Published (w/o peer-review):

Bruns, L., Lamparter, L., Galic, M., and Jiang, X. (2025) Single Image Estimation of Cell Migration Direction by Deep Circular Regression. arXiv:2406.19162

Golbach, L., Saha, T., Odenthal-Schnittler, M., Lücking, J., Velic, A., Akmeric, E. B., Bornhorst, D., Popp, O., Mertins, P., Gunawan, F., Gerhardt, H., Macek, B., Trappmann, B., Schnittler, H. J., Galic, M.#, and Matis, M.# (2025) Mechanical Strain Activates Planar Cell Polarity Signaling to Coordinate Vascular Cell Dynamics. bioRxiv 10.1101/2024.06.25.600357. 

Published (with peer-review):

Honig, N., Teubert, C., Lamparter, L., Keller, M. N., Austermann, J., Berger, P., Schmitz, A., Rasch, C., Nüsse, H., Klingauf, J., Erpenbeck, L., Roth, J., and Galic, M.  (2025) Primary Human Neutrophils and Monocytes/Macrophages Migrate Along Endothelial Cell Boundaries to Optimize Search Efficiency Under Static in vitro Conditions. Biology Open, 10.1242/bio.061704.

Bijonowski, B.M.*, Park, J.*, Bergert, M., Teubert, C., Diz-Muñoz, A., Galic, M.#, and Wegner, S.V.# (2025). Intercellular adhesion boots collective cell migration through elevated membrane tension. Nature Communications, 10.1038/s41467-025-56941-4. 

Singh, A. *, Thale, S. *, Leibner, T., Lamparter, L., Ricker, A., Nüsse, H., Klingauf, J., Galic, M., Ohlberger, M., and Matis, M. (2024). Dynamic Interplay of Microtubule and Actomyosin Forces Drive Tissue Extension. Nature Communications, 10.1038/s41467-024-47596-8. 

Galic, M., Ungermann, C., Cosentino, K. (2023). Highlight: On the past and the future of cellular microcompartments factors. Biological Chemistry, 10.1515/hsz-2023-0153. 

Ebrahimkutty, M., Duan, J., Nüsse, H., Klingauf, J., and Galic, M. (2023). Nanoridge Arrays for Quantitative Analysis of Protein Dynamics at Negatively Curved Membrane Sites. Nanoscale, 10.1039/D2NR05719K.

Saha, T., Heuer, A., and Galic, M. (2023). Systematic Analysis of Curvature-Dependent Lipid Dynamics in a Stochastic 3D Membrane Model. Soft Matter, 10.1039/D2SM01260J. 

Krämer, R. Wolterhoff, N., Galic, M., and Rumpf, S. (2023) Dendrite Abscission by Mechanical Tearing During Developmental Dendrite Pruning in Drosophila.Journal of Cell Biology, 10.1083/jcb.202205004. 

Sokolova, A., and Galic, M. (2023). Modulation of self-organizing circuits at deforming membranes by intracellular and extracellular factors.Biological Chemistry, hsz-2022-0290. 

Pawluchin, A. and Galic, M. (2022). Moving through a changing world: single cell migration in 2D vs. 3D. Front Cell Dev Biol, 10:1080995. 

Mancinelli, G., Lamparter, T., Nosov, G., Saha, T., Pawluchin, A., Kurre, R., Rasch, C., Ebrahimkutty, M., Klingauf, J. and Galic, M. (2021).  Dendrite Tapering Actuates a Self-Organizing Signaling Circuit for Stochastic Filopodia Initiation in Neurons. PNAS, 118(43)e2106921118. 

Berganza, E. *, Ebrahimkutty, M.P., Vasantham, S.K., Zhong, C., Wunsch, A., Navarrete, A., Galic, M. *, and Hirtz, M. * (2021) Multiplexed phospholipid membrane platform for curvature sensitive protein screening. Nanoscale,13;12642-12650. * co-corresponding author 

Beckmann, D., Römer-Hillmann, A. Krause, A., Hansen, U., Wehmeyer, C., Intemann, J., de Gorter, D.J.J., Dankbar, B., Hillen, J., Heitzmann, M., Begemann, I., Galic, M., Weinhage, T., Foell, D., Ai, R., Kremerskothen, J., Kiener, H.P., Müller, S., Kamradt, T., Schröder, C., Leitão, E., Horsthemke, B., Rosenstiel, P., Nordström, K., Gasparoni, G., Gasparoni, N., Walter, J., Li, N., Yang, X., Chung, H.-R., Pavenstädt, H., Lindemann, N., Schnittler, H.J., Wang, W. Firestein, G.S., Pap, T., and Korb-Pap, A. (2021) Lasp1 regulates adherens junction dynamics and fibroblast transformation in destructive arthritis. Nat Commun15;12:3624. 

Lamparter, L. and Galic, M. (2020). Cellular Membranes, a Versatile Composite Material. Front Cell Dev Biol, 8:684. 

