List of Publications
Sanz-Flores, M., Ruiz-Torres, M., Aguirre-Portolés, C (...) Álvarez-Fernández, M., Malumbres, M. (2024). PP2A-B55 phosphatase counteracts Ki-67-dependent chromosome individualization during mitosis. Cell Rep. 43(7):114494
Ochs, F., Green, C., Szczurek, AT (...) Schermelleh, L., Nasmyth, KA. (2024). Sister chromatid cohesion is mediated by individual cohesin complexes. Science. 383(6687):1122-1130
Langer, CCH., Mitter, M., Stocsits, RR., Gerlich, DW. (2023). HiCognition: a visual exploration and hypothesis testing tool for 3D genomics. Genome Biol. 24(1):158
Roudot, P., Legant, WR., Zou, Q (...) Betzig, E., Danuser, G. (2023). u-track3D: Measuring, navigating, and validating dense particle trajectories in three dimensions. Cell Rep Methods. :100655
Nagasaka, K., Davidson, IF., Stocsits, RR (...) Gerlich, DW., Peters, JM. (2023). Cohesin mediates DNA loop extrusion and sister chromatid cohesion by distinct mechanisms. Mol Cell.
Batty, P., Langer, CC., Takács, Z (...) Peters, JM., Gerlich, DW. (2023). Cohesin-mediated DNA loop extrusion resolves sister chromatids in G2 phase. EMBO J. :e113475
Spicer, MFD., Gerlich, DW. (2023). The material properties of mitotic chromosomes. Curr Opin Struct Biol. 81:102617
Gibson, BA., Blaukopf, C., Lou, T (...) Gerlich, DW., Rosen, MK. (2023). In diverse conditions, intrinsic chromatin condensates have liquid-like material properties. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 120(18):e2218085120
Nagasaka, K., Davidson, I.F., Stocsits, R (...) Schleiffer, A., Gerlich, D. and Peters, J.-M. (2022). Cohesin mediates DNA loop extrusion and sister chromatid cohesion by distinct mechanisms bioRxiv. 2022.09.23.509019
Mitter, M., Takacs, Z., Köcher, T (...) Langer, CCH., Gerlich, DW. (2022). Sister chromatid-sensitive Hi-C to map the conformation of replicated genomes. Nat Protoc.
Schneider, MWG., Gibson, BA., Otsuka, S (...) Rosen, MK., Gerlich, DW. (2022). A mitotic chromatin phase transition prevents perforation by microtubules. Nature.
Mitter, M., Gerlich, DW. (2021). Mapping Sister Chromatid Conformation in Replicated Chromosomes. Trends Biochem Sci. 46(2):169-170
Skok, J., Gerlich, DW. (2021). Editorial: From chromatin to dynamic loops and liquid-like phases: New views on the cell nucleus. Curr Opin Cell Biol. 70:iii-v
Cuylen-Haering, S., Petrovic, M., Hernandez-Armendariz, A (...) Holt, LJ., Gerlich, DW. (2020). Chromosome clustering by Ki-67 excludes cytoplasm during nuclear assembly. Nature. 587(7833):285-290
Mitter, M., Gasser, C., Takacs, Z (...) Micura, R., Gerlich, DW. (2020). Conformation of sister chromatids in the replicated human genome. Nature. 586(7827):139-144
Tolić, IM., Gerlich, DW. (2019). Spindle mechanics and chromosome segregation. Mol Biol Cell. 30(6):735-736
David, AF., Roudot, P., Legant, WR (...) Danuser, G., Gerlich, DW. (2019). Augmin accumulation on long-lived microtubules drives amplification and kinetochore-directed growth. J Cell Biol. 218(7):2150-2168
Batty, P., Gerlich, DW. (2019). Mitotic Chromosome Mechanics: How Cells Segregate Their Genome. Trends Cell Biol. 29(9):717-726
Gibson, BA., Doolittle, LK., Schneider, MWG (...) Redding, S., Rosen, MK. (2019). Organization of Chromatin by Intrinsic and Regulated Phase Separation. Cell. 179(2):470-484.e21
