Publications

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1353-3642

Peneti, S. K., Morparthi, S. B., d'Alessandro, J., Anger, L., Eckert, J., Chilupuri, R., Dang, T., Arnaud, M., Vassilopoulos, S., Ladoux, B., & Mège, R. M. (2026). Vimentin bridges scales to convert polarized cell locomotion into coordinated collective migration. bioRxiv 2026.01.12.699001. https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.01.12.699001

Chen, Y., Taberner, N., da Silva, J., Semwal, V., Bhattacharjee, B., Eckert, J., Kondrychyn, I., Hu, M., Aswani, N., Chen, G., Okada, Y., Lagendijk, A. K., Shibata, T., Okuda, S., & Phng, L. K. (2025). Circumferential actomyosin bundles anchored by CCM1 drive endothelial cell contraction and vessel constriction. Nature communications. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-67820-3

Eckert, J., Matylitskaya, V., Kasemann, S., Partel, S., & Schmidt, T. (2025). Cell–cell separation device: A new approach to measuring intercellular detachment forces. Review of scientific instruments, 96(9), 095002. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0271017

Eckert, J., Andrews, T. G. R., Pollard, J., Shen, Y., Essebier, P., Ladoux, B., Lagendijk, A. K., Priya, R., Yap, A. S., & Morris, R. G. (2025). Capturing Nematic Order on Tissue Surfaces of Arbitrary Geometry. Nature communications, 16, 7596. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-62694-x

Jovanic, S., Eckert, J., Savy, T., & Peyriéras, N. (2025). Resilience in zebrafish embryoids. bioRxiv 2025.06.18.660370. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.06.18.660370

Eckert, J., Viasnoff, V., & Yap, A. S. (2025). New directions in epithelial mechanoadaptation. Current opinion in cell biology, 95, 102536. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceb.2025.102536

Brooks, J. W., Tillu, V., Eckert, J., Verma, S., Collins, B. M., Parton, R. G., & Yap, A. S. (2023). Caveola mechanotransduction reinforces the cortical cytoskeleton to promote epithelial resilience. Molecular biology of the cell, 34(12), ar120. https://doi.org/10.1091/mbc.E23-05-0163

Eckert, J., Ladoux, B., Mège, R. M., Giomi, L., & Schmidt, T. (2023). Hexanematic crossover in epithelial monolayers depends on cell adhesion and cell density. Nature communications, 14(1), 5762. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-41449-6

Armengol-Collado, J. M.*, Carenza, L. N.*, Eckert, J.*, Krommydas, D.*, & Giomi, L. (2023). Epithelia are multiscale active liquid crystals. Nature physics, 19(12), 1773-1779. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-023-02179-0
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Hoffmann, L. A., Carenza, L. N., Eckert, J., & Giomi, L. (2022). Theory of defect-mediated morphogenesis. Science advances, 8(15), eabk2712. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abk2712

Rodrigues de Mercado, R., van Hoorn, H., de Valois, M., Backendorf, C., Eckert, J.*, & Schmidt, T.* (2021). Characterization of cell-induced astigmatism in high-resolution imaging. Biomedical optics express, 13(1), 464–473. https://doi.org/10.1364/BOE.444950
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Eckert, J.*, Abouleila, Y.*, Schmidt, T., & Mashaghi, A. (2021). Single Cell Micro-Pillar-Based Characterization of Endothelial and Fibroblast Cell Mechanics. Micro, 1(2), 242-249. https://doi.org/10.3390/micro1020018
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Arslan, F. N.*, Eckert, J.*, Schmidt, T., & Heisenberg, C. P. (2021). Holding it together: when cadherin meets cadherin. Biophysical journal, 120(19), 4182–4192. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2021.03.025
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Eckert, J., van Loon, J. J. W. A., Eng, L. M., & Schmidt, T. (2021). Hypergravity affects cell traction forces of fibroblasts. Biophysical journal, 120(5), 773–780. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2021.01.021

Woodcock, E. M., Girvan, P., Eckert, J., Lopez-Duarte, I., Kubánková, M., van Loon, J. J. W. A., Brooks, N. J., & Kuimova, M. K. (2019). Measuring Intracellular Viscosity in Conditions of Hypergravity. Biophysical journal, 116(10), 1984–1993. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2019.03.038