Prof. Kristian Franze

2022

• Barone, D.G., Carnicer-Lombarte, A., Tourlomousis, P., Hamilton, R.S., Prater, M., Rutz, A.L.,... Bryant, C.E. (2022). Prevention of the foreign body response to implantable medical devices by inflammasome inhibition. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 119(12), e2115857119. https://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2115857119
• Jakobs, M.A., Zemel, A., & Franze, K. (2022). Unrestrained growth of correctly oriented microtubules instructs axonal microtubule orientation. eLife, 11. https://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.77608
• Kaplan, L., Drexler, C., Pfaller, A.M., Brenna, S., Wunderlich, K.A., Dimitracopoulos, A.,... Grosche, A. (2022). Retinal regions shape human and murine Muller cell proteome profile and functionality. Glia. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/glia.24283
• Schaeffer, J., Weber, I.P., Thompson, A.J., Keynes, R.J., & Franze, K. (2022). Axons in the Chick Embryo Follow Soft Pathways Through Developing Somite Segments. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 10. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2022.917589
• Yanagida, A., Corujo-Simon, E., Revell, C.K., Sahu, P., Stirparo, G.G., Aspalter, I.M.,... Chalut, K.J. (2022). Cell surface fluctuations regulate early embryonic lineage sorting. Cell, 185(5), 777-793.e20. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2022.01.022

2021

• Labouesse, C., Tan, B.X., Agley, C.C., Hofer, M., Winkel, A.K., Stirparo, G.G.,... Chalut, K.J. (2021). StemBond hydrogels control the mechanical microenvironment for pluripotent stem cells. Nature Communications, 12(1). https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26236-5
• Lippert, A.H., Dimov, I.B., Winkel, A.K., Humphrey, J., Mccoll, J., Chen, K.Y.,... Klenerman, D. (2021). Soft Polydimethylsiloxane-Supported Lipid Bilayers for Studying T Cell Interactions. Biophysical Journal, 120(1), 35-45. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2020.11.021
• Oliveri, H., Franze, K., & Goriely, A. (2021). Theory for Durotactic Axon Guidance. Physical Review Letters, 126(11). https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.118101
• Wang, D.-Y., Melero, C., Albaraky, A., Atherton, P., Jansen, K.A., Dimitracopoulos, A.,... Ballestrem, C. (2021). Vinculin is required for neuronal mechanosensing but not for axon outgrowth. Experimental Cell Research, 407(2). https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.yexcr.2021.112805

2020

• Axpe, E., Orive, G., Franze, K., & Appel, E.A. (2020). Towards brain-tissue-like biomaterials. Nature Communications, 11(1). https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17245-x
• Dimitracopoulos, A., Srivastava, P., Chaigne, A., Win, Z., Shlomovitz, R., Lancaster, O.M.,... Baum, B. (2020). Mechanochemical Crosstalk Produces Cell-Intrinsic Patterning of the Cortex to Orient the Mitotic Spindle. Current Biology, 30(18), 3687-3696.e4. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.06.098
• Franze, K. (2020). Integrating Chemistry and Mechanics: The Forces Driving Axon Growth. In (pp. 61-83). Annual Reviews Inc..
• Jakobs, M.A.H., Franze, K., & Zemel, A. (2020). Mechanical Regulation of Neurite Polarization and Growth: A Computational Study. Biophysical Journal, 118(8), 1914-1920. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2020.02.031
• Kjell, J., Fischer-Sternjak, J., Thompson, A.J., Friess, C., Sticco, M.J., Salinas, F.,... Goetz, M. (2020). Defining the Adult Neural Stem Cell Niche Proteome Identifies Key Regulators of Adult Neurogenesis. Cell Stem Cell, 26(2), 277-293.e8. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.stem.2020.01.002
• Kulenkampff, K., Lippert, A.H., Mccoll, J., Santos, A.M., Ponjavic, A., Jenkins, E.,... Klenerman, D. (2020). The Costs of Close Contacts: Visualizing the Energy Landscape of Cell Contacts at the Nanoscale. Biophysical Journal, 118(6), 1261-1269. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2020.01.019
• Rheinlaender, J., Dimitracopoulos, A., Wallmeyer, B., Kronenberg, N.M., Chalut, K.J., Gather, M.C.,... Franze, K. (2020). Cortical cell stiffness is independent of substrate mechanics. Nature Materials. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41563-020-0684-x