Samwer, M., Gerlich, DW. (2018). A core problem in nuclear assembly. Nature. 561(7724):467-468
Stanyte, R., Nuebler, J., Blaukopf, C (...) Peters, JM., Gerlich, DW. (2018). Dynamics of sister chromatid resolution during cell cycle progression. J Cell Biol. 217(6):1985-2004
Sommer, C., Hoefler, R., Samwer, M., Gerlich, DW. (2017). A deep learning and novelty detection framework for rapid phenotyping in high-content screening. Mol Biol Cell. 28(23):3428-3436
Mierzwa, BE., Chiaruttini, N., Redondo-Morata, L (...) Roux, A., Gerlich, DW. (2017). Dynamic subunit turnover in ESCRT-III assemblies is regulated by Vps4 to mediate membrane remodelling during cytokinesis. Nat Cell Biol. 19(7):787-798
Samwer, M., Schneider, MWG., Hoefler, R (...) Zuber, J., Gerlich, DW. (2017). DNA Cross-Bridging Shapes a Single Nucleus from a Set of Mitotic Chromosomes. Cell. 170(5):956-972.e23
Gerlich, DW. (2017). Cell organization by liquid phase separation. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol. 18(10):593
Kukolj, E., Kaufmann, T., Dick, AE (...) Gerlich, DW., Slade, D. (2017). PARP inhibition causes premature loss of cohesion in cancer cells. Oncotarget. 8(61):103931-103951
Spira, F., Cuylen-Haering, S., Mehta, S (...) Sixt, M., Gerlich, DW. (2017). Cytokinesis in vertebrate cells initiates by contraction of an equatorial actomyosin network composed of randomly oriented filaments. Elife. 6
Cuylen, S., Blaukopf, C., Politi, AZ (...) Hyman, AA., Gerlich, DW. (2016). Ki-67 acts as a biological surfactant to disperse mitotic chromosomes. Nature. 535(7611):308-12
Fededa, JP., Esk, C., Mierzwa, B (...) Knoblich, JA., Gerlich, DW. (2016). MicroRNA-34/449 controls mitotic spindle orientation during mammalian cortex development. EMBO J. 35(22):2386-2398
Uehara, R., Kamasaki, T., Hiruma, S (...) Gerlich, DW., Goshima, G. (2016). Augmin shapes the anaphase spindle for efficient cytokinetic furrow ingression and abscission. Mol Biol Cell. 27(5):812-27
S Pedersen, R., Karemore, G., Gudjonsson, T (...) Lukas, J., Lukas, C. (2016). Profiling DNA damage response following mitotic perturbations. Nat Commun. 7:13887
Gentili, C., Castor, D., Kaden, S (...) Jiricny, J., Ferrari, S. (2015). Chromosome Missegregation Associated with RUVBL1 Deficiency. PLoS One. 10(7):e0133576
Rudolph, D., Impagnatiello, MA., Blaukopf, C (...) Adolf, GR., Kraut, N. (2015). Efficacy and mechanism of action of volasertib, a potent and selective inhibitor of Polo-like kinases, in preclinical models of acute myeloid leukemia. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 352(3):579-89
Lukinavičius, G., Blaukopf, C., Pershagen, E (...) Wolfram Gerlich, D., Johnsson, K. (2015). SiR-Hoechst is a far-red DNA stain for live-cell nanoscopy. Nat Commun. 6:8497
Vázquez-Novelle, MD., Sansregret, L., Dick, AE (...) Gerlich, DW., Petronczki, M. (2014). Cdk1 inactivation terminates mitotic checkpoint surveillance and stabilizes kinetochore attachments in anaphase. Curr Biol. 24(6):638-45
Lukinavičius, G., Reymond, L., D'Este, E (...) Hell, SW., Johnsson, K. (2014). Fluorogenic probes for live-cell imaging of the cytoskeleton. Nat Methods. 11(7):731-3
