List of works - Josef A. Käs

A novel approach for mechanical tissue characterization indicates decreased elastic strength in brain areas affected by experimental thromboembolic stroke

scientific article published on July 2015

A novel flow-cytometry-based assay for cellular uptake studies of polyelectrolyte microcapsules

scientific article published on October 2008

Actin filament elasticity and retrograde flow shape the force-velocity relation of motile cells.

scientific article

Actin filaments mediate DNA fiber formation in chronic inflammatory airway disease

scientific article published on March 1996

Active contractions in single suspended epithelial cells.

scientific article published on 7 November 2013

Active fluidization of polymer networks through molecular motors

scientific article published in Nature

Active fluidization of polymer networks through molecular motors

scientific article published on 01 March 2002

Analysis of multiple physical parameters for mechanical phenotyping of living cells ⬇️

scientific article published on March 17, 2013

Apparent subdiffusion inherent to single particle tracking

scientific article published on October 2002

Biomechanical properties of retinal glial cells: comparative and developmental data

scientific article

Buckling, stiffening, and negative dissipation in the dynamics of a biopolymer in an active medium

scholarly article

Buckling-induced zebra stripe patterns in nematic F-actin

scientific article published on 25 March 2009

Calcium imaging in the optical stretcher

scientific article published in September 2011

Cell motility and local viscoelasticity of fibroblasts

scientific article

Compaction of cell shape occurs before decrease of elasticity in CHO-K1 cells treated with actin cytoskeleton disrupting drug cytochalasin D.

scientific article

Cytoskeletal networks and filament bundles: regulation by proteins and polycations

scientific article published on 01 June 1998

Different modes of growth cone collapse in NG 108-15 cells

scientific article published on 04 May 2013

Diffusion of nanoparticles in monolayers is modulated by domain size

scientific article

Digital detection and analysis of branching and cell contacts in neural cell cultures

scientific article published on 26 July 2012

Direct visualization of lipid vesicle changes on addition of filamin

scientific article published on 01 May 1993

Dynamic structure in supported Pt nanoclusters: Real-time density functional theory and x-ray spectroscopy simulations

scholarly article by F. Vila et al published 11 September 2008 in Physical Review B

ERBB2 overexpression triggers transient high mechanoactivity of breast tumor cells.

scientific article

Emergent complexity of the cytoskeleton: from single filaments to tissue

scientific article (publication date: 2013)

Evaluation of single-cell biomechanics as potential marker for oral squamous cell carcinomas: a pilot study

scientific article

Excitation beyond the monochromatic laser limit: simultaneous 3-D confocal and multiphoton microscopy with a tapered fiber as white-light laser source

scientific article published in September 2005

F-actin, a model polymer for semiflexible chains in dilute, semidilute, and liquid crystalline solutions

scientific article

FMNL formins boost lamellipodial force generation

scientific article

Fluorescent beads disintegrate actin networks

scientific article published on 29 October 2013

Gelsolin overexpression enhances neurite outgrowth in PC12 cells ⬇️

scientific article published on November 16, 2001

Growing actin networks form lamellipodium and lamellum by self-assembly.

scientific article

Growth cones as soft and weak force generators

scientific article

Guiding neuronal growth with light

scientific article

Influence of hyaluronic acid binding on the actin cortex measured by optical forces

scientific article published on 04 April 2020

Inherently slow and weak forward forces of neuronal growth cones measured by a drift-stabilized atomic force microscope.

scientific article

Keratins significantly contribute to cell stiffness and impact invasive behavior

scientific article

Localization and extinction of bacterial populations under inhomogeneous growth conditions

scientific article

Mechanical Properties of Actin Filament Networks Depend on Preparation, Polymerization Conditions, and Storage of Actin Monomers ⬇️

scientific article published on May 1, 1998

Mechanical effects of neurofilament cross-bridges. Modulation by phosphorylation, lipids, and interactions with F-actin

scientific article published on 01 June 1996

Molecular motor-induced instabilities and cross linkers determine biopolymer organization

scientific article

Monitoring of laser micromanipulated optically trapped cells by digital holographic microscopy

scientific article

Müller glial cell-provided cellular light guidance through the vital guinea-pig retina

scientific article published on December 2011

Neurite branch retraction is caused by a threshold-dependent mechanical impact

scientific article published on October 2009

Neuronal and metastatic cancer cells: Unlike brothers

scientific article

Optical Deformability of Soft Biological Dielectrics

scientific article (publication date: 5 June 2000)

Optical deformability as an inherent cell marker for testing malignant transformation and metastatic competence

scientific article

Optical neuronal guidance

scientific article

Oscillations in the lateral pressure of lipid monolayers induced by nonlinear chemical dynamics of the second messengers MARCKS and protein kinase C

scientific article published on 16 February 2011

Polymer-tethered lipid multi-bilayers: a biomembrane-mimicking cell substrate to probe cellular mechano-sensing

scientific article published on February 2014

Quantifying the contribution of actin networks to the elastic strength of fibroblasts

scientific article published on 23 May 2006

Quantitative analysis of the viscoelastic properties of thin regions of fibroblasts using atomic force microscopy

scientific article

Quantum dots--a versatile tool in plant science?

scientific article

Reactive glial cells: increased stiffness correlates with increased intermediate filament expression

scientific article published on 25 October 2010

Robust organizational principles of protrusive biopolymer networks in migrating living cells

scientific article

Self-regulative organization of the cytoskeleton

scientific article published on 05 April 2011

Shape transitions and shape stability of giant phospholipid vesicles in pure water induced by area-to-volume changes ⬇️

scientific article published on October 1, 1991

Single Actin Bundle Rheology

scientific article published on 24 October 2017

Single cell viability and impact of heating by laser absorption

scientific article

Stiffening of human skin fibroblasts with age.

scientific article

Stochastic actin polymerization and steady retrograde flow determine growth cone advancement

scientific article

Structural investigation on the adsorption of the MARCKS peptide on anionic lipid monolayers – effects beyond electrostatic ⬇️

scientific article published on 02 March 2011

Tailoring substrates for long-term organotypic culture of adult neuronal tissue

scientific article published on 4 April 2012

Talin anchors and nucleates actin filaments at lipid membranes. A direct demonstration

scientific article published on December 14, 1992

Testing the differential adhesion hypothesis across the epithelial−mesenchymal transition

scientific article published on 25 August 2015

The lensing effect of trapped particles in a dual-beam optical trap

scientific article published on February 2015

The microscopy cell (MicCell), a versatile modular flowthrough system for cell biology, biomaterial research, and nanotechnology

The optical cell rotator

scientific article

The optical stretcher: a novel laser tool to micromanipulate cells

scientific article

Tuning liver stiffness against tumours: an in vitro study using entrapped cells in tumour-like microcapsules.

scientific article

Viscoelastic properties of individual glial cells and neurons in the CNS.

scholarly article

List of works by Josef A. Käs

A novel approach for mechanical tissue characterization indicates decreased elastic strength in brain areas affected by experimental thromboembolic stroke

A novel flow-cytometry-based assay for cellular uptake studies of polyelectrolyte microcapsules

Actin filament elasticity and retrograde flow shape the force-velocity relation of motile cells.

Actin filaments mediate DNA fiber formation in chronic inflammatory airway disease

Active contractions in single suspended epithelial cells.

Active fluidization of polymer networks through molecular motors

Active fluidization of polymer networks through molecular motors

Analysis of multiple physical parameters for mechanical phenotyping of living cells ⬇️

Apparent subdiffusion inherent to single particle tracking

Biomechanical properties of retinal glial cells: comparative and developmental data

Buckling, stiffening, and negative dissipation in the dynamics of a biopolymer in an active medium

Buckling-induced zebra stripe patterns in nematic F-actin

Calcium imaging in the optical stretcher

Cell motility and local viscoelasticity of fibroblasts

Compaction of cell shape occurs before decrease of elasticity in CHO-K1 cells treated with actin cytoskeleton disrupting drug cytochalasin D.

Cytoskeletal networks and filament bundles: regulation by proteins and polycations

Different modes of growth cone collapse in NG 108-15 cells

Diffusion of nanoparticles in monolayers is modulated by domain size

Digital detection and analysis of branching and cell contacts in neural cell cultures

Direct visualization of lipid vesicle changes on addition of filamin

Dynamic structure in supported Pt nanoclusters: Real-time density functional theory and x-ray spectroscopy simulations

ERBB2 overexpression triggers transient high mechanoactivity of breast tumor cells.

Emergent complexity of the cytoskeleton: from single filaments to tissue

Evaluation of single-cell biomechanics as potential marker for oral squamous cell carcinomas: a pilot study

Excitation beyond the monochromatic laser limit: simultaneous 3-D confocal and multiphoton microscopy with a tapered fiber as white-light laser source

F-actin, a model polymer for semiflexible chains in dilute, semidilute, and liquid crystalline solutions

FMNL formins boost lamellipodial force generation

Fluorescent beads disintegrate actin networks

Gelsolin overexpression enhances neurite outgrowth in PC12 cells ⬇️

Growing actin networks form lamellipodium and lamellum by self-assembly.

Growth cones as soft and weak force generators

Guiding neuronal growth with light

Influence of hyaluronic acid binding on the actin cortex measured by optical forces

Inherently slow and weak forward forces of neuronal growth cones measured by a drift-stabilized atomic force microscope.

Keratins significantly contribute to cell stiffness and impact invasive behavior

Localization and extinction of bacterial populations under inhomogeneous growth conditions

Mechanical Properties of Actin Filament Networks Depend on Preparation, Polymerization Conditions, and Storage of Actin Monomers ⬇️

Mechanical effects of neurofilament cross-bridges. Modulation by phosphorylation, lipids, and interactions with F-actin

Molecular motor-induced instabilities and cross linkers determine biopolymer organization

Monitoring of laser micromanipulated optically trapped cells by digital holographic microscopy

Müller glial cell-provided cellular light guidance through the vital guinea-pig retina

Neurite branch retraction is caused by a threshold-dependent mechanical impact

Neuronal and metastatic cancer cells: Unlike brothers

Optical Deformability of Soft Biological Dielectrics

Optical deformability as an inherent cell marker for testing malignant transformation and metastatic competence

Optical neuronal guidance

Oscillations in the lateral pressure of lipid monolayers induced by nonlinear chemical dynamics of the second messengers MARCKS and protein kinase C

Polymer-tethered lipid multi-bilayers: a biomembrane-mimicking cell substrate to probe cellular mechano-sensing

Quantifying the contribution of actin networks to the elastic strength of fibroblasts

Quantitative analysis of the viscoelastic properties of thin regions of fibroblasts using atomic force microscopy

Quantum dots--a versatile tool in plant science?

Reactive glial cells: increased stiffness correlates with increased intermediate filament expression

Robust organizational principles of protrusive biopolymer networks in migrating living cells

Self-regulative organization of the cytoskeleton

Shape transitions and shape stability of giant phospholipid vesicles in pure water induced by area-to-volume changes ⬇️

Single Actin Bundle Rheology

Single cell viability and impact of heating by laser absorption

Stiffening of human skin fibroblasts with age.

Stochastic actin polymerization and steady retrograde flow determine growth cone advancement

Structural investigation on the adsorption of the MARCKS peptide on anionic lipid monolayers – effects beyond electrostatic ⬇️

Tailoring substrates for long-term organotypic culture of adult neuronal tissue

Talin anchors and nucleates actin filaments at lipid membranes. A direct demonstration

Testing the differential adhesion hypothesis across the epithelial−mesenchymal transition

The lensing effect of trapped particles in a dual-beam optical trap

The microscopy cell (MicCell), a versatile modular flowthrough system for cell biology, biomaterial research, and nanotechnology

The optical cell rotator

The optical stretcher: a novel laser tool to micromanipulate cells

Tuning liver stiffness against tumours: an in vitro study using entrapped cells in tumour-like microcapsules.

Viscoelastic properties of individual glial cells and neurons in the CNS.