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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
87
Citations
30531
World Ranking
2807
National Ranking
17

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Genetics/Molecular Biology and Cell Biology
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Carl-Philipp Heisenberg is affiliated with the Institute of Science and Technology Austria in Austria. Their main field of study is Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with notable contributions in Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Plant Science, and Genetics.

Their research covers a range of topics including:

  • Cellular Mechanics and Interactions
  • Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation
  • Microtubule and mitosis dynamics
  • Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications
  • 3D Printing in Biomedical Research
  • Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ
  • Axon Guidance and Neuronal Signaling

Recent papers authored by Heisenberg include:

  • "Rigidity percolation uncovers a structural basis for embryonic tissue phase transitions", 2021, Cell
  • "An adhesion code ensures robust pattern formation during tissue morphogenesis", 2020, Science
  • "Morphogen gradient orchestrates pattern-preserving tissue morphogenesis via motility-driven unjamming", 2022, Nature Physics
  • "Zebrafish embryonic explants undergo genetically encoded self-assembly", 2020, eLife
  • "Rigidity transitions in development and disease", 2022, Trends in Cell Biology

Heisenberg collaborates frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Édouard Hannezo
  • Robert Hauschild
  • Shayan Shamipour
  • Roland Kardos
  • Alexandra Schauer

Their work is often published in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Developmental Cell
  • Current Biology
  • Development
  • Cell

Carl-Philipp Heisenberg has received recognition including election to the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in 2015, with a citation in Genetics/Molecular Biology and Cell Biology. They are also a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

Best Publications

  • The identification of genes with unique and essential functions in the development of the zebrafish, Danio rerio

    P. Haffter;M. Granato;M. Brand;M.C. Mullins

  • Forces in Tissue Morphogenesis and Patterning

    Carl-Philipp Heisenberg;Yohanns Bellaïche

  • Silberblick/Wnt11 mediates convergent extension movements during zebrafish gastrulation.

    Carl-Philipp Heisenberg;Masazumi Tada;Gerd-Jörg Rauch;Leonor Saúde

  • Tensile forces govern germ-layer organization in zebrafish

    M. Krieg;Y. Arboleda-Estudillo;Y. Arboleda-Estudillo;P.-H. Puech;J. Käfer

  • Genes controlling and mediating locomotion behavior of the zebrafish embryo and larva

    M. Granato;F. J. M. Van Eeden;U. Schach;T. Trowe

  • Single-cell force spectroscopy.

    Jonne Helenius;Carl-Philipp Heisenberg;Hermann E. Gaub;Daniel J. Muller

  • Mutations affecting somite formation and patterning in the zebrafish, Danio rerio

    F. J. M. Van Eeden;M. Granato;U. Schach;M. Brand

  • Adhesion functions in cell sorting by mechanically coupling the cortices of adhering cells.

    Jean-Léon Maître;Hélène Berthoumieux;Hélène Berthoumieux;Simon Frederik Gabriel Krens;Guillaume Salbreux

  • ZEBRAFISH PIGMENTATION MUTATIONS AND THE PROCESSES OF NEURAL CREST DEVELOPMENT

    R. N. Kelsh;M. Brand;Y.-J. Jiang;C.-P. Heisenberg

  • Mutations affecting the cardiovascular system and other internal organs in zebrafish

    J.-N. Chen;P. Haffter;J. Odenthal;E. Vogelsang

  • Genes establishing dorsoventral pattern formation in the zebrafish embryo: The ventral specifying genes

    M. C. Mullins;M. Hammerschmidt;D. A. Kane;J. Odenthal

  • dino and mercedes, two genes regulating dorsal development in the zebrafish embryo

    M. Hammerschmidt;F. Pelegri;M. C. Mullins;D. A. Kane

  • Migration of zebrafish primordial germ cells: a role for myosin contraction and cytoplasmic flow.

    Heiko Blaser;Michal Reichman-Fried;Irinka Castanon;Karin Dumstrei

  • Actin Flows Mediate a Universal Coupling between Cell Speed and Cell Persistence

    Paolo Maiuri;Jean-François Rupprecht;Stefan Wieser;Verena Ruprecht

  • Forces Driving Epithelial Spreading in Zebrafish Gastrulation

    Martin Behrndt;Guillaume Salbreux;Pedro Campinho;Robert Hauschild

  • Cortical contractility triggers a stochastic switch to fast amoeboid cell motility.

    Verena Ruprecht;Stefan Wieser;Stefan Wieser;Andrew Callan-Jones;Michael Smutny

  • Proteomics of early zebrafish embryos.

    Vinzenz Link;Andrej Shevchenko;Carl-Philipp J Heisenberg

  • Jaw and branchial arch mutants in zebrafish I: branchial arches

    T. F. Schilling;T. Piotrowski;H. Grandel;M. Brand

  • The role of Ppt/Wnt5 in regulating cell shape and movement during zebrafish gastrulation.

    Beate Kilian;Hannu Mansukoski;Filipa Carreira Barbosa;Florian Ulrich

  • Brain-derived neurotrophic factor is a survival factor for cultured rat cerebellar granule neurons and protects them against glutamate-induced neurotoxicity.

    Dan Lindholm;Georg Dechant;Carl-Philipp Heisenberg;Hans Thoenen

Frequent Co-Authors

Makoto Furutani-Seiki
Makoto Furutani-Seiki Yamaguchi University
Michael Granato
Michael Granato University of Pennsylvania
Robert N. Kelsh
Robert N. Kelsh University of Bath
Michael Brand
Michael Brand TU Dresden
Mary C. Mullins
Mary C. Mullins University of Pennsylvania
Stephen W. Wilson
Stephen W. Wilson University College London
Matthias Hammerschmidt
Matthias Hammerschmidt University of Cologne
Frank Jülicher
Frank Jülicher Max Planck Society

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