Ass. Prof. Dr.

Edouard Hannezo

Edouard Hannezo

Member of the Young Academy since 2022

  • Institute of Science and Technology Austria

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0000-0001-6005-1561

Research Areas:

  • Biology
  • Biophysics
  • Statistical physics
  • Developmental biology
  • Stem cell research
  • Cell biology

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Publications:

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Selected Memberships:

  • EMBO – Young Investigator
  • Austrian Physical Society: OePG
  • French Society of Developmental Biology

Selected Prizes:

  • ERC Starting Grant (2019)
  • EMBO Young Investigator Award (2019)
  • FWF Standalone Grant (2018)
  • Sir Henry Wellcome Fellowship (Wellcome Trust - 4 years stipendary fellowship, 2015)
  • Junior Research Fellowship (Trinity College, Cambridge - 4 years stipendary fellowship, 2015)

Selected Publications:

  • Theory of branching morphogenesis by local interactions and global guidance, M. Can Ucar, D. Kamenev, R. Sunadome, D. Fachet, .., S. Hadjab and E. Hannezo Nat, Comm, 12, 6830 (2021). doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27135-5.
  • Rigidity percolation uncovers the structural basis of embryonic tissue phase transition. N. Petridou, B. Corominas-Murtra, C.P. Heisenberg and E. Hannezo, Cell, 184(7):1914-1928, (2021). doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2021.02.017.
  • Theory of mechano-chemical patterning and optimal migration in cell monolayers. D. Boocock, N. Hino, N. Ruzickova, T. Hirashima and E. Hannezo, Nat. Phys., 17, 267-274 (2020). doi.org/10.1038/s41567-020-01037-7.
  • Stem cell lineage survival as a noisy competition for niche access. B. Corominas-Murtra, C. Scheele, K. Kishi, B.D.Simons, J. Van Rheenen and E. Hannezo, PNAS, 117 (29), 16969-16975 (2020). doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1921205117.
  • A unifying theory of branching morphogenesis. E. Hannezo, C. Scheele, M. Moad, N. Drogo,R. Heer, R. Sampogna, J. Van Rheenen and B.D. Simons, Cell, 171(1), 242-255, (2017). doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2017.08.026.