Turgay, Y., Champion, L., Balazs, C (...) Meraldi, P., Kutay, U. (2014). SUN proteins facilitate the removal of membranes from chromatin during nuclear envelope breakdown. J Cell Biol. 204(7):1099-109
Mierzwa, B., Gerlich, DW. (2014). Cytokinetic abscission: molecular mechanisms and temporal control. Dev Cell. 31(5):525-38
Uehara, R., Tsukada, Y., Kamasaki, T (...) Gerlich, DW., Goshima, G. (2013). Aurora B and Kif2A control microtubule length for assembly of a functional central spindle during anaphase. J Cell Biol. 202(4):623-36
Samwer, M., Dehne, HJ., Spira, F (...) Urlaub, H., Görlich, D. (2013). The nuclear F-actin interactome of Xenopus oocytes reveals an actin-bundling kinesin that is essential for meiotic cytokinesis. EMBO J. 32(13):1886-902
Sommer, C., Held, M., Fischer, B., Huber, W., Gerlich, DW. (2013). CellH5: a format for data exchange in high-content screening. Bioinformatics. 29(12):1580-2
Dick, AE., Gerlich, DW. (2013). Kinetic framework of spindle assembly checkpoint signalling. Nat Cell Biol. 15(11):1370-7
Sommer, C., Gerlich, DW. (2013). Machine learning in cell biology - teaching computers to recognize phenotypes. J Cell Sci. 126(Pt 24):5529-39
Earnshaw, WC., Allshire, RC., Black, BE (...) Yoda, K., Cleveland, DW. (2013). Esperanto for histones: CENP-A, not CenH3, is the centromeric histone H3 variant. Chromosome Res. 21(2):101-6
Fededa, JP., Gerlich, DW. (2012). Molecular control of animal cell cytokinesis. Nat Cell Biol. 14(5):440-7
Zhong, Q., Busetto, AG., Fededa, JP., Buhmann, JM., Gerlich, DW. (2012). Unsupervised modeling of cell morphology dynamics for time-lapse microscopy. Nat Methods. 9(7):711-3
Guizetti, J., Gerlich, DW. (2012). ESCRT-III polymers in membrane neck constriction. Trends Cell Biol. 22(3):133-40
van der Waal, MS., Saurin, AT., Vromans, MJ (...) Kops, GJ., Lens, SM. (2012). Mps1 promotes rapid centromere accumulation of Aurora B. EMBO Rep. 13(9):847-54
Wurzenberger, C., Held, M., Lampson, MA (...) Hyman, AA., Gerlich, DW. (2012). Sds22 and Repo-Man stabilize chromosome segregation by counteracting Aurora B on anaphase kinetochores. J Cell Biol. 198(2):173-83
Wurzenberger, C., Gerlich, DW. (2011). Phosphatases: providing safe passage through mitotic exit. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol. 12(8):469-82
Dobrynin, G., Popp, O., Romer, T (...) Gerlich, DW., Meyer, H. (2011). Cdc48/p97-Ufd1-Npl4 antagonizes Aurora B during chromosome segregation in HeLa cells. J Cell Sci. 124(Pt 9):1571-80
Guizetti, J., Schermelleh, L., Mäntler, J (...) Müller-Reichert, T., Gerlich, DW. (2011). Cortical constriction during abscission involves helices of ESCRT-III-dependent filaments. Science. 331(6024):1616-20
Conrad, C., Gerlich, DW. (2010). Automated microscopy for high-content RNAi screening. J Cell Biol. 188(4):453-61
Piwko, W., Olma, MH., Held, M (...) Gerlich, DW., Peter, M. (2010). RNAi-based screening identifies the Mms22L-Nfkbil2 complex as a novel regulator of DNA replication in human cells. EMBO J. 29(24):4210-22
Guizetti, J., Mäntler, J., Müller-Reichert, T., Gerlich, DW. (2010). Correlative time-lapse imaging and electron microscopy to study abscission in HeLa cells. Methods Cell Biol. 96:591-601
