Stephan W. Grill

The paper shows that confined actomyosin networks generate self-centering steady-state flows that organize cellular debris into a central inclusion.

The paper shows that reversing active chiral torques in C. elegans leads to mirrored embryos and situs inversus, demonstrating their role in determining body plan handedness.

The paper identifies an active torque dipole in avian embryos that drives left-right symmetry breaking through tissue rotation.

The paper shows a protein-DNA co-condensate forms a surface hydrogel that mechanically reinforces the nucleus and protects DNA from damage during mechanical stress.

The paper shows that actin polymerization counteracts N-WASP prewetting on lipid bilayers, revealing a balance between condensate formation and dissolution in cortical condensates.

This study shows how muscle contractions and anisotropic tension drive polarized elongation of epidermal adherens junctions in C. elegans embryos.

The paper shows that cortical pulling forces misalign the mitotic spindle with the cell's long axis, but an actomyosin-based cell rotation corrects this, aligning the spindle with the long axis, thus fulfilling Hertwig's rule.

The paper shows that hydraulic instability in C. elegans germ cells leads to cell death by causing volume differences and extrusion of shrinking cells.

The paper shows CYK-1/Formin activation in RhoA foci generates active torque in the actomyosin cortex, driving chiral counter-rotation and left-right symmetry breaking in C. elegans embryos.

The paper shows that during insect gastrulation, regionalized tissue fluidization by an actomyosin cable enables epithelial gap closure through cell intercalation and tension release.

The paper shows that integrin-mediated adhesion between blastoderm and vitelline envelope provides counter-forces that shape gastrulation in insects.