2012) Sara K. Olson et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

RhoA activation during polarization and cytokinesis of the early Caenorhabditis elegans embryo is differentially dependent on NOP-1 and CYK-4

(2012) Yu Chung Tse et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Actin filaments function as a tension sensor by tension-dependent binding of cofilin to the filament

(2011) Kimihide Hayakawa et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Punctuated actin contractions during convergent extension and their permissive regulation by the non-canonical Wnt-signaling pathway

(2011) H. Y. Kim et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Formins filter modified actin subunits during processive elongation

(2011) Qian Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Anillin promotes astral microtubule-directed cortical myosin polarization

(2011) Yu Chung Tse et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Polar actomyosin contractility destabilizes the position of the cytokinetic furrow

(2011) Jakub Sedzinski et al.   NATURE

Pattern Formation in Active Fluids

(2011) Justin S. Bois et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Acute Drug Treatment in the Early C. elegans Embryo

(2011) Ana Carvalho et al.   PLoS One

Biomechanical regulation of contractility: spatial control and dynamics

(2011) Romain Levayer et al.   TRENDS IN CELL BIOLOGY

Dynamics and regulation of contractile actin–myosin networks in morphogenesis

(2010) Karen E Kasza et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CELL BIOLOGY

The PAR complex regulates pulsed actomyosin contractions during amnioserosa apical constriction in Drosophila

(2010) D. J. V. David et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Cytoskeletal dynamics and supracellular organisation of cell shape fluctuations during dorsal closure

(2010) G. B. Blanchard et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Long astral microtubules uncouple mitotic spindles from the cytokinetic furrow

(2010) Kathleen E. Rankin et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Planar polarized actomyosin contractile flows control epithelial junction remodelling

(2010) Matteo Rauzi et al.   NATURE

Tissue elongation requires oscillating contractions of a basal actomyosin network

(2010) Li He et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

The myriad roles of Anillin during cytokinesis

(2010) Alisa J. Piekny et al.   SEMINARS IN CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Pulsed Forces Timed by a Ratchet-like Mechanism Drive Directed Tissue Movement during Dorsal Closure

(2009) Jerome Solon et al.   CELL

Mechanosensing through Cooperative Interactions between Myosin II and the Actin Crosslinker Cortexillin I

(2009) Yixin Ren et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Myosin II Dynamics Are Regulated by Tension in Intercalating Cells

(2009) Rodrigo Fernandez-Gonzalez et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Microrheology of Microtubule Solutions and Actin-Microtubule Composite Networks

(2009) Vincent Pelletier et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Mechanical and Biochemical Modeling of Cortical Oscillations in Spreading Cells

(2008) Maryna Kapustina et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Anillin Is a Scaffold Protein That Links RhoA, Actin, and Myosin during Cytokinesis

(2008) Alisa J. Piekny et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Rho-dependent control of anillin behavior during cytokinesis

(2008) Gilles R.X. Hickson et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Pulsed contractions of an actin–myosin network drive apical constriction

(2008) Adam C. Martin et al.   NATURE

Highly inclined thin illumination enables clear single-molecule imaging in cells

(2008) Makio Tokunaga et al.   NATURE METHODS