Schmitz, MH., Held, M., Janssens, V (...) Peters, JM., Gerlich, DW. (2010). Live-cell imaging RNAi screen identifies PP2A-B55alpha and importin-beta1 as key mitotic exit regulators in human cells. Nat Cell Biol. 12(9):886-93
Guizetti, J., Gerlich, DW. (2010). Cytokinetic abscission in animal cells. Semin Cell Dev Biol. 21(9):909-16
Held, M., Schmitz, MH., Fischer, B (...) Ellenberg, J., Gerlich, DW. (2010). CellCognition: time-resolved phenotype annotation in high-throughput live cell imaging. Nat Methods. 7(9):747-54
Lekomtsev, S., Guizetti, J., Pozniakovsky, A., Gerlich, DW., Petronczki, M. (2010). Evidence that the tumor-suppressor protein BRCA2 does not regulate cytokinesis in human cells. J Cell Sci. 123(Pt 9):1395-400
Lacroix, B., van Dijk, J., Gold, ND (...) Gerlich, DW., Janke, C. (2010). Tubulin polyglutamylation stimulates spastin-mediated microtubule severing. J Cell Biol. 189(6):945-54
Neumann, B., Walter, T., Hériché, JK (...) Pepperkok, R., Ellenberg, J. (2010). Phenotypic profiling of the human genome by time-lapse microscopy reveals cell division genes. Nature. 464(7289):721-7
Schmitz, MH., Gerlich, DW. (2009). Automated live microscopy to study mitotic gene function in fluorescent reporter cell lines. Methods Mol Biol. 545:113-34
Maerki, S., Olma, MH., Staubli, T (...) Sumara, I., Peter, M. (2009). The Cul3-KLHL21 E3 ubiquitin ligase targets aurora B to midzone microtubules in anaphase and is required for cytokinesis. J Cell Biol. 187(6):791-800
Steigemann, P., Wurzenberger, C., Schmitz, MH (...) Maar, S., Gerlich, DW. (2009). Aurora B-mediated abscission checkpoint protects against tetraploidization. Cell. 136(3):473-84
Steigemann, P., Gerlich, DW. (2009). An evolutionary conserved checkpoint controls abscission timing. Cell Cycle. 8(12):1814-5
Steigemann, P., Gerlich, DW. (2009). Cytokinetic abscission: cellular dynamics at the midbody. Trends Cell Biol. 19(11):606-16
Chan, YW., Fava, LL., Uldschmid, A (...) Nigg, EA., Santamaria, A. (2009). Mitotic control of kinetochore-associated dynein and spindle orientation by human Spindly. J Cell Biol. 185(5):859-74
Neurohr, G., Gerlich, DW. (2009). Assays for mitotic chromosome condensation in live yeast and mammalian cells. Chromosome Res. 17(2):145-54
Bollen, M., Gerlich, DW., Lesage, B. (2009). Mitotic phosphatases: from entry guards to exit guides. Trends Cell Biol. 19(10):531-41
Patterson, GH., Hirschberg, K., Polishchuk, RS (...) Phair, RD., Lippincott-Schwartz, J. (2008). Transport through the Golgi apparatus by rapid partitioning within a two-phase membrane system. Cell. 133(6):1055-67
Mora-Bermúdez, F., Gerlich, D., Ellenberg, J. (2007). Maximal chromosome compaction occurs by axial shortening in anaphase and depends on Aurora kinase. Nat Cell Biol. 9(7):822-31
Gerlich, D., Hirota, T., Koch, B., Peters, JM., Ellenberg, J. (2006). Condensin I stabilizes chromosomes mechanically through a dynamic interaction in live cells. Curr Biol. 16(4):333-44
Gerlich, D., Koch, B., Dupeux, F., Peters, JM., Ellenberg, J. (2006). Live-cell imaging reveals a stable cohesin-chromatin interaction after but not before DNA replication. Curr Biol. 16(15):1571-8
Dechat, T., Gajewski, A., Korbei, B (...) Ellenberg, J., Foisner, R. (2004). LAP2alpha and BAF transiently localize to telomeres and specific regions on chromatin during nuclear assembly. J Cell Sci. 117(Pt 25):6117-28
