The University of Queensland

Epithelia are multiscale active liquid crystals

Armengol-Collado, Josep-Maria, Carenza, Livio Nicola, Eckert, Julia, Krommydas, Dimitrios and Giomi, Luca (2023). Epithelia are multiscale active liquid crystals. Nature Physics, 19 (12), 1773-1779. doi: 10.1038/s41567-023-02179-0

Caveola mechanotransduction reinforces the cortical cytoskeleton to promote epithelial resilience

Brooks, John W., Tillu, Vikas, Eckert, Julia, Verma, Suzie, Collins, Brett M., Parton, Robert G. and Yap, Alpha S. (2023). Caveola mechanotransduction reinforces the cortical cytoskeleton to promote epithelial resilience. Molecular Biology of the Cell, 34 (12) ar120, 1-14. doi: 10.1091/mbc.e23-05-0163

Hexanematic crossover in epithelial monolayers depends on cell adhesion and cell density

Eckert, Julia, Ladoux, Benoît, Mège, René-Marc, Giomi, Luca and Schmidt, Thomas (2023). Hexanematic crossover in epithelial monolayers depends on cell adhesion and cell density. Nature Communications, 14 (1) 5762, 5762. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-41449-6

Theory of defect-mediated morphogenesis

Hoffmann, Ludwig A., Carenza, Livio Nicola, Eckert, Julia and Giomi, Luca (2022). Theory of defect-mediated morphogenesis. Science Advances, 8 (15), eabk2712. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abk2712

Characterization of cell-induced astigmatism in high-resolution imaging

Mercado, Rick Rodrigues de, Van Hoorn, Hedde, De Valois, Martin, Backendorf, Claude, Eckert, Julia and Schmidt, Thomas (2022). Characterization of cell-induced astigmatism in high-resolution imaging. Biomedical Optics Express, 13 (1), 464-473. doi: 10.1364/boe.444950

Single Cell Micro-Pillar-Based Characterization of Endothelial and Fibroblast Cell Mechanics

Eckert, Julia, Abouleila, Yasmine, Schmidt, Thomas and Mashaghi, Alireza (2021). Single Cell Micro-Pillar-Based Characterization of Endothelial and Fibroblast Cell Mechanics. Micro, 1 (2), 242-249. doi: 10.3390/micro1020018

Holding it together: when cadherin meets cadherin

Arslan, Feyza Nur, Eckert, Julia, Schmidt, Thomas and Heisenberg, Carl-Philipp (2021). Holding it together: when cadherin meets cadherin. Biophysical Journal, 120 (19), 4182-4192. doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2021.03.025

Hypergravity affects cell traction forces of fibroblasts

Eckert, Julia, van Loon, Jack J. W. A., Eng, Lukas M. and Schmidt, Thomas (2021). Hypergravity affects cell traction forces of fibroblasts. Biophysical Journal, 120 (5), 773-780. doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2021.01.021

Measuring Intracellular Viscosity in Conditions of Hypergravity

Woodcock, Emma M., Girvan, Paul, Eckert, Julia, Lopez-Duarte, Ismael, Kubankova, Marketa, van Loon, Jack J. W. A., Brooks, Nicholas J. and Kuimova, Marina K. (2019). Measuring Intracellular Viscosity in Conditions of Hypergravity. Biophysical Journal, 116 (10), 1984-1993. doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2019.03.038