Begemann, I., Keller, U., Nüsse, H., Klingauf, J., and Galic, M.  (2020).  Parallel Acquisition of Membrane Ultrastructure and Cytosolic Protein Localization in Cultured Cells via Correlated Immunogold-SEM. Cells, 9(6), 1329. 

Mancinelli, G. and Galic, M. (2020). Exploring the interdependence between self-organization and functional morphology in cellular systems.  J Cell Sci, 133(13):jcs242479. 

Kutty, M.P. and Galic, M (2019). Receptor-free Signaling at Curved Cellular Membranes. BioEssays, DOI 10.1002/bies.201900068. 

Begemann, I., Saha, T., Rathmann, I., Grill, D., Golbach, L., Rasch, C., Ricker, A., Trappmann, B., Matis, M., Gerke, V., Klingauf, J., and Galic, M.  (2019)  Mechano-chemical self-organization determines search pattern in migratory cells.  Nat Phys, 15,848-857. 

Viplav, A., Saha, T. Huertas, J., Selenschik, P., Ebrahimkutty, M. P., Grill, D., Lehrich, J. Hentschel, A., Biasizzo, M., Mengoni, S., Ahrends, R., Cojocaru, V., Klingauf, J., and Galic, M.  (2019) ArhGEF37 assists Dynamin2 during clathrin-mediated endocytosis. J Cell Sci, 132: jcs226530. 

Singh, A., Saha, T., Begemann, I., Ricker, A., Nüsse, H., Klingauf, J., Galic, M.,and Matis, M.  (2018)  Polarized Microtubule Dynamics Directs Cell Mechanics and Coordinates Forces during Epithelial Morphogenesis.  Nat Cell Biol, 20, 126-1133. 

Saha, T., and Galic, M.  (2018)  Self-organization across scales: from molecules to organisms. Phil Trans R Soc B,DOI 10.1098/rstb/373/1747.

Schürmann, S., Steffes, G., Schulz, P., Bandari, S., Ohlig, S., Ortmann, C., Rebollido-Rios, R., Otto, M, Nüsse, H, Hoffmann, D., Klämbt, C., Galic, M., Klingauf, J., and Grobe, K. (2018) Proteolytic processing of palmitoylated Hedgehog peptides specifies the 3-4 intervein region of the Drosophila wing. eLife, 9;7. e33033. 

Goudarzi, M., Mildner, K., Begemann, I., Paksa, A., Blaser, H., Stehling, M., Galic, M., Zeuschner, D., and Raz, E.  (2017)  Bleb expansion depends on supply of membrane from cell surface folds and tube-like lipid stores. Dev Cell, 43(5):577-587. 

Saha, T., Rathmann, I., and Galic, M. (2017).  A graphical user interface for automated tracking of protein concentration in dynamic cellular protrusions. JoVE, 11;(125). 

Saha, T., Rathmann, I., Viplav, A., Panzade, S., Begemann, I., Rasch, C., Klingauf, J., Matis, M., and Galic, M.(2016).  Automated Correlative Analysis of Growth Dynamics and Spatio-Temporal Protein Concentration in Filopodia. Mol Biol Cell, 27(22):3616-3626. 

Begemann, I., and Galic, M.(2016).  Correlative Fluorescence Electron Microscopy: Connecting Synaptic Structure and Function. Front Synaptic Neurosci, 8:28. 

Reinhard, J., Kriz, A.*, Galic, M.*, Angliker, N., Rajalu, M., Vogt, K., and Ruegg, M.A. (2016).  The Calcium Sensor Copine-6 Regulates Structural Spine Plasticity, Learning and Memory through the Actin Cytoskeleton.  Nat Commun, 9;7:11613.  * equal contribution 

Begemann, I., Viplav, A., Rasch, C., and Galic, M.(2015).  Stochastic Micro-Pattern for Automated Correlative Fluorescence – Scanning Electron Microscopy.  Sci Rep, 5:17973. 

Galic, M., and Matis, M. (2015). Polarized trafficking provides spatial cues for planar cell polarization within a tissue.  BioEssays,  37(6):678-86. 

Galic, M.*, Begemann, I., Viplav, A., and Matis, M.*(2014). Force-Control at Cellular Membranes.  BioArchitecture 4;4(4-5):164-8. * co-corresponding author  

Galic, M.*, Tsai, F.C., Collins, S.C., Matis, M., Bandara, S.,and Meyer, T.*^. (2014). Dynamic Recruitment of ArhGAP44 to Nanoscale Plasma Membrane Deformation Aborts Initiation of Exploratory Dendritic Filopodia in Neurons.  eLife;3:e03116.  * co-corresponding author  

Jeong, S., andGalic, M.  (2014).  Nanocones to Study Initial Steps of Endocytosis. Methods Mol Biol, 1174:275-84.