Bubulya, PA., Prasanth, KV., Deerinck, TJ (...) Ellenberg, J., Spector, DL. (2004). Hypophosphorylated SR splicing factors transiently localize around active nucleolar organizing regions in telophase daughter nuclei. J Cell Biol. 167(1):51-63
Sumara, I., Giménez-Abián, JF., Gerlich, D (...) Ellenberg, J., Peters, JM. (2004). Roles of polo-like kinase 1 in the assembly of functional mitotic spindles. Curr Biol. 14(19):1712-22
Hirota, T., Gerlich, D., Koch, B., Ellenberg, J., Peters, JM. (2004). Distinct functions of condensin I and II in mitotic chromosome assembly. J Cell Sci. 117(Pt 26):6435-45
Leung, AK., Gerlich, D., Miller, G (...) Ellenberg, J., Lamond, AI. (2004). Quantitative kinetic analysis of nucleolar breakdown and reassembly during mitosis in live human cells. J Cell Biol. 166(6):787-800
Giménez-Abián, JF., Sumara, I., Hirota, T (...) Ellenberg, J., Peters, JM. (2004). Regulation of sister chromatid cohesion between chromosome arms. Curr Biol. 14(13):1187-93
Gerlich, D., Ellenberg, J. (2003). Dynamics of chromosome positioning during the cell cycle. Curr Opin Cell Biol. 15(6):664-71
Gerlich, D., Ellenberg, J. (2003). 4D imaging to assay complex dynamics in live specimens. Nat Cell Biol. Suppl:S14-9
Gerlich, D., Mattes, J., Eils, R. (2003). Quantitative motion analysis and visualization of cellular structures. Methods. 29(1):3-13
Gerlich, D., Beaudouin, J., Kalbfuss, B (...) Eils, R., Ellenberg, J. (2003). Global chromosome positions are transmitted through mitosis in mammalian cells. Cell. 112(6):751-64
Marhold, J., Zbylut, M., Lankenau, DH (...) Mechler, BM., Lyko, F. (2002). Stage-specific chromosomal association of Drosophila dMBD2/3 during genome activation. Chromosoma. 111(1):13-21
Beaudouin, J., Gerlich, D., Daigle, N., Eils, R., Ellenberg, J. (2002). Nuclear envelope breakdown proceeds by microtubule-induced tearing of the lamina. Cell. 108(1):83-96
Muratani, M., Gerlich, D., Janicki, SM (...) Eils, R., Spector, DL. (2002). Metabolic-energy-dependent movement of PML bodies within the mammalian cell nucleus. Nat Cell Biol. 4(2):106-10
Gerlich, D., Beaudouin, J., Gebhard, M., Ellenberg, J., Eils, R. (2001). Four-dimensional imaging and quantitative reconstruction to analyse complex spatiotemporal processes in live cells. Nat Cell Biol. 3(9):852-5
J. Mattes, J. Fieres, J. Beaudoin, D. Gerlich, J. Ellenberg, R. Eils (2001). New Tools for Visualization and Quantification in Dynamic Processes: Applicati to the Nuclear Envelope Dynamics during Mitosis Proceedings of MICCAI. :1323-1325
Eils, R., Gerlich, D., Tvaruskó, W., Spector, DL., Misteli, T. (2000). Quantitative imaging of pre-mRNA splicing factors in living cells. Mol Biol Cell. 11(2):413-8
Rustom, A., Gerlich, D., Rudolf, R (...) Eils, R., Gerdes, HH. (2000). Analysis of fast dynamic processes in living cells: high-resolution and high-speed dual-color imaging combined with automated image analysis. Biotechniques. 28(4):722-8, 730
Leuzinger, S., Hirth, F., Gerlich, D (...) Furukubo-Tokunaga, K., Reichert, H. (1998). Equivalence of the fly orthodenticle gene and the human OTX genes in embryonic brain development of Drosophila. Development. 125(9):1703-10