44. Biswas
A, Muñoz O, Kim K, Hoege C, Lorton BM, Shechter D, Guck J, Zaburdaev
V, & Reber
S (2025) Conserved nucleocytoplasmic density homeostasis drives
cellular organization across eukaryotes. Nature Communications (in press).
Preprint https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.09.05.556409
43. Möckel C, Biswas A, Reber S, Chechkin A, Zaburdaev V & Guck J (2025) Hierarchical heterogeneities in spatio-temporal
dynamics of the cytoplasm revealed by differential dynamic microscopy. BioRxiv https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.05.08.652886
42. Kletter T, Muñoz O, Reusch S, Biswas A, Halavatyi A, Neumann B, Kuropka B, Zaburdaev
V & Reber S (2025) Cell State-Specific Cytoplasmic Material Properties Control Spindle Architecture and Scaling. Nature Cell Biology 27, 959–971.
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Cytoplasmic control of spindle architecture. Nature Cell
Biology 27, 884–885 (2025).
41. Kim K, Biswas A, Guck J & Reber S (2025) Measuring molecular mass densities at subcellular resolution using optical diffraction tomography. Methods in Molecular Biology, Vol. 2958.
40. Troman L, de Gaulejac E, Biswas A, Stiens J, Kuropka B, Moores C & Reber S (2025) Mechanistic basis of temperature-adaptation in microtubule dynamics across frog species. Current Biology 35, 1-17.
39. Henkin G & Reber S (2025) Decoding tubulin diversity with help from an amoeba. Current Biology, 35(2), R69-R71.
38. Reber S, Singer M & Frischknecht F (2024). Cytoskeletal dynamics in parasites. Current Opinion in Cell Biology, 86, 102277.
37. Biswas A, Kim K, Munoz O, Zaburdaev V, Reber S & Guck J. (2024). A buoyant nucleus is a universal characteristic of eukaryotic cells. Biophysical Journal, 123 (3), 106a.
36. Kletter, T (2024). Cytoplasmic dilution drives mitotic organelle scaling during cellular differentiation. Dissertation, https://doi.org/10.18452/28692
35. Borchert, M, Hellinga JR, Reber S, Krücken J, & von Samson-Himmelstjerna G. (2024). Benzimidazole inhibits Haemonchus contortus microtubule dynamics by intradimer structural changes observed by in silico modeling. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, 1-16.
34. Ng SC, Biswas A, Huyton T, Schünemann J, Reber S & Görlich D (2023) Barrier-properties of Nup98 FG phases ruled by FG motif identity and inter-FG spacer length. Nature Communications 14, 747.
33. Amini S, Zhu T, Biswas A, Charsooghi MA, Kim K, Reber S, Dauphin Y & Fratzl P (2023) Calcitic Prisms of The Giant Seashell Pinna Nobilis Form Light Guide Arrays. Advanced Materials. 2023 Jul 14;e2304166.
32. de Gaulejac, E (2023). Temperature-dependence of microtubule dynamics across Xenopus species. Dissertation https://doi.org/10.18452/26496
31. Meca E, Fritsch A.W, Iglesias-Artola JM, Reber S & Wagner B. (2023) Predicting disordered regions driving phase separation of proteins under variable salt concentration. Frontiers in Physics, 11, 1213304.
30. Kletter T, Biswas A & Reber S (2022) Engineering metaphase spindles: Construction site and building blocks. Current Opinion in Cell Biology, 79, p.102143.
29. Hirst WG, Fachet D, Kuropka B, Weise
C, Saliba K & Reber S (2022) Purification of functional Plasmodium
falciparum tubulin allows for the identification of parasite-specific microtubule inhibitors.
Current Biology, 32, 1–8.
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& Dawson SC. (2022). Affinity-purified Plasmodium tubulin provides a key reagent for antimalarial drug development. Trends in Parasitology, Vol 38, 5, p.
347-348.
28. Kim K, Biswas A, Cárdenas OM, Reber S, Zaburdaev V & Guck J (2022). Optical diffraction tomography for studying the mass density difference between nucleus and cytoplasm. Proceedings Volume PC11970. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2608692
27. Kletter T, Reusch S, Cavazza T, Dempewolf N, Tischer C & Reber S (2021). Volumetric morphometry reveals mitotic spindle width as the best predictor of mammalian spindle scaling. Journal of Cell Biology, 221 (1): e202106170.
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articles” Journal of Cell Biology, 3XV5Sfb
26. Biswas A, Kim K, Cojoc G, Guck J & Reber S (2021). The Xenopus spindle is as dense as the surrounding cytoplasm. Developmental Cell, 56, 1-5.
* Preview in Developmental Cell by Masahito Tanaka & Yuta Shimamoto “Local body weight measurement of the spindle” Developmental Cell. 2021 Apr 5;56(7): 871-872.
25. Hirst, WG (2021). Tubulin biochemistry confers intrinsic differences in microtubule dynamics and drug sensitivity between species. Dissertation, https://doi.org/10.18452/22956.
24. Reusch S, Biswas A & Reber S (2020). Affinity-Purification of Label-free Tubulins from Xenopus Egg Extracts. STAR Protocols 1, 100151.
23. Hirst WG, Kiefer C, Schaeffer E & Reber S (2020). In vitro Reconstitution and Imaging of Microtubule Dynamics by TIRF and IR Microscopy. STAR Protocols 1, 100177.
