Matthias Weiß

This study tracks peroxisomes in living cells to show the cytoplasm has a nematic-like sub-structure with directional motion, even without cytoskeletal filaments or ER.

This study shows that mechanical compression of C. elegans embryos slows cell divisions but preserves key features of early embryonic development.

The paper quantifies asymmetric cell divisions in C. elegans embryogenesis, finding 40% of divisions produce unequal daughter cell volumes, with somatic asymmetry driven by steric effects and germline asymmetry explained by spindle displacement.