Publications

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

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., & Peyrieras, 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