22. Hirst
WG, Biswas A, Mahalingan KK & Reber S (2020). Differences in intrinsic tubulin dynamic properties contribute to
spindle length control in Xenopus species. Current Biology, 30-11, 2184-2190.
* Dispatch in Current Biology by Daniel L. Levy "Tubulin Contributes to Spindle Size Scaling” Current
Biology, 30(11), pp.R637-R639.
20. Granada AE, Jiménez A, Stewart-Ornstein J, Blüthgen N., Reber S, Jambhekar A & Lahav G (2020). The effects of proliferation status and cell cycle phase on the responses of single cells to chemotherapy. Molecular Biology of the Cell, 31(8), 845-857.
18. Biswas, A (2020). A quantitative analysis of the optical and material properties of metaphase spindles. Dissertation https://doi.org/10.18452/21836.
17. Kapoor V, Hirst WG, Hentschel C, Preibisch S & Reber S (2019) Mtrack: Automated detection, tracking, and analysis of dynamic microtubules. Scientific Reports, 7;9(1):3794.
16. Camargo Ortega G, Falk S, Johansson PA, Peyre E, Broix L, Sahu SK, Hirst W, Schlichthaerle T, De Juan Romero C, Draganova K, Vinopal S, Chinnappa K, Gavranovic A, R, Bradke F, Borrell V, Geerlof A, Reber S, Tiwari VK, Huttner WB, Wilsch-Bräuninger M, Nguyen L & Götz M. (2019) A new centrosomal protein regulates neurogenesis by microtubule organisation. Nature; 567(7746):113-117.
15. Reber S & Goehring NW (2015). Intracellular Scaling Mechanisms. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol., 2015 Aug 7;7(12).
14. Hyman AA & Reber S (2015). Emergent Properties of the Metaphase Spindle. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol, 1;7(7):a015784.
13. Reber S, Baumgart J, Pozniakovsky A, Howard J, Hyman AA & Jülicher F (2013). XMAP215 activity sets spindle length by controlling the total mass of spindle microtubules. Nature Cell Biology; 15(9):1116-22.
12. Scolz M, Widlund PO, Piazza S, Bublik DR, Reber S, Peche LY, Ciani Y, Hubner N, Isokane M, Monte M, Ellenberg J, Hyman AA, Schneider C & Bird AW (2012). GTSE1 is a microtubule plus-end tracking protein that regulates EB1-dependent cell migration. PLoS One; 7(12):e51259.
11. Widlund PO, Podolski M, Reber S, Alper J, Storch M, Hyman AA,
Howard J & Drechsel DN (2012). One step purification of assembly-competent tubulin from diverse eukaryotic sources. Molecular Biology of the
Cell, 23(22):4393-401.
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10. Reber S & Hyman AA (2011). Samurai Sword Sets Spindle Size. Cell, 147(6), 1224-1225.
9. Tang, S, Renz M, Driscoll M, Reber S, Nguyen A, Daniels B, & Lippincott-Schwartz J (2011). Cytoplasmic self-organization of internal membranes, microtubule-and actin-cytoskeleton inside microfluidics generated droplets. Molecular Biology of the Cell, 22: 8120.
8. Reber S. Isolation of centrosomes from cultured cells (2011). Methods in Molecular Biology, 777:107-16.
7. Widlund PO, Stear JH, Pozniakovsky A, Zanic M, Reber S, Brouhard GJ, Hyman AA, & Howard J (2011). XMAP215 polymerase activity is built by combining multiple tubulin binding TOG domains and a basic lattice-binding region. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 15;108(7):2741-6.
6. Berger SM, Pesold B, Reber S, Schönig K., Berger AJ, Weidenfeld I. & Bartsch D. (2010). Quantitative analysis of conditional gene inactivation using rationally designed, tetracycline-controlled miRNAs. Nucleic Acids Research, 38(17), e168-e168.
5. Reber S, Over S, Kronja I & Gruss OJ (2008). CaM kinase II initiates meiotic spindle depolymerization independently of APC/C activation. Journal of Cell Biology, 15;183(6):1007-17.
4. Tegha-Dunghu J, Neumann B, Reber S, Krause R, Erfle H, Walter T, Held M, Rogers P, Hupfeld K, Ruppert T, Ellenberg J, Gruss OJ (2008). EML3 is a nuclear microtubule-binding protein required for the correct alignment of chromosomes in metaphase. Journal of Cell Science 121(Pt 10):1718-26.
3. Taxis C, Maeder C, Reber S, Rathfelder N, Miura K, Greger K, Stelzer EH & Knop M (2006). Dynamic organization of the actin cytoskeleton during meiosis and spore formation in budding yeast. Traffic 7(12):1628-42.
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2. Janke C, Magiera MM, Rathfelder N, Taxis C, Reber S, Maekawa H, Moreno-Borchart A, Doenges G, Schwob E,
Schiebel E & Knop M (2004) A versatile toolbox for PCR-based tagging of yeast genes: new fluorescent proteins, more markers and promoter substitution cassettes. Yeast. 21(11):947-62.
1. Moreno-Borchart AC, Finkbeiner MG, Maier P, Reber S & Knop M. (2003). Function of the yeast spindle pole body during meiotic cell differentiation. Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton, 54,(2)165-165.