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European Molecular Biology Laboratory: Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, DE

2020-12-01 to present | Research Group Leader (Developmental Biology Unit)
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Nicoletta Petridou

Institute of Science and Technology Austria: Klosterneuburg, Niederösterreich, AT

2016-02 to 2020-11-30 | Postdoctoral researcher (Life Sciences)
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Nicoletta Petridou

Education and qualifications (2)

University of Cyprus: Nicosia, CY

2011-09 to 2016-01 | Phd (Department of Biological Sciences)
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Nicoletta Petridou

University of Cyprus: Nicosia, CY

2007-09 to 2011-06 | BSc (Department of Biological Sciences)
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Funding (2)

Tissue material properties in embryonic development

2019-02 to 2021-01 | Grant
Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften (Austria, AT)
GRANT_NUMBER:

V 736-B26

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Nicoletta Petridou

The generation and function of anisotropic tissue tension in zebrafish epiboly

2016-06 to 2018-06 | Award
European Molecular Biology Organization (Austria, DE)
GRANT_NUMBER:

ALTF 534-2016

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Nicoletta Petridou

Works (10)

Flow, sense and divide

Nature Cell Biology
2025-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Nicoletta I. Petridou
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Critical phenomena in embryonic organization

Current Opinion in Systems Biology
2022-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Camilla Autorino; Nicoletta I. Petridou
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Rigidity percolation uncovers a structural basis for embryonic tissue phase transitions

Cell
2021-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Nicoletta I. Petridou; Bernat Corominas-Murtra; Carl-Philipp Heisenberg; Edouard Hannezo
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Tissue rheology in embryonic organization

The EMBO Journal
2019-10-15 | Journal article
Contributors: Nicoletta I Petridou; Carl‐Philipp Heisenberg
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Fluidization-mediated tissue spreading by mitotic cell rounding and non-canonical Wnt signalling

Nature Cell Biology
2019-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Nicoletta I. Petridou; Silvia Grigolon; Guillaume Salbreux; Edouard Hannezo; Carl-Philipp Heisenberg
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Multiscale force sensing in development

Nature Cell Biology
2017-06 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1465-7392
Part of ISSN: 1476-4679
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Nicoletta Petridou

A ligand-independent integrin β1 mechanosensory complex guides spindle orientation

Nature Communications
2016-04 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2041-1723
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Nicoletta Petridou

FAK transduces extracellular forces that orient the mitotic spindle and control tissue morphogenesis

Nature Communications
2014-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2041-1723
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Nicoletta Petridou

A dominant-negative provides new insights into FAK regulation and function in early embryonic morphogenesis

Development
2013-10-15 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0950-1991
Part of ISSN: 1477-9129
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Nicoletta Petridou

Activation of Endogenous FAK via Expression of Its Amino Terminal Domain in Xenopus Embryos

PLoS ONE
2012-08-06 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1932-6203
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Nicoletta Petridou

Peer review (8 reviews for 7 publications/grants)

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