Ruiz-Fernandez MJA, Jang J, Battistella A, Mortazavi A, van Wierst S, Wang B, Kuznetcov A, Aslan R, Merrin J, Vorselen D, Guck J, Meissner, M., Periz, J.*, Sabass, B.*, Renkawitz, J.* (2026). Size-dependent Mechanoadaptation Enables Migration with Oversized Parasitic Cargo. bioRxiv (preprint server) 10.1101/2024.05.03.592378.

 

Braun MB, Reza AR, Kameritsch P, Ruiz-Fernandez MJA, Schmitt MT, Shnipova M, Krug A, Merrin J, Polleux J, Renkawitz J*. (2024) Microenvironmental Regulation of Macropinocytosis Facilitates Extracellular Fluid Sampling. Research Square (preprint server).

 

Schmitt M.T., Kroll J., Ruiz-Fernandez, M.J.A., Hauschild R., Gosh S., Kameritsch P., Merrin J., Schmid J., Stefanowski K., Thomas A.W., Cheng J., Öztan G.N., Konopka P., Ortega G.C., Penz T., Bach L., Baumjohann D., Bock C., Straub T., Meissner F., Kiermaier E., Renkawitz, J.* (2025) Protecting Centrosomes from Fracturing Enables Efficient Cell Navigation. Science Advances. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adx4047.

 

Kroll J, Hauschild R, Kuznetcov A, Stefanowski K, Hermann MD, Merrin J, Shafeek L, Müller-Taubenberger A, Renkawitz J*. (2023) Adaptive pathfinding by nucleokinesis during amoeboid migration. EMBO J., e114557. 10.15252/embj.2023114557.

 

Renkawitz J*, Kopf A, Stopp J, de Vries I, Driscoll MK, Merrin J, Hauschild R, Welf ES, Danuser G, Fiolka R, Sixt M*. (2019) Nuclear positioning facilitates amoeboid migration along the path of least resistance. Nature,  568(7753), 546–550. (highlighted in Nature Video; recommended in F1000)

 
Renkawitz J, Lademann CA, Kalocsay M, Jentsch S. (2013) Monitoring homology search during DNA double-strand break repair in vivo. Molecular Cell, 50:261-72. (highlighted in News & Views 'DNA repair: search space' Nat Rev Genet 2013).

Renkawitz J, Schumann K, Weber M, Lämmermann T, Pflicke H, Piel M, Polleux J, Spatz JP, Sixt M. (2009) Adaptive force transmission in amoeboid cell migration. Nature Cell Biology, 11:1438-43. (highlighted in News & Views 'Migration without a clutch' Nat Cell Biol 2009; recommended in F1000).

 

Schmitt TA, Hauschild R, Kroll J, Renkawitz J*. Controlled Microenvironments and Advanced Image Analysis to Map Organelle Stability, Deformation, and Positioning in Immune Cells. Methods in Molecular Biology, in press.

 

Kroll J #, Ruiz-Fernandez MJA #, Braun MB #, Merrin J, Renkawitz J*. (2022) Quantifying the probing and selection of microenvironmental pores by motile immune cells. Current Protocols, 2, e407. doi: 10.1002/cpz1.407.

 

Renkawitz J, Reversat A, Leithner A, Merrin J, Sixt M. (2018) Micro-engineered ‘Pillar Forests’ to Study Cell Migration in Complex but Controlled 3D Environments. Methods in Cell Biology, 147:79-91.

 

Kroll J, Renkawitz J*. (2024) Principles of Organelle Positioning in Motile and Non-motile Cells. EMBO Reports, 25:2172-2187.

 

Kameritsch P, Renkawitz J*. (2020) Principles of Leukocyte Migration Strategies. Trends in Cell Biology, 30(10):818-832.

Renkawitz J #, Lademann CA #, Jentsch S. (2014) Mechanisms and principles of homology search during recombination. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 15:369-83.

Renkawitz J, Sixt M. (2010) Mechanisms of force generation and force transmission during interstitial leukocyte migration. EMBO Reports, 11:744-50.

 

 

 

* corresponding authors, # shared first authors, lab members

 

Ruiz-Fernandez MJA, Jang J, Battistella A, Mortazavi A, van Wierst S, Wang B, Kuznetcov A, Aslan R, Merrin J, Vorselen D, Guck J, Meissner, M., Periz, J.*, Sabass, B.*, Renkawitz, J.* (2026). Size-dependent Mechanoadaptation Enables Migration with Oversized Parasitic Cargo. bioRxiv (preprint server) 10.1101/2024.05.03.592378.

 

Schmitt TA, Hauschild R, Kroll J, Renkawitz J*. Controlled Microenvironments and Advanced Image Analysis to Map Organelle Stability, Deformation, and Positioning in Immune Cells. Methods in Molecular Biology, in press.

 

Battistella A, Ruiz-Fernandez MJA, Möckel C, Kim K, Renkawitz J, Guck J. Live-cell Imaging of Biophysical Properties of Immune Cells by Optical Diffraction Tomography. Methods in Molecular Biology, in press.

 

Eubler K, Jeevanandan SP, Caban KM, Stöckl JB, Braun MB, Herrmann C, Schneider M, Kreitmair N, Scholz L, Mayr D, Renkawitz J, Welter H, Müller-Taubenberger A, Fröhlich T, Mayerhofer A. (2026). TRPV2 regulates cell fate in the human granulosa-like tumor cell line KGN: implications for granulosa cell tumors and cannabidiol. Cell Communication and Signaling. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12964-026-02729-y.

 

Renkawitz J*, Yesin A, Kroll J, Cabral AT, D'Annunzio S, Thiam HR*. (2026) Nuclear Mechanobiology Rules Immune Cells' Functions: from Differentiation to Cell Trafficking and Pathogen Killing.  Nucleus,  17, 2590843.

 

Schmitt M.T., Kroll J., Ruiz-Fernandez, M.J.A., Hauschild R., Gosh S., Kameritsch P., Merrin J., Schmid J., Stefanowski K., Thomas A.W., Cheng J., Öztan G.N., Konopka P., Ortega G.C., Penz T., Bach L., Baumjohann D., Bock C., Straub T., Meissner F., Kiermaier E., Renkawitz, J.* (2025) Protecting Centrosomes from Fracturing Enables Efficient Cell Navigation. Science Advances. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adx4047.

 

Kroll J, Renkawitz J*. (2024) Principles of Organelle Positioning in Motile and Non-motile Cells. EMBO Reports, 25:2172-2187.

 

Braun MB, Reza AR, Kameritsch P, Ruiz-Fernandez MJA, Schmitt MT, Shnipova M, Krug A, Merrin J, Polleux J ,Renkawitz J*. (2024) Microenvironmental Regulation of Macropinocytosis Facilitates Extracellular Fluid Sampling. Research Square (preprint server).

 

Cell scientist to watch – Jörg Renkawitz (2024). Journal of Cell Science. 137. 

 

Kroll J, Hauschild R, Kuznetcov A, Stefanowski K, Hermann MD, Merrin J, Shafeek L, Müller-Taubenberger A, Renkawitz J*. (2023) Adaptive pathfinding by nucleokinesis during amoeboid migration. EMBO J., e114557. 10.15252/embj.2023114557.

 

Ishikawa-Ankerhold H, Kroll J, van den Heuvel D, Renkawitz J, Müller-Taubenberger A. (2022) Centrosome Positioning in Migrating Dictyostelium Cells. Cells. 11(11), 1776.

 

Kroll J #, Ruiz-Fernandez MJA #, Braun MB #, Merrin J, Renkawitz J*. (2022) Quantifying the probing and selection of microenvironmental pores by motile immune cells. Current Protocols, 2, e407. doi: 10.1002/cpz1.407.

 

Clausen BE§, Amon L, Backer RA, Berod L§, Bopp T, Brand A, Burgdorf S§, Chen L, Da M, Distler U§, Dress RJ, Dudziak D§, Dutertre CA, Eich C, Gabele A, Geiger M, Ginhoux F§, Giusiano L, Godoy GJ, Hamouda AEI, Hatscher L, Heger L, Heidkamp GF, Hernandez LC, Jacobi L, Kaszubowski T, Kong WT, Lehmann CHK, López-López T, Mahnke K§, Nitsche D, Renkawitz J §, Reza RA, Sáez PJ§, Schlautmann L, Schmitt MT, Seichter A, Sielaff M, Sparwasser T, Stoitzner P, Tchitashvili G, Tenzer S§, Tochoedo NR, Vurnek D, Zink F, Hieronymus T§.  (2022). Guidelines for mouse and human DC functional assays. European Journal of Immunology.

(§ section lead authors) 

 

Renkawitz J, Donnadieu E, Moreau HD. (2022). Editorial: Immune Cell Migration in Health and Disease. Frontiers in Immunology 13, 897626.

 

Holtkamp SJ, Ince LM, Barnoud C, Schmitt MT, Sinturel F,  Pilorz V, Pick R, Jemelin S, Mühlstädt M, Boehncke WH, Weber J, Laubender D, Philippou-Massier J, Chen CS, Holtermann L, Vestweber D, Sperandio M, Schraml B, Halin C, Dibner C, Oster H, Renkawitz J, Scheiermann C. (2021) Circadian clocks guide dendritic cells into skin lymphatics. Nature Immunology. 11:1375-1381 (recommended in F1000).

 

Kameritsch P, Renkawitz J*. (2020) Principles of Leukocyte Migration Strategies. Trends in Cell Biology, 30(10):818-832.

 

Kopf A, Renkawitz J, Hauschild R, Girkontaite I, Tedford K, Merrin J, Thorn-Seshold O, Trauner D, Häcker H, Fischer KD, Kiermaier E, Sixt M. (2020) Microtubules control cellular shape and coherence in amoeboid migrating cells. Journal of Cell Biology, 219(6):e201907154. (in JCB collection ‘The Year in Cell Biology 2020’; in JCB collection 'Mechanobiology 2022'; highlighted in Spotlight 'Microtubules keep large cells in shape' JCB 2020; recommended in F1000) .

 

Renkawitz J*, Kopf A, Stopp J, de Vries I, Driscoll MK, Merrin J, Hauschild R, Welf ES, Danuser G, Fiolka R, Sixt M*. (2019) Nuclear positioning facilitates amoeboid migration along the path of least resistance. Nature,  568(7753), 546–550. (highlighted in Nature Video; recommended in F1000)

 

Mogessie B*, Zenner H*, Renkawitz J*. (2019) Meeting report – Cell dynamics: organelle–cytoskeleton interface. Journal of Cell Science, 132(16) 

Hons M, Kopf A, Hauschild R, Leithner A, Gaertner F, Abe J, Renkawitz J, Stein JV, Sixt M. (2018) Chemokines and integrins independently tune actin flow and substrate friction during intranodal migration of T cells. Nature Immunology. 19:606-16. (highlighted in News & Views 'CCR7 fuels and LFA-1 grips' Nat Immunol 2018; recommended in F1000).

 

Leithner A, Renkawitz J, De Vries I, Hauschild R, Häcker H, Sixt M. (2018) Fast and efficient genetic engineering of hematopoietic precursor cells for the study of dendritic cell migration. European Journal of Immunology. 48:1074-77.

 

Renkawitz J, Reversat A, Leithner A, Merrin J, Sixt M. (2018) Micro-engineered ‘Pillar Forests’ to Study Cell Migration in Complex but Controlled 3D Environments. Methods in Cell Biology, 147:79-91.

Frick C, Dettinger P, Renkawitz J, Jauch A, Berger CT, Recher M, Schroeder T, Mehling M. (2018) Nano-scale microfluidics to study 3D chemotaxis at the single cell level. PLoS One. 13:e0198330.

Lademann CA, Renkawitz J, Pfander B, Jentsch S. (2017) INO80-C removes H2A.Z to promote presynaptic filament formation during homologous recombination. Cell Reports.  9:1294-1303.

 

Renkawitz J, Sixt M. (2016) Formin’ a nuclear protection. Cell. 167:1448-1449.

 

Renkawitz J, Sixt M. (2016) A Radical Break: Restraining Neutrophil Migration. Developmental Cell. 38:448-50.

 

Renkawitz J #, Lademann CA #, Jentsch S. (2014) Mechanisms and principles of homology search during recombination. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 15:369-83.

 

Renkawitz J, Lademann CA, Jentsch S. (2013) γH2AX spreading linked to homology search. Cell Cycle. 12:2526-7.

Renkawitz J, Lademann CA, Kalocsay M, Jentsch S. (2013) Monitoring homology search during DNA double-strand break repair in vivo. Molecular Cell, 50:261-72. (highlighted in News & Views 'DNA repair: search space' Nat Rev Genet 2013).

 

Renkawitz J, Sixt M. (2010) Mechanisms of force generation and force transmission during interstitial leukocyte migration. EMBO Reports, 11:744-50.

Renkawitz J, Schumann K, Weber M, Lämmermann T, Pflicke H, Piel M, Polleux J, Spatz JP, Sixt M. (2009) Adaptive force transmission in amoeboid cell migration. Nature Cell Biology, 11:1438-43. (highlighted in News & Views 'Migration without a clutch' Nat Cell Biol 2009; recommended in F1000).

Lämmermann T, Renkawitz J, Wu X, Hirsch K, Brakebusch C, Sixt M. (2009) Cdc42-dependent leading edge coordination is essential for interstitial dendritic cell migration. Blood. 113:5703-10. (highlighted in 'Close encounters of the 3D kind' Blood 2009).

Mertins P, Eberl HC, Renkawitz J, Olsen JV, Tremblay ML, Mann M, Ullrich A, Daub H. (2008) Investigation of protein-tyrosine phosphatase 1B function by quantitative proteomics. Molecular & Cellular Proteomics. 7:1763-77.

Geiger SR, Kuhn CD, Leidig C, Renkawitz J, Cramer P. (2008) Crystallization of RNA polymerase I subcomplex A14/A43 by iterative prediction, probing and removal of flexible regions. Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun. 64:413-8.

 

 

 * corresponding authors, # shared first authors, lab members

 